Sheffield United 0-2 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Thursday 5 December 2019
Result
Sheffield United 0-2 Newcastle United
Premier League · Thursday 5 December 2019, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Sheffield United 0-2 Newcastle United: match report
Sheffield United were beaten by Newcastle United 0-2 in the Premier League on Thursday 5 December 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Allan Saint-Maximin opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Sheffield United did not score. Newcastle United scored through Allan Saint-Maximin (15') and J. Shelvey (70').
Discipline: Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 9th on 19 points from 14 and Newcastle United 14th on 16 points from 14. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Newcastle United 13th with 44.
Sheffield United lined up in a 3-5-2 and Newcastle United in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Martin Dúbravka of Newcastle United (8.8), ahead of Jonjo Shelvey (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sheffield United win, 0 draws and 1 for Newcastle United.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Allan Saint-Maximin
- 49'Yellow card · Billy Sharp
- 70'Goal · J. Shelvey
- 87'Yellow card · Luke Freeman
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)
Dean Henderson, Chris Basham, John Egan, Jack O'Connell, George Baldock, John Lundstram, Oliver Norwood, John Fleck, Enda Stevens, Oli McBurnie, Patrick McCarthy
Newcastle United line-up (5-4-1)
Martin Dúbravka, Javier Manquillo, Federico Fernández, Ciaran Clark, Paul Dummett, Jetro Willems, Miguel Almirón, Isaac Hayden, Jonjo Shelvey, Allan Saint-Maximin, Andy Carroll