Brentford 1-1 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Friday 30 March 2018

Result

Brentford 1-1 Sheffield United

Championship · Friday 30 March 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Brentford 1-1 Sheffield United: match report

Brentford drew with Sheffield United 1-1 in the Championship on Friday 30 March 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Chris Basham opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Brentford's goal came from Chris Mepham (68'). Sheffield United scored through Chris Basham (55').

Discipline: Brentford received no yellow cards; Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brentford were 11th on 54 points from 38 and Sheffield United 10th on 60 points from 38. Brentford went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Sheffield United 10th with 69.

Brentford lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Sheffield United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Chris Basham of Sheffield United (8.8), ahead of Chris Mepham (8.1).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 50'Yellow card · Chris BashamSheffield United
  • 55'Goal · Chris BashamSheffield United · 0-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Enda StevensSheffield United
  • 68'Goal · Chris MephamBrentford · 1-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Brentford line-up (4-1-4-1)

Daniel Bentley, John Egan, Josh Clarke, Henrik Dalsgaard, Chris Mepham, Lewis MacLeod, Florian Jozefzoon, Nico Yennaris, Ryan Woods, Sergi Canós, Neal Maupay

Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)

Pavel Kucera, Jack O'Connell, Chris Basham, Richard Stearman, George Baldock, Enda Stevens, John Fleck, John Lundstram, Ryan Leonard, Leon Clarke, Patrick McCarthy