Everton 2-0 Sheffield United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 21 October 2006
Result
Everton 2-0 Sheffield United
Premier League · Saturday 21 October 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Everton 2-0 Sheffield United: match report
Everton won against Sheffield United 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 October 2006. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Mikel Arteta opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Everton's goals came from Mikel Arteta (13') and James Beattie (33', penalty). Sheffield United did not score.
Discipline: Everton received no yellow cards; Sheffield United received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Everton were 7th on 13 points from 8 and Sheffield United 17th on 6 points from 8. Everton went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Sheffield United 18th with 38.
Going into the match Everton's last five read L-D-D-D-W and Sheffield United's D-W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Mikel Arteta
- 32'Red card · Claude Davis
- 33'Penalty goal · James Beattie
- 77'Yellow card · Michael Tonge
Team news
Everton expected line-up
Nigel Martyn, Tony Hibbert, Joseph Yobo, Leon Osman, Kevin Kilbane, Simon Davies, James Beattie, Tim Cahill, James McFadden, David Weir, Nuno Valente
Sheffield United line-up
Paddy Kenny, Leigh Bromby, Claude Davis, Phil Jagielka, Chris Armstrong, Alan Quinn, Keith Gillespie, Mikele Leigertwood, Rob Hulse, Colin Kazim-Richards, Michael Tonge