Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 31 October 2017

Result

Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Sheffield United

Championship · Tuesday 31 October 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Sheffield United: match report

Queens Park Rangers defeated Sheffield United 1-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 31 October 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Idrissa Sylla of Queens Park Rangers in the 4th minute.

Discipline: Queens Park Rangers received 2 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Queens Park Rangers were 14th on 18 points from 14 and Sheffield United 1st on 30 points from 14. Queens Park Rangers went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Sheffield United 10th with 69.

Queens Park Rangers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sheffield United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alex Baptiste of Queens Park Rangers (8.0), ahead of Idrissa Sylla (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Queens Park Rangers wins, 4 draws and 2 for Sheffield United.

Going into the match Queens Park Rangers's last five read W-D-D-L-D and Sheffield United's W-W-W-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Idrissa SyllaQueens Park Rangers · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Jordan CousinsQueens Park Rangers
  • 29'Yellow card · Leon ClarkeSheffield United
  • 90+1'Yellow card · David BrooksSheffield United
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Josh ScowenQueens Park Rangers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Queens Park Rangers 4, draws 4, Sheffield United 2.

Team news

Queens Park Rangers line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Smithies, Jake Bidwell, Jordan Cousins, Jack Robinson, Alex Baptiste, Luke Freeman, Josh Scowen, Massimo Luongo, D. Wheeler, Conor Washington, Idrissa Sylla

Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)

Pavel Kucera, Jack O'Connell, Chris Basham, Cameron Carter-Vickers, George Baldock, Enda Stevens, John Lundstram, Paul Coutts, David Brooks, Leon Clarke, Clayton Donaldson