Sheffield United 0-1 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2006
Result
Sheffield United 0-1 Manchester City
Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Sheffield United 0-1 Manchester City: match report
Sheffield United lost to Manchester City 0-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 26 December 2006. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Stephen Ireland of Manchester City in the 78th minute.
Discipline: Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 16th on 20 points from 19 and Manchester City 15th on 20 points from 19. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 18th with 38 points, and Manchester City 14th with 42.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sheffield United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Manchester City.
Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read L-W-D-W-W and Manchester City's L-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 78'Goal · Stephen Ireland
- 83'Yellow card · Leigh Bromby
- 90+3'Yellow card · Joey Barton
- 90+3'Yellow card · Chris Morgan
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield United line-up
Paddy Kenny, Claude Davis, Phil Jagielka, Robert Kozluk, Keith Gillespie, S. Quinn, Rob Hulse, Danny Webber, Chris Morgan, Michael Tonge, Derek Geary
Manchester City expected line-up
Nicky Weaver, Richard Dunne, Sylvain Distin, Ben Thatcher, Micah Richards, Hatem Trabelsi, Claudio Reyna, Trevor Sinclair, Darius Vassell, Joey Barton, Paul Dickov