Cardiff City 2-3 Sheffield United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 4 December 2021
Result
Cardiff City 2-3 Sheffield United
Championship · Saturday 4 December 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Cardiff City 2-3 Sheffield United: match report
Cardiff City lost to Sheffield United 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 4 December 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.
Mark Harris opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Mark Harris (32') and Mark McGuinness (90'). Sheffield United scored through M. Gibbs-White (61'), Billy Sharp (73') and David McGoldrick (75').
Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Sheffield United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 22nd on 21 points from 20 and Sheffield United 13th on 26 points from 20. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Sheffield United 5th with 78.
Cardiff City lined up in a 3-4-3 and Sheffield United in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Morgan Gibbs-White of Sheffield United (9.3), ahead of David McGoldrick (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cardiff City wins, 5 draws and 1 for Sheffield United.
Key events
- 32'Goal · Mark Harris
- 40'Yellow card · Oliver Norwood
- 44'Yellow card · James Collins
- 52'Red card · S. Morrison
- 61'Goal · M. Gibbs-White
- 73'Goal · Billy Sharp
- 75'Goal · David McGoldrick
- 90'Goal · Mark McGuinness
Head-to-head
Team news
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Cardiff City line-up (3-4-3)
Alex Smithies, Mark McGuinness, Sean Morrison, Curtis Nelson, Perry Ng, Joe Ralls, Marlon Pack, Ryan Giles, Isaak Davies, James Collins, Mark Harris
Sheffield United line-up (3-4-2-1)
Wes Foderingham, Chris Basham, John Egan, Ben Davies, Jayden Bogle, Oliver Norwood, C. Hourihane, Enda Stevens, Morgan Gibbs-White, David McGoldrick, Patrick McCarthy