Sheffield United 2-1 Coventry City: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 11 March 2008
Result
Sheffield United 2-1 Coventry City
Championship · Tuesday 11 March 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Sheffield United 2-1 Coventry City: match report
Sheffield United defeated Coventry City 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 11 March 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
Billy Sharp opened the scoring in the 69th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Billy Sharp (69') and G. Speed (78'). Coventry City scored through E. Ward (81', penalty).
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 16th on 44 points from 36 and Coventry City 18th on 43 points from 36. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 9th with 66 points, and Coventry City 21st with 53.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sheffield United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Coventry City.
Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read W-D-L-D-D and Coventry City's W-D-L-L-W.
Key events
- 69'Goal · Billy Sharp
- 78'Goal · G. Speed
- 81'Penalty goal · E. Ward
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