Sheffield United 2-0 Crystal Palace: result and report

Championship · Saturday 12 December 2009

Result

Sheffield United 2-0 Crystal Palace

Championship · Saturday 12 December 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sheffield United 2-0 Crystal Palace: match report

Sheffield United defeated Crystal Palace 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 12 December 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

L. Williamson opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Sheffield United's goals came from L. Williamson (21') and Stephen Quinn (90'). Crystal Palace did not score.

Discipline: Sheffield United received 1 yellow card; Crystal Palace received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 13th on 28 points from 20 and Crystal Palace 11th on 29 points from 20. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 8th with 65 points, and Crystal Palace 13th with 59.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sheffield United wins, 2 draws and 2 for Crystal Palace.

Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read D-W-W-W-D and Crystal Palace's W-L-W-D-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · L. WilliamsonSheffield United · 1-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Chris MorganSheffield United
  • 37'Yellow card · Shaun DerryCrystal Palace
  • 44'Yellow card · Johannes ErtlCrystal Palace
  • 60'Yellow card · N. DannsCrystal Palace
  • 70'Yellow card · Clint HillCrystal Palace
  • 90'Goal · Stephen QuinnSheffield United · 2-0

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Sheffield United 2, draws 2, Crystal Palace 2.

Team news

Sheffield United expected line-up

Paddy Kenny, Phil Jagielka, Claude Davis, Chris Armstrong, Robert Kozluk, Keith Gillespie, Rob Hulse, Chris Morgan, Mikele Leigertwood, Michael Tonge