Aston Villa 2-2 Sheffield United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 23 December 2017
Result
Aston Villa 2-2 Sheffield United
Championship · Saturday 23 December 2017, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-2
Aston Villa 2-2 Sheffield United: match report
Aston Villa drew with Sheffield United 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 23 December 2017. It was 2-2 at half-time.
Albert Adomah opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Albert Adomah (4', penalty) and Mile Jedinak (9'). Sheffield United scored through Clayton Donaldson (12') and Clayton Donaldson (26').
Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 6th on 37 points from 22 and Sheffield United 7th on 37 points from 22. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 3rd with 90 points, and Sheffield United 10th with 69.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Sheffield United in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Clayton Donaldson of Sheffield United (8.6), ahead of John Lundstram (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 1 draw and 0 for Sheffield United.
Key events
- 4'Penalty goal · Albert Adomah
- 9'Goal · Mile Jedinak
- 12'Goal · Clayton Donaldson
- 26'Goal · Clayton Donaldson
- 57'Yellow card · Chris Basham
- 68'Yellow card · Clayton Donaldson
- 71'Yellow card · Jack O'Connell
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-1-1)
Sam Johnstone, Neil Taylor, James Chester, Mile Jedinak, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Glenn Whelan, Robert Snodgrass, C. Hourihane, Albert Adomah, Jack Grealish, Keinan Davis
Sheffield United line-up (3-4-1-2)
Simon Moore, Jack O'Connell, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Richard Stearman, George Baldock, Enda Stevens, Chris Basham, John Lundstram, Leon Clarke, Clayton Donaldson, Mark Duffy