Sheffield United 3-1 Derby County: result and report
Championship · Saturday 26 August 2017
Result
Sheffield United 3-1 Derby County
Championship · Saturday 26 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Sheffield United 3-1 Derby County: match report
Sheffield United defeated Derby County 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 26 August 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.
Billy Sharp opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Billy Sharp (4'), an own goal by Johnny Russell (39') and Billy Sharp (90+8'). Derby County scored through Craig Bryson (90+1').
Discipline: Sheffield United received 4 yellow cards; Derby County received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 12th on 6 points from 4 and Derby County 9th on 7 points from 4. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 10th with 69 points, and Derby County 5th with 78.
Sheffield United lined up in a 3-5-2 and Derby County in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Patrick McCarthy of Sheffield United (9.0), ahead of Bradley Johnson (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Sheffield United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Derby County.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Billy Sharp
- 32'Yellow card · Jack O'Connell
- 36'Yellow card · Paul Coutts
- 39'Own goal · Johnny Russell
- 59'Yellow card · Tom Lawrence
- 59'Yellow card · Tom Lawrence
- 71'Yellow card · Bradley Johnson
- 89'Yellow card · John Fleck
- 89'Yellow card · Richard Keogh
- 90+1'Goal · Craig Bryson
- 90+7'Yellow card · Jamal Blackman
- 90+8'Goal · Billy Sharp
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, Patrick McCarthy, Caolan Lavery
Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Scott Carson, Richard Keogh, Andre Wisdom, Marcus Olsson, Curtis Davies, Johnny Russell, Bradley Johnson, Andreas Weimann, Matej Vydra, Tom Huddlestone, David Nugent