Carlisle United 3-2 Sheffield United: result and report

League One · Monday 2 January 2012

Result

Carlisle United 3-2 Sheffield United

League One · Monday 2 January 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Carlisle United 3-2 Sheffield United: match report

Carlisle United won against Sheffield United 3-2 in the League One on Monday 2 January 2012. The half-time score was 2-2.

François Zoko opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Carlisle United's goals came from François Zoko (2'), François Zoko (15') and Jon-Paul McGovern (71'). Sheffield United scored through Ched Evans (7') and Ched Evans (45+1').

Discipline: Carlisle United received 1 yellow card; Sheffield United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Carlisle United were 8th on 35 points from 23 and Sheffield United 2nd on 47 points from 23. Carlisle United went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Sheffield United 2nd with 95.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · François ZokoCarlisle United · 1-0
  • 7'Goal · Ched EvansSheffield United · 1-1
  • 15'Goal · François ZokoCarlisle United · 2-1
  • 20'Yellow card · M. RobsonCarlisle United
  • 45+1'Goal · Ched EvansSheffield United · 2-2
  • 71'Goal · Jon-Paul McGovernCarlisle United · 3-2
  • 82'Yellow card · N. CollinsSheffield United

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Carlisle United line-up

Matthew James Robson, Peter Murphy, Christian Ribeiro, Ľubomír Michalík, Jon-Paul McGovern, Paul Thirlwell, Tom Taiwo, James Berrett, François Zoko, Lee Miller, Adam Collin

Sheffield United expected line-up

Steve Simonsen, Harry Maguire, Matthew Lowton, Lecsinel Jean-François, S. Quinn, Lee Williamson, K. McDonald, Ched Evans, Richard Cresswell, Michael Doyle, N. Collins