Swindon Town 2-4 Sheffield United: result and report

League One · Tuesday 14 March 2017

Result

Swindon Town 2-4 Sheffield United

League One · Tuesday 14 March 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Swindon Town 2-4 Sheffield United: match report

Swindon Town lost to Sheffield United 2-4 in the League One on Tuesday 14 March 2017. The half-time score was 0-2.

Caolan Lavery opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Swindon Town's goals came from Charlie Colkett (46') and Ben Gladwin (53'). Sheffield United scored through Caolan Lavery (29'), Kieron Freeman (35'), J. O'Shea (58') and Paul Coutts (90+2', penalty).

Discipline: Swindon Town received no yellow cards; Sheffield United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Swindon Town were 22nd on 36 points from 37 and Sheffield United 1st on 72 points from 36. Swindon Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 44 points, and Sheffield United 1st with 100.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Swindon Town wins, 1 draw and 6 for Sheffield United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Caolan LaverySheffield United · 0-1
  • 35'Goal · Kieron FreemanSheffield United · 0-2
  • 46'Goal · Charlie ColkettSwindon Town · 1-2
  • 53'Goal · Ben GladwinSwindon Town · 2-2
  • 58'Goal · J. O'SheaSheffield United · 2-3
  • 61'Yellow card · Chris BashamSheffield United
  • 90+2'Penalty goal · Paul CouttsSheffield United · 2-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Swindon Town 3, draws 1, Sheffield United 6.

Team news

Swindon Town line-up

Will Henry, Nathan Thompson, Dion Conroy, Raphael Rossi, Ben Gladwin, John Goddard, Charlie Colkett, Fankaty Dabo, Rohan Ince, Jonathan Obika, Nicky Ajose

Sheffield United line-up

Simon Moore, Jack O'Connell, Chris Basham, Kieron Freeman, Ethan Ebanks-Landell, Danny Lafferty, John Fleck, Paul Coutts, Jay O'Shea, Caolan Lavery, Patrick McCarthy