Sunderland 1-2 Sheffield United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 9 September 2017
Result
Sunderland 1-2 Sheffield United
Championship · Saturday 9 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Sunderland 1-2 Sheffield United: match report
Sunderland were beaten by Sheffield United 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 9 September 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Clayton Donaldson opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Sunderland's goal came from J. Rodwell (90+4'). Sheffield United scored through Clayton Donaldson (21') and Clayton Donaldson (77').
Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 19th on 5 points from 5 and Sheffield United 6th on 9 points from 5. Sunderland went on to finish that season 24th with 37 points, and Sheffield United 10th with 69.
Sunderland lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Sheffield United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Clayton Donaldson of Sheffield United (8.4), ahead of Jack Rodwell (7.3).
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-L-D-W-D and Sheffield United's W-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Clayton Donaldson
- 41'Yellow card · M. Wilson
- 48'Yellow card · Paul Coutts
- 77'Goal · Clayton Donaldson
- 90+4'Goal · J. Rodwell
- 90+4'Yellow card · John Lundstram
Team news
Sunderland line-up (3-4-1-2)
Robbin Ruiter, Tyias Browning, Lamine Koné, Marc Wilson, Jack Rodwell, Brendan Galloway, Didier Ndong, George Honeyman, Jonathan Williams, James Vaughan, Lewis Grabban
Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)
Pavel Kucera, Jack O'Connell, Chris Basham, Jake Wright, Enda Stevens, John Fleck, Paul Coutts, Kieron Freeman, Mark Duffy, Patrick McCarthy, Clayton Donaldson