Sheffield United 3-2 Chesterfield: result and report
League One · Sunday 30 April 2017
Result
Sheffield United 3-2 Chesterfield
League One · Sunday 30 April 2017, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Sheffield United 3-2 Chesterfield: match report
Sheffield United won against Chesterfield 3-2 in the League One on Sunday 30 April 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.
Kieron Freeman opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Kieron Freeman (18'), Billy Sharp (59') and D. Lafferty (82'). Chesterfield scored through Kristian Dennis (45', penalty) and Paul McGinn (65').
Discipline: Sheffield United received 4 yellow cards; Chesterfield received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 1st on 97 points from 45 and Chesterfield 24th on 37 points from 45. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 1st with 100 points, and Chesterfield 24th with 37.
Sheffield United lined up in a 3-5-2 and Chesterfield in a 3-5-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Sheffield United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Chesterfield.
Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Chesterfield's L-L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Reece Mitchell
- 18'Goal · Kieron Freeman
- 20'Yellow card · Kieron Freeman
- 45'Penalty goal · Kristian Dennis
- 45'Yellow card · Simon Moore
- 59'Goal · Billy Sharp
- 65'Goal · Paul McGinn
- 66'Red card · Dan Gardner
- 67'Yellow card · Billy Sharp
- 82'Goal · D. Lafferty
- 90+2'Yellow card · John Fleck
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)
Simon Moore, Jack O'Connell, Chris Basham, Jake Wright, Kieron Freeman, Danny Lafferty, John Fleck, Paul Coutts, Mark Duffy, Patrick McCarthy, Leon Clarke
Chesterfield line-up (3-5-1-1)
Thorsten Stuckmann, Paul McGinn, Sam Hird, Tom Anderson, Laurence Maguire, Dan Gardner, Abdelhak Belaid, Liam Grimshaw, Joe Rowley, Reece Mitchell, Kristian Dennis