Sheffield United 2-1 Queens Park Rangers: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 20 February 2018

Result

Sheffield United 2-1 Queens Park Rangers

Championship · Tuesday 20 February 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sheffield United 2-1 Queens Park Rangers: match report

Sheffield United beat Queens Park Rangers 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 20 February 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Richard Stearman opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Richard Stearman (27') and John Lundstram (50'). Queens Park Rangers scored through Luke Freeman (63').

Discipline: Sheffield United received 1 yellow card; Queens Park Rangers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 8th on 49 points from 31 and Queens Park Rangers 15th on 39 points from 32. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 10th with 69 points, and Queens Park Rangers 16th with 56.

Sheffield United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Queens Park Rangers in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Richard Stearman of Sheffield United (7.8), ahead of John Lundstram (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sheffield United wins, 4 draws and 4 for Queens Park Rangers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Richard StearmanSheffield United · 1-0
  • 50'Goal · John LundstramSheffield United · 2-0
  • 63'Goal · Luke FreemanQueens Park Rangers · 2-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Lee EvansSheffield United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sheffield United 2, draws 4, Queens Park Rangers 4.

Team news

Sheffield United line-up (3-4-1-2)

Pavel Kucera, Jack O'Connell, Chris Basham, Richard Stearman, George Baldock, Enda Stevens, John Lundstram, Lee Evans, Leon Clarke, Patrick McCarthy, Mark Duffy

Queens Park Rangers line-up (3-5-2)

Alex Smithies, Nedum Onuoha, Joel Lynch, Alex Baptiste, Jake Bidwell, Luke Freeman, Josh Scowen, Massimo Luongo, Paweł Wszołek, Conor Washington, Matt Smith