Sheffield United 1-2 Huddersfield Town: result and report
Championship · Saturday 21 August 2021
Result
Sheffield United 1-2 Huddersfield Town
Championship · Saturday 21 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Sheffield United 1-2 Huddersfield Town: match report
Sheffield United lost to Huddersfield Town 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 21 August 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.
Josh Koroma opened the scoring in the 75th minute. Sheffield United's goal came from Billy Sharp (90+2'). Huddersfield Town scored through Josh Koroma (75') and L. Colwill (90+4').
Discipline: Sheffield United received no yellow cards; Huddersfield Town received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 22nd on 1 point from 3 and Huddersfield Town 17th on 4 points from 3. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Huddersfield Town 4th with 86.
Sheffield United lined up in a 3-5-2 and Huddersfield Town in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Oliver Norwood of Sheffield United (8.5), ahead of Levi Colwill (7.8).
Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read L-D-L and Huddersfield Town's W-L-D.
Key events
- 36'Yellow card · Ollie Turton
- 40'Yellow card · L. Colwill
- 75'Goal · Josh Koroma
- 87'Yellow card · Lee Nicholls
- 90+2'Goal · Billy Sharp
- 90+4'Goal · L. Colwill
Team news
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Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)
Wes Foderingham, Chris Basham, John Egan, Ben Davies, George Baldock, Sander Berge, Oliver Norwood, John Fleck, Rhys Norrington-Davies, Rhian Brewster, Oli McBurnie
Huddersfield Town line-up (3-5-2)
Lee Nicholls, Matty Pearson, Naby Sarr, Levi Colwill, Ollie Turton, Scott High, Jonathan Hogg, Lewis O'Brien, Sorba Thomas, Josh Koroma, Daniel Ward