Sheffield United 3-0 Leicester City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 5 April 2008
Result
Sheffield United 3-0 Leicester City
Championship · Saturday 5 April 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
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Sheffield United 3-0 Leicester City: match report
Sheffield United defeated Leicester City 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 5 April 2008. It was 3-0 at half-time.
James Beattie opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from James Beattie (12'), James Beattie (14') and James Beattie (19'). Leicester City did not score.
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 13th on 53 points from 40 and Leicester City 19th on 47 points from 41. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 9th with 66 points, and Leicester City 22nd with 52.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sheffield United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Leicester City.
Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Leicester City's W-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 12'Goal · James Beattie
- 14'Goal · James Beattie
- 19'Goal · James Beattie
Head-to-head
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
Leicester City expected line-up
Ian Walker, Ben Thatcher, Nikos Dabizas, Riccardo Scimeca, Mustafa Izzet, Steffen Freund, Marcus Bent, Leslie Ferdinand, Billy McKinlay, Matt Heath