Birmingham City 1-2 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Monday 8 May 2023

Result

Birmingham City 1-2 Sheffield United

Championship · Monday 8 May 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Birmingham City 1-2 Sheffield United: match report

Birmingham City were beaten by Sheffield United 1-2 in the Championship on Monday 8 May 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Oliver McBurnie opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Birmingham City's goal came from Dion Sanderson (79'). Sheffield United scored through Oliver McBurnie (53') and J. McAtee (56').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Sheffield United received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 17th on 53 points from 45 and Sheffield United 2nd on 88 points from 45. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Sheffield United 2nd with 91.

Birmingham City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Sheffield United in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tommy Doyle of Sheffield United (8.2), ahead of Iliman Ndiaye (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Birmingham City wins, 4 draws and 2 for Sheffield United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 53'Goal · Oliver McBurnieSheffield United · 0-1
  • 56'Goal · J. McAteeSheffield United · 0-2
  • 71'Yellow card · Harlee DeanBirmingham City
  • 79'Goal · Dion SandersonBirmingham City · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Birmingham City 4, draws 4, Sheffield United 2.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up (3-5-2)

Neil Etheridge, Dion Sanderson, Harlee Dean, Auston Trusty, Jordan Graham, Juninho Bacuna, Krystian Bielik, Jobe Bellingham, Emmanuel Longelo, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Reda Khadra

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

Adam Davies, Chris Basham, John Egan, Jack Robinson, George Baldock, Tommy Doyle, John Fleck, Enda Stevens, James McAtee, Iliman Ndiaye, Oli McBurnie