Bristol City 2-3 Sheffield United: result and report
Championship · Sunday 6 May 2018
Result
Bristol City 2-3 Sheffield United
Championship · Sunday 6 May 2018, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-3
Bristol City 2-3 Sheffield United: match report
Bristol City were beaten by Sheffield United 2-3 in the Championship on Sunday 6 May 2018. It was 0-3 at half-time.
Leon Clarke opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Bristol City's goals came from Aden Flint (60') and Joe Bryan (75'). Sheffield United scored through Leon Clarke (8'), Billy Sharp (29') and Kieron Freeman (34').
Discipline: Bristol City received 3 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol City were 10th on 67 points from 45 and Sheffield United 11th on 66 points from 45. Bristol City went on to finish that season 11th with 67 points, and Sheffield United 10th with 69.
Bristol City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sheffield United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to John Fleck of Sheffield United (8.2), level with Leon Clarke (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bristol City wins, 1 draw and 6 for Sheffield United.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Leon Clarke
- 17'Yellow card · Aden Flint
- 29'Goal · Billy Sharp
- 34'Goal · Kieron Freeman
- 42'Yellow card · Famara Diédhiou
- 49'Yellow card · Joe Bryan
- 60'Goal · Aden Flint
- 74'Yellow card · Richard Stearman
- 75'Goal · Joe Bryan
- 88'Yellow card · George Baldock
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol City line-up (4-4-2)
Frank Fielding, Joe Bryan, Aden Flint, Josh Brownhill, Lloyd Kelly, Korey Smith, Niclas Eliasson, Sander Krabbendam, Marlon Pack, Famara Diédhiou, Bobby De Cordova-Reid
Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)
Simon Moore, Jack O'Connell, Chris Basham, Richard Stearman, Enda Stevens, John Fleck, Ryan Leonard, Kieron Freeman, Lee Evans, Leon Clarke, Patrick McCarthy