Sheffield United 1-0 Northampton Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 31 December 2016
Result
Sheffield United 1-0 Northampton Town
League One · Saturday 31 December 2016, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Sheffield United 1-0 Northampton Town: match report
Sheffield United won against Northampton Town 1-0 in the League One on Saturday 31 December 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Kieron Freeman of Sheffield United in the 89th minute.
Discipline: Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards; Northampton Town received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 2nd on 47 points from 23 and Northampton Town 13th on 30 points from 23. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 1st with 100 points, and Northampton Town 16th with 53.
Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read W-W-W-L-D and Northampton Town's W-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 34'Yellow card · Ethan Ebanks-Landell
- 70'Yellow card · John Fleck
- 89'Goal · Kieron Freeman
Team news
Sheffield United line-up
Simon Moore, Jack O'Connell, Chris Basham, Kieron Freeman, Ethan Ebanks-Landell, Danny Lafferty, John Fleck, Paul Coutts, Mark Duffy, Patrick McCarthy, Leon Clarke
Northampton Town line-up
Adam Smith, David Buchanan, Gabriel Zakuani, Aaron Phillips, John-Joe O'Toole, Lewin Nyatanga, Matthew Taylor, Sam Hoskins, Paul Anderson, Marc Richards, A. Revell