Sheffield United 1-0 Watford: result and report

Championship · Sunday 1 September 2024

Result

Sheffield United 1-0 Watford

Championship · Sunday 1 September 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sheffield United 1-0 Watford: match report

Sheffield United defeated Watford 1-0 in the Championship on Sunday 1 September 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal was an own goal by Daniel Bachmann in the 2nd minute, credited to Sheffield United.

Discipline: Sheffield United received 1 yellow card; Watford received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 11th on 5 points from 3 and Watford 3rd on 9 points from 3. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 3rd with 98 points, and Watford 14th with 57.

Sheffield United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Watford in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Bachmann of Watford (8.3), ahead of Oliver Arblaster (7.6).

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

Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read D-D-W and Watford's W-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Own goal · Daniel BachmannSheffield United · 1-0
  • 16'Missed penalty · Kieffer MooreSheffield United
  • 49'Yellow card · Yasser LarouciWatford
  • 83'Yellow card · Callum O'HareSheffield United
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Francisco SierraltaWatford
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Daniel JebbisonWatford

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sheffield United 4, draws 2, Watford 4.

Team news

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

Michael Cooper, Alfie Gilchrist, Harry James Souttar, Anel Ahmedhodzic, Harrison Burrows, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Oliver Arblaster, Gustavo Hamer, Callum O'Hare, Kieffer Moore

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

Daniel Bachmann, Mattie Pollock, Francisco Sierralta, James Morris, Ryan Andrews, Moussa Sissoko, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Yasser Larouci, Edo Kayembe, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Vakoun Bayo