Sheffield United 0-2 Crystal Palace: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 8 May 2021
Result
Sheffield United 0-2 Crystal Palace
Premier League · Saturday 8 May 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Sheffield United 0-2 Crystal Palace: match report
Sheffield United lost to Crystal Palace 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 May 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.
Christian Benteke opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Sheffield United did not score. Crystal Palace scored through Christian Benteke (2') and E. Eze (88').
Discipline: Sheffield United received 1 yellow card; Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 20th on 17 points from 34 and Crystal Palace 14th on 38 points from 33. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 20th with 23 points, and Crystal Palace 14th with 44.
Sheffield United lined up in a 3-5-2 and Crystal Palace in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Eberechi Eze of Crystal Palace (9.2), ahead of Christian Benteke (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sheffield United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Crystal Palace.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Christian Benteke
- 30'Yellow card · Joel Ward
- 38'Yellow card · Oliver Norwood
- 88'Goal · E. Eze
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)
Aaron Ramsdale, Chris Basham, John Egan, Kean Bryan, George Baldock, Sander Berge, Oliver Norwood, John Fleck, Enda Stevens, Oliver Burke, David McGoldrick
Crystal Palace line-up (4-3-3)
Vicente Guaita, Joel Ward, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Gary Cahill, Tyrick Mitchell, Eberechi Eze, Luka Milivojevic, Jeffrey Schlupp, Andros Townsend, Christian Benteke, Wilfried Zaha