Walsall 3-2 Sheffield United: result and report

League One · Tuesday 6 March 2012

Result

Walsall 3-2 Sheffield United

League One · Tuesday 6 March 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Walsall 3-2 Sheffield United: match report

Walsall won against Sheffield United 3-2 in the League One on Tuesday 6 March 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Sam Mantom opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Walsall's goals came from Sam Mantom (55'), J. Macken (73') and Alex Nicholls (81'). Sheffield United scored through L. Williamson (65') and Ched Evans (76').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Walsall were 21st on 31 points from 33 and Sheffield United 2nd on 65 points from 33. Walsall went on to finish that season 20th with 48 points, and Sheffield United 2nd with 95.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Walsall wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sheffield United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 55'Goal · Sam MantomWalsall · 1-0
  • 65'Goal · L. WilliamsonSheffield United · 1-1
  • 73'Goal · J. MackenWalsall · 2-1
  • 76'Goal · Ched EvansSheffield United · 2-2
  • 81'Goal · Alex NichollsWalsall · 3-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Walsall 0, draws 0, Sheffield United 1.

Team news

Walsall line-up

Dávid Gróf, Andy Butler, Javier Klimowicz, Richard Taundry, Kevan Hurst, Sander Krabbendam, Florent Cuvelier, Sam Mantom, Jon Macken, George Bowerman, Matt Sadler

Sheffield United line-up

Steve Simonsen, Johannes Ertl, Andy Taylor, John Egan, Ryan Flynn, Lee Williamson, S. Quinn, Ched Evans, Richard Cresswell, Michael Doyle, Matthew Hill