Sheffield United 1-2 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 6 December 2020
Result
Sheffield United 1-2 Leicester City
Premier League · Sunday 6 December 2020, 14:15 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Sheffield United 1-2 Leicester City: match report
Sheffield United were beaten by Leicester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 6 December 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Ayoze Pérez opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Sheffield United's goal came from Oliver McBurnie (26'). Leicester City scored through Ayoze Pérez (24') and Jamie Vardy (90').
Discipline: Sheffield United received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 20th on 1 point from 10 and Leicester City 6th on 18 points from 10. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 20th with 23 points, and Leicester City 5th with 66.
Sheffield United lined up in a 5-3-2 and Leicester City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James Maddison of Leicester City (8.1), ahead of Oli McBurnie (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sheffield United wins, 0 draws and 2 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Ayoze Pérez
- 26'Goal · Oliver McBurnie
- 38'Yellow card · Max Lowe
- 63'Yellow card · Juanjo González
- 90'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 90+1'Yellow card · Jamie Vardy
- 90+2'Yellow card · James Maddison
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Jack O'Connell
- Enda Stevens
- Daniel Amartey
- Ricardo Pereira
- Timothy Castagne
- Adam Davies
- Ethan Ampadu
- Çağlar Söyüncü
- Rhys Norrington-Davies
- Lys Mousset
Sheffield United line-up (5-3-2)
Aaron Ramsdale, George Baldock, Chris Basham, John Egan, Kean Bryan, Max Lowe, John Lundstram, Sander Berge, John Fleck, Oliver Burke, Oli McBurnie
Leicester City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Wesley Fofana, Jonny Evans, Christian Fuchs, Marc Albrighton, Youri Tielemans, Nampalys Mendy, James Justin, Ayoze Pérez, James Maddison, Jamie Vardy