Crystal Palace 3-2 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 22 September 2007

Result

Crystal Palace 3-2 Sheffield United

Championship · Saturday 22 September 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Crystal Palace 3-2 Sheffield United: match report

Crystal Palace beat Sheffield United 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 22 September 2007. The half-time score was 0-0.

Crystal Palace's goals came from Tom Soares (60'), Carl Fletcher (70') and Ben Watson (89', penalty). Sheffield United scored through an own goal by M. Hudson (48') and James Beattie (76').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Crystal Palace were 21st on 5 points from 6 and Sheffield United 11th on 8 points from 6. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 5th with 72 points, and Sheffield United 9th with 66.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Crystal Palace wins, 0 draws and 2 for Sheffield United.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 48'Own goal · M. HudsonSheffield United · 0-1
  • 60'Goal · Tom SoaresCrystal Palace · 1-1
  • 70'Goal · Carl FletcherCrystal Palace · 2-1
  • 76'Goal · James BeattieSheffield United · 2-2
  • 89'Penalty goal · Ben WatsonCrystal Palace · 3-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Crystal Palace 0, draws 0, Sheffield United 2.

Team news

Sheffield United expected line-up

Paddy Kenny, Phil Jagielka, Claude Davis, Chris Armstrong, Robert Kozluk, Keith Gillespie, Rob Hulse, Chris Morgan, Mikele Leigertwood, Michael Tonge