Sheffield United 3-0 Bristol City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 4 October 2008
Result
Sheffield United 3-0 Bristol City
Championship · Saturday 4 October 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sheffield United 3-0 Bristol City: match report
Sheffield United beat Bristol City 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 4 October 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
James Beattie opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from James Beattie (44'), an own goal by L. Fontaine (56') and James Beattie (69'). Bristol City did not score.
Discipline: Sheffield United received 1 yellow card; Bristol City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 7th on 14 points from 9 and Bristol City 10th on 13 points from 9. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 3rd with 84 points, and Bristol City 10th with 61.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sheffield United win, 0 draws and 1 for Bristol City.
Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read W-W-L-D-L and Bristol City's D-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 31'Yellow card · James McAllister
- 36'Yellow card · Bradley Orr
- 44'Goal · James Beattie
- 56'Own goal · L. Fontaine
- 69'Goal · James Beattie
- 80'Yellow card · Stephen Quinn
Head-to-head
Team news
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