Sheffield United 3-1 Coventry City: result and report
Championship · Monday 26 December 2022
Result
Sheffield United 3-1 Coventry City
Championship · Monday 26 December 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sheffield United 3-1 Coventry City: match report
Sheffield United won against Coventry City 3-1 in the Championship on Monday 26 December 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.
J. McAtee opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from J. McAtee (35'), Ciaran Clark (52') and T. Doyle (71'). Coventry City scored through Viktor Gyökeres (75').
Discipline: Sheffield United received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Coventry City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 2nd on 44 points from 23 and Coventry City 10th on 33 points from 22. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Coventry City 5th with 75.
Sheffield United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Coventry City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Oliver Norwood of Sheffield United (8.7), ahead of Gustavo Hamer (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sheffield United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Coventry City.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · Ben Sheaf
- 35'Goal · J. McAtee
- 41'Yellow card · John Egan
- 48'Missed penalty · Viktor Gyökeres
- 52'Goal · Ciaran Clark
- 60'Yellow card · Jake Bidwell
- 68'Yellow card · Kasey Palmer
- 71'Goal · T. Doyle
- 75'Goal · Viktor Gyökeres
- 77'Second yellow · John Egan
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sheffield United line-up (3-4-1-2)
Wes Foderingham, Anel Ahmedhodzic, John Egan, Ciaran Clark, George Baldock, Sander Berge, Oliver Norwood, Max Lowe, James McAtee, Iliman Ndiaye, Patrick McCarthy
Coventry City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Ben Wilson, Michael Rose, Callum Doyle, Jonathan Panzo, Jack Burroughs, Gustavo Hamer, Ben Sheaf, Jake Bidwell, Jamie Allen, Callum O'Hare, Viktor Gyökeres