Sheffield United 0-2 Burnley: result and report
Championship · Thursday 26 December 2024
Result
Sheffield United 0-2 Burnley
Championship · Thursday 26 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Sheffield United 0-2 Burnley: match report
Sheffield United were beaten by Burnley 0-2 in the Championship on Thursday 26 December 2024. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Josh Brownhill opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Sheffield United did not score. Burnley scored through Josh Brownhill (43') and Zian Flemming (53').
Discipline: Sheffield United received 6 yellow cards; Burnley received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 1st on 50 points from 22 and Burnley 3rd on 44 points from 22. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 3rd with 98 points, and Burnley 2nd with 100.
Sheffield United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Burnley in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Brownhill of Burnley (8.0), ahead of James Trafford (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sheffield United wins, 2 draws and 5 for Burnley.
Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read W-W-W-D-W and Burnley's W-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Josh Cullen
- 20'Yellow card
- 36'Yellow card · Gustavo Hamer
- 36'Yellow card
- 43'Goal · Josh Brownhill
- 52'Yellow card · Alfie Gilchrist
- 52'Yellow card
- 53'Goal · Zian Flemming
- 59'Yellow card · Harry Souttar
- 59'Yellow card
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sheffield United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Michael Cooper, Alfie Gilchrist, Harry James Souttar, Jack Robinson, Harrison Burrows, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Sydie frederick Peck, Callum O'Hare, Rhian Brewster, Gustavo Hamer, Kieffer Moore
Burnley line-up (4-2-3-1)
James Trafford, Connor Roberts, CJ Egan-Riley, Maxime Estève, Bashir Humphreys, Josh Cullen, Josh Laurent, Jaidon Anthony, Josh Brownhill, Hannibal, Zian Flemming