Sheffield United 3-1 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 12 February 2025
Result
Sheffield United 3-1 Middlesbrough
Championship · Wednesday 12 February 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Sheffield United 3-1 Middlesbrough: match report
Sheffield United beat Middlesbrough 3-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 12 February 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Jesurun Rak-Sakyi opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (32'), Ben Brereton Díaz (75') and Anel Ahmedhodzic (87'). Middlesbrough scored through Delano Burgzorg (45', penalty).
Discipline: Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 2nd on 66 points from 31 and Middlesbrough 9th on 44 points from 30. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 3rd with 98 points, and Middlesbrough 10th with 64.
Sheffield United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Anel Ahmedhodzic of Sheffield United (8.1), ahead of Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sheffield United wins, 1 draw and 6 for Middlesbrough.
Key events
- 32'Goal · Jesurun Rak-Sakyi
- 34'Yellow card · Finn Azaz
- 43'Yellow card · George Edmundson
- 43'Yellow card · Jack Robinson
- 44'Yellow card · Michael Cooper
- 45'Penalty goal · Delano Burgzorg
- 73'Yellow card · Luke Ayling
- 75'Goal · Ben Brereton Díaz
- 87'Goal · Anel Ahmedhodzic
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sheffield United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Michael Cooper, Harry Clarke, Anel Ahmedhodzic, Jack Robinson, Harrison Burrows, Sydie frederick Peck, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, Callum O'Hare, Gustavo Hamer, Tom Cannon
Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)
Mark Travers, Luke Ayling, Rav van den Berg, George Edmundson, Ryan Giles, Aidan Morris, Hayden Hackney, Samuel Iling-Junior, Finn Azaz, Delano Burgzorg, Kelechi Iheanacho