Burnley 4-2 Sheffield United: result and report

Burnley 4-2 Sheffield United

Championship · Saturday 1 January 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Burnley defeated Sheffield United 4-2 in the Championship on Saturday 1 January 2011. The half-time score was 3-1.

Mark Yeates opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Burnley's goals came from Chris Eagles (29'), Chris Iwelumo (45'), Jay Rodríguez (45') and Steven Thompson (85'). Sheffield United scored through Mark Yeates (9') and Ched Evans (47', penalty).

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

Going into the game Burnley were 11th on 32 points from 22 and Sheffield United 21st on 25 points from 23. Burnley went on to finish that season 9th with 68 points, and Sheffield United 23rd with 42.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Burnley wins, 2 draws and 3 for Sheffield United.

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