Sheffield United 1-0 Barnsley: result and report
Championship · Saturday 19 August 2017
Result
Sheffield United 1-0 Barnsley
Championship · Saturday 19 August 2017, 11:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sheffield United 1-0 Barnsley: match report
Sheffield United beat Barnsley 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 19 August 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Billy Sharp of Sheffield United in the 17th minute.
Discipline: Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Barnsley received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 18th on 3 points from 3 and Barnsley 17th on 3 points from 3. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 10th with 69 points, and Barnsley 22nd with 41.
Sheffield United lined up in a 3-5-2 and Barnsley in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Chris Basham of Sheffield United (8.1), ahead of Jack O'Connell (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sheffield United wins, 3 draws and 1 for Barnsley.
Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read L-L-W and Barnsley's W-L-L.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Billy Sharp
- 21'Yellow card · Billy Sharp
- 30'Yellow card · Jason McCarthy
- 42'Red card · Leon Clarke
- 42'Red card · Angus MacDonald
- 45+3'Yellow card · Adam Hammill
- 48'Yellow card · Matty Pearson
- 58'Yellow card · John Fleck
- 84'Yellow card · Enda Stevens
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)
Pavel Kucera, Jack O'Connell, Chris Basham, Jake Wright, Enda Stevens, John Fleck, Paul Coutts, Kieron Freeman, Mark Duffy, Leon Clarke, Patrick McCarthy
Barnsley line-up (4-1-4-1)
Adam Davies, Jason McCarthy, A. MacDonald, Adam Jackson, Matty Pearson, Joe Williams, Adam Hammill, George Moncur, Brad Potts, Ryan Hedges, Tom Bradshaw