Sheffield United 3-0 Sunderland: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 26 December 2017
Result
Sheffield United 3-0 Sunderland
Championship · Tuesday 26 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sheffield United 3-0 Sunderland: match report
Sheffield United defeated Sunderland 3-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 26 December 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
John Lundstram opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from John Lundstram (36'), Richard Stearman (58') and George Baldock (62'). Sunderland did not score.
Discipline: Sheffield United received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 7th on 38 points from 23 and Sunderland 22nd on 19 points from 23. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 10th with 69 points, and Sunderland 24th with 37.
Sheffield United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Sunderland in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mark Duffy of Sheffield United (8.8), ahead of Richard Stearman (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sheffield United win, 0 draws and 0 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read D-L-L-L-D and Sunderland's D-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 36'Goal · John Lundstram
- 50'Yellow card · M. Wilson
- 58'Yellow card · Bryan Oviedo
- 58'Goal · Richard Stearman
- 62'Goal · George Baldock
- 77'Yellow card · Chris Basham
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield United line-up (3-4-1-2)
Simon Moore, Jack O'Connell, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Richard Stearman, George Baldock, Enda Stevens, Chris Basham, John Lundstram, Leon Clarke, Clayton Donaldson, Mark Duffy
Sunderland line-up (3-5-1-1)
Robbin Ruiter, John O'Shea, Tyias Browning, Marc Wilson, Bryan Oviedo, Adam Matthews, Darron Gibson, George Honeyman, Lynden Gooch, James Vaughan, Aiden McGeady