Aston Villa 1-1 Sheffield United: result and report

Premier League · Friday 22 December 2023

Result

Aston Villa 1-1 Sheffield United

Premier League · Friday 22 December 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Aston Villa 1-1 Sheffield United: match report

Aston Villa drew with Sheffield United 1-1 in the Premier League on Friday 22 December 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Cameron Archer opened the scoring in the 87th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Nicolò Zaniolo (90+7'). Sheffield United scored through Cameron Archer (87').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 3rd on 38 points from 17 and Sheffield United 20th on 8 points from 17. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 4th with 68 points, and Sheffield United 20th with 16.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Sheffield United in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Douglas Luiz of Aston Villa (7.8), ahead of Matty Cash (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 2 draws and 2 for Sheffield United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 49'Yellow card · Leon BaileyAston Villa
  • 51'Yellow card · Yasser LarouciSheffield United
  • 69'Yellow card · Jayden BogleSheffield United
  • 87'Goal · Cameron ArcherSheffield United · 0-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Nicolò ZanioloAston Villa
  • 90+7'Goal · Nicolò ZanioloAston Villa · 1-1
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Auston TrustySheffield United
  • 90+10'Yellow card · Matty CashAston Villa

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Aston Villa 2, draws 2, Sheffield United 2.

Team news

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Aston Villa line-up (4-4-1-1)

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Clément Lenglet, Lucas Digne, Leon Bailey, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Jacob Ramsey, Moussa Diaby, Ollie Watkins

Sheffield United line-up (3-4-2-1)

Wes Foderingham, George Baldock, Jack Robinson, Auston Trusty, Jayden Bogle, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Oliver Norwood, Yasser Larouci, Anis Ben Slimane, Andre Brooks, Cameron Archer