Manchester United 2-0 Sheffield United: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 17 April 2007
Result
Manchester United 2-0 Sheffield United
Premier League · Tuesday 17 April 2007, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Manchester United 2-0 Sheffield United: match report
Manchester United beat Sheffield United 2-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 17 April 2007. The half-time score was 1-0.
Michael Carrick opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Michael Carrick (4') and Wayne Rooney (50'). Sheffield United did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 3 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 78 points from 32 and Sheffield United 17th on 34 points from 33. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Sheffield United 18th with 38.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester United win, 0 draws and 0 for Sheffield United.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Sheffield United's W-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Michael Carrick
- 15'Yellow card · Derek Geary
- 28'Yellow card · Wayne Rooney
- 28'Yellow card · Alan Smith
- 50'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 65'Yellow card · Chris Morgan
- 65'Yellow card · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 82'Yellow card · Chris Armstrong
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville
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