Sheffield United 2-1 Watford: result and report
Championship · Saturday 27 September 2008
Result
Sheffield United 2-1 Watford
Championship · Saturday 27 September 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sheffield United 2-1 Watford: match report
Sheffield United beat Watford 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 27 September 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
G. Speed opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Sheffield United's goals came from G. Speed (1') and James Beattie (66'). Watford scored through John-Joe O'Toole (56').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 15th on 8 points from 7 and Watford 17th on 8 points from 7. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 3rd with 84 points, and Watford 13th with 58.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sheffield United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Watford.
Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read L-D-L-D-W and Watford's D-L-L-W-L.
Key events
- 1'Goal · G. Speed
- 56'Goal · John-Joe O'Toole
- 66'Goal · James Beattie
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield United expected line-up
Paddy Kenny, Phil Jagielka, Claude Davis, Chris Armstrong, Robert Kozluk, Keith Gillespie, Rob Hulse, Chris Morgan, Mikele Leigertwood, Michael Tonge
Watford expected line-up
Ben Foster, Daniel Shittu, Jordan Stewart, Lloyd Doyley, Jay DeMerit, Douglas Rinaldi, Gavin Mahon, Alhassan Bangura, Damien Francis, Tommy Smith, Marlon King