Sheffield United 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 10 April 2018

Result

Sheffield United 2-1 Middlesbrough

Championship · Tuesday 10 April 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

Sheffield United · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Sheffield United 2-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Sheffield United beat Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 10 April 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.

Lee Evans opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Lee Evans (2') and Lee Evans (40'). Middlesbrough scored through Daniel Ayala (48').

Discipline: Sheffield United received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 9th on 62 points from 41 and Middlesbrough 6th on 66 points from 41. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 10th with 69 points, and Middlesbrough 6th with 77.

Sheffield United lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lee Evans of Sheffield United (9.6), ahead of Ben Gibson (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sheffield United wins, 1 draw and 4 for Middlesbrough.

Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read L-D-D-D-W and Middlesbrough's W-D-L-D-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Lee EvansSheffield United · 1-0
  • 19'Yellow card · Grant LeadbitterMiddlesbrough
  • 35'Yellow card · John FleckSheffield United
  • 40'Goal · Lee EvansSheffield United · 2-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Adama TraoréMiddlesbrough
  • 48'Goal · Daniel AyalaMiddlesbrough · 2-1
  • 71'Yellow card · FábioMiddlesbrough
  • 87'Yellow card · George FriendMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Sheffield United 2, draws 1, Middlesbrough 4.

Team news

Sheffield United line-up (3-5-1-1)

Simon Moore, Jack O'Connell, Chris Basham, Jake Wright, George Baldock, Enda Stevens, John Fleck, John Lundstram, Lee Evans, Leon Clarke, David Brooks

Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)

Darren Randolph, George Friend, Yuki Takahashi, Ryan Shotton, Ben Gibson, Grant Leadbitter, Jonathan Howson, M. Bešić, Patrick Bamford, Stewart Downing, Adama Traoré