Scunthorpe United 3-2 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 22 February 2011

Result

Scunthorpe United 3-2 Sheffield United

Championship · Tuesday 22 February 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Scunthorpe United 3-2 Sheffield United: match report

Scunthorpe United beat Sheffield United 3-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 22 February 2011. The half-time score was 2-2.

Ched Evans opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Scunthorpe United's goals came from Joe Garner (37', penalty), Joe Garner (44') and Lee Miller (53'). Sheffield United scored through Ched Evans (6') and Richard Cresswell (7').

Discipline: Scunthorpe United received 2 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Scunthorpe United were 23rd on 28 points from 30 and Sheffield United 22nd on 29 points from 32. Scunthorpe United went on to finish that season 24th with 42 points, and Sheffield United 23rd with 42.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Scunthorpe United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Sheffield United.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Ched EvansSheffield United · 0-1
  • 7'Goal · Richard CresswellSheffield United · 0-2
  • 30'Yellow card · Andrew WrightScunthorpe United
  • 37'Penalty goal · Joe GarnerScunthorpe United · 1-2
  • 44'Goal · Joe GarnerScunthorpe United · 2-2
  • 50'Yellow card · Stephen QuinnSheffield United
  • 53'Goal · Lee MillerScunthorpe United · 3-2
  • 56'Yellow card · Michael NelsonScunthorpe United
  • 89'Red card · S. LowrySheffield United

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Scunthorpe United 4, draws 1, Sheffield United 0.

Team news

Scunthorpe United line-up

Josh Lillis, Andrew Wright, Ben Gordon, Paul Reid, Sam Togwell, Andy Hughes, Josh Wright, Lee Miller, Joe Garner, Michael Nelson, Mark Duffy

Sheffield United line-up

Steve Simonsen, Nyron Nosworthy, Johannes Ertl, Shane Lowry, Matthew Lowton, S. Quinn, Bjørn Helge Semundseth Riise, Ched Evans, Richard Cresswell, Michael Doyle, N. Collins