Sheffield United 2-1 Sunderland: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 17 August 2022

Result

Sheffield United 2-1 Sunderland

Championship · Wednesday 17 August 2022, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Sheffield United · Sunderland · Championship predictions

Sheffield United 2-1 Sunderland: match report

Sheffield United won against Sunderland 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 17 August 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.

Anel Ahmedhodzic opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Anel Ahmedhodzic (33') and Max Lowe (47'). Sunderland scored through Lynden Gooch (55').

Discipline: Sheffield United received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 13th on 4 points from 3 and Sunderland 9th on 5 points from 3. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Sunderland 6th with 72.

Sheffield United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Sunderland in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Oliver Norwood of Sheffield United (9.1), ahead of Anel Ahmedhodzic (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sheffield United wins, 0 draws and 0 for Sunderland.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Red card · Dan NeilSunderland
  • 33'Goal · Anel AhmedhodzicSheffield United · 1-0
  • 47'Goal · Max LoweSheffield United · 2-0
  • 55'Goal · Lynden GoochSunderland · 2-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Luke O'NienSunderland
  • 72'Yellow card · Lynden GoochSunderland
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Jay MateteSunderland
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Oliver McBurnieSheffield United
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Jay MateteSunderland
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Bailey WrightSunderland

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Sheffield United 2, draws 0, Sunderland 0.

Team news

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

Wes Foderingham, Anel Ahmedhodzic, John Egan, Rhys Norrington-Davies, George Baldock, Sander Berge, Oliver Norwood, Max Lowe, James McAtee, Rhian Brewster, Iliman Ndiaye

Sunderland line-up (3-4-1-2)

Anthony Patterson, Luke O'Nien, Danny Batth, Dennis Cirkin, Lynden Gooch, Dan Neil, Elliot Embleton, Jack Clarke, Alex Pritchard, Ellis Simms, Ross Stewart