Sheffield United 2-1 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 21 October 2017
Result
Sheffield United 2-1 Reading
Championship · Saturday 21 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Sheffield United 2-1 Reading: match report
Sheffield United defeated Reading 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 21 October 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Paul Coutts opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Paul Coutts (19') and Billy Sharp (37'). Reading scored through Roy Beerens (85').
Discipline: Sheffield United received 1 yellow card; Reading received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 3rd on 24 points from 12 and Reading 20th on 12 points from 11. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 10th with 69 points, and Reading 20th with 44.
Sheffield United lined up in a 3-5-2 and Reading in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Paul Coutts of Sheffield United (8.2), ahead of Mark Duffy (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sheffield United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Reading.
Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read W-L-W-W-L and Reading's W-L-L-D-D.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Paul Coutts
- 37'Goal · Billy Sharp
- 56'Yellow card · Joey van den Berg
- 57'Yellow card · Paul McShane
- 57'Yellow card · P. McShane
- 85'Goal · Roy Beerens
- 90+4'Yellow card · David Brooks
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)
Pavel Kucera, Jack O'Connell, Chris Basham, Cameron Carter-Vickers, George Baldock, Enda Stevens, John Fleck, Paul Coutts, Mark Duffy, Leon Clarke, Patrick McCarthy
Reading line-up (3-5-2)
Vito Mannone, Chris Gunter, Liam Moore, Tiago Ilori, Joey van den Berg, Sone Aluko, Dave Edwards, Leandro Bacuna, Tyler Blackett, Roy Beerens, Modou Barrow