Arsenal 5-0 Sheffield United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 28 October 2023
Result
Arsenal 5-0 Sheffield United
Premier League · Saturday 28 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Arsenal 5-0 Sheffield United: match report
Arsenal defeated Sheffield United 5-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 October 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Eddie Nketiah opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Eddie Nketiah (28'), Eddie Nketiah (50'), Eddie Nketiah (58'), Fábio Vieira (88', penalty) and Takehiro Tomiyasu (90+6'). Sheffield United did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 21 points from 9 and Sheffield United 20th on 1 point from 9. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Sheffield United 20th with 16.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sheffield United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Eddie Nketiah of Arsenal (9.4), ahead of Gabriel Martinelli (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sheffield United.
Key events
- 28'Goal · Eddie Nketiah
- 50'Goal · Eddie Nketiah
- 58'Goal · Eddie Nketiah
- 60'Yellow card · Ben Osborn
- 70'Yellow card · Jayden Bogle
- 87'Yellow card · Oliver Norwood
- 88'Penalty goal · Fábio Vieira
- 90+6'Goal · Takehiro Tomiyasu
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Jurriën Timber
- Daniel Jebbison
- John Egan
- Anel Ahmedhodzic
- Gabriel Jesus
- Chris Basham
- Mauro Bandeira
- Tom Davies
- Kieran Tierney
- Mason Holgate
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
David Raya, Ben White, William Saliba, Jakub Kiwior, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Kai Havertz, Declan Rice, Emile Smith Rowe, Bukayo Saka, Eddie Nketiah, Gabriel Martinelli
Sheffield United line-up (4-4-2)
Wes Foderingham, Jayden Bogle, Auston Trusty, Jack Robinson, Luke Jonathan Thomas, James McAtee, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Oliver Norwood, Anis Ben Slimane, Gustavo Hamer, Rhian Brewster