Northampton Town 1-2 Sheffield United: result and report
League One · Saturday 8 April 2017
Result
Northampton Town 1-2 Sheffield United
League One · Saturday 8 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Northampton Town 1-2 Sheffield United: match report
Northampton Town lost to Sheffield United 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 8 April 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Marc Richards opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Northampton Town's goal came from Marc Richards (45+1'). Sheffield United scored through Leon Clarke (61') and John Fleck (88').
Discipline: Northampton Town received no yellow cards; Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 15th on 51 points from 41 and Sheffield United 1st on 85 points from 41. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 16th with 53 points, and Sheffield United 1st with 100.
Northampton Town lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sheffield United in a 5-3-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Northampton Town wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sheffield United.
Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read D-D-L-W-W and Sheffield United's W-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · D. Lafferty
- 45+1'Goal · Marc Richards
- 61'Goal · Leon Clarke
- 79'Yellow card · John Fleck
- 88'Goal · John Fleck
Head-to-head
Team news
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Northampton Town line-up (4-4-2)
Adam Smith, Brendan Moloney, David Buchanan, Zander Diamond, John-Joe O'Toole, Lewin Nyatanga, Matthew Taylor, Luke Williams, Paul Anderson, Marc Richards, Michael Smith
Sheffield United line-up (5-3-2)
Simon Moore, Jack O'Connell, Chris Basham, Jake Wright, Kieron Freeman, Danny Lafferty, John Fleck, Paul Coutts, Jay O'Shea, Samir Carruthers, Leon Clarke