Sheffield United 6-2 Peterborough United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 11 September 2021
Result
Sheffield United 6-2 Peterborough United
Championship · Saturday 11 September 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Sheffield United 6-2 Peterborough United: match report
Sheffield United beat Peterborough United 6-2 in the Championship on Saturday 11 September 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.
Iliman Ndiaye opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Iliman Ndiaye (14'), John Fleck (51'), Ben Osborn (53'), M. Gibbs-White (68'), Iliman Ndiaye (70') and Ben Osborn (90+3'). Peterborough United scored through Jack Marriott (40') and Jonson Clarke-Harris (79', penalty).
Discipline: Sheffield United received no yellow cards; Peterborough United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 23rd on 2 points from 5 and Peterborough United 19th on 4 points from 5. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Peterborough United 23rd with 37.
Sheffield United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Peterborough United in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Patrick McCarthy of Sheffield United (9.0), ahead of Iliman Ndiaye (8.9).
Key events
- 14'Goal · Iliman Ndiaye
- 40'Goal · Jack Marriott
- 49'Yellow card · Harrison Burrows
- 51'Goal · John Fleck
- 53'Goal · Ben Osborn
- 59'Yellow card · Dan Butler
- 68'Goal · M. Gibbs-White
- 70'Goal · Iliman Ndiaye
- 79'Penalty goal · Jonson Clarke-Harris
- 90+3'Goal · Ben Osborn
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sheffield United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wes Foderingham, George Baldock, John Egan, Jack Robinson, Rhys Norrington-Davies, Oliver Norwood, John Fleck, Morgan Gibbs-White, Iliman Ndiaye, Ben Osborn, Patrick McCarthy
Peterborough United line-up (3-4-1-2)
Christy Pym, Josh Knight, Frankie Kent, Dan Butler, Joe Ward, Oliver Norburn, Conor Coventry, Harrison Burrows, Sammie Szmodics, Jack Marriott, Siriki Dembélé