Sheffield United 4-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 8 March 2022

Result

Sheffield United 4-1 Middlesbrough

Championship · Tuesday 8 March 2022, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

Sheffield United · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Sheffield United 4-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Sheffield United beat Middlesbrough 4-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 8 March 2022. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Sander Berge opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Sander Berge (23'), Billy Sharp (25'), Jack Robinson (59') and M. Gibbs-White (79'). Middlesbrough scored through F. Balogun (62').

Discipline: Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 7th on 54 points from 34 and Middlesbrough 6th on 55 points from 34. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Middlesbrough 7th with 70.

Sheffield United lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Middlesbrough in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Morgan Gibbs-White of Sheffield United (8.4), ahead of Sander Berge (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sheffield United wins, 1 draw and 6 for Middlesbrough.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Sander BergeSheffield United · 1-0
  • 25'Goal · Billy SharpSheffield United · 2-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Jonathan HowsonMiddlesbrough
  • 49'Yellow card · M. Gibbs-WhiteSheffield United
  • 49'Yellow card · Lee PeltierMiddlesbrough
  • 49'Yellow card · Billy SharpSheffield United
  • 57'Yellow card · Conor HourihaneSheffield United
  • 59'Goal · Jack RobinsonSheffield United · 3-0
  • 62'Goal · F. BalogunMiddlesbrough · 3-1
  • 79'Goal · M. Gibbs-WhiteSheffield United · 4-1
  • 84'Yellow card · Matt CrooksMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sheffield United 3, draws 1, Middlesbrough 6.

Team news

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Sheffield United line-up (3-4-2-1)

Wes Foderingham, Ben Davies, John Egan, Jack Robinson, Ben Osborn, Sander Berge, Oliver Norwood, John Fleck, Rhys Norrington-Davies, Morgan Gibbs-White, Patrick McCarthy

Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-2)

Joe Lumley, Lee Peltier, Dael Fry, Paddy McNair, Isaiah Jones, Matt Crooks, Jonathan Howson, Marcus Tavernier, Marc Bola, Andraz Sporar, Aaron Connolly