Sheffield United 3-1 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Saturday 26 August 2017

Result

Sheffield United 3-1 Derby County

Championship · Saturday 26 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Sheffield United 3-1 Derby County: match report

Sheffield United defeated Derby County 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 26 August 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

Billy Sharp opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Billy Sharp (4'), an own goal by Johnny Russell (39') and Billy Sharp (90+8'). Derby County scored through Craig Bryson (90+1').

Discipline: Sheffield United received 4 yellow cards; Derby County received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 12th on 6 points from 4 and Derby County 9th on 7 points from 4. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 10th with 69 points, and Derby County 5th with 78.

Sheffield United lined up in a 3-5-2 and Derby County in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Patrick McCarthy of Sheffield United (9.0), ahead of Bradley Johnson (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Sheffield United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Derby County.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Billy SharpSheffield United · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · Jack O'ConnellSheffield United
  • 36'Yellow card · Paul CouttsSheffield United
  • 39'Own goal · Johnny RussellSheffield United · 2-0
  • 59'Yellow card · Tom LawrenceDerby County
  • 59'Yellow card · Tom LawrenceDerby County
  • 71'Yellow card · Bradley JohnsonDerby County
  • 89'Yellow card · John FleckSheffield United
  • 89'Yellow card · Richard KeoghDerby County
  • 90+1'Goal · Craig BrysonDerby County · 2-1
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Jamal BlackmanSheffield United
  • 90+8'Goal · Billy SharpSheffield United · 3-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Sheffield United 5, draws 1, Derby County 2.

Team news

Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)

Pavel Kucera, Jack O'Connell, Chris Basham, Jake Wright, Enda Stevens, John Fleck, Paul Coutts, Kieron Freeman, Mark Duffy, Patrick McCarthy, Caolan Lavery

Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)

Scott Carson, Richard Keogh, Andre Wisdom, Marcus Olsson, Curtis Davies, Johnny Russell, Bradley Johnson, Andreas Weimann, Matej Vydra, Tom Huddlestone, David Nugent