Sheffield United 2-1 Norwich City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 18 August 2018
Result
Sheffield United 2-1 Norwich City
Championship · Saturday 18 August 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Sheffield United 2-1 Norwich City: match report
Sheffield United won against Norwich City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 18 August 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.
John Egan opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from John Egan (9') and Billy Sharp (90+3'). Norwich City scored through Jordan Rhodes (26').
Discipline: Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards; Norwich City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 12th on 3 points from 3 and Norwich City 18th on 1 point from 2. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Norwich City 1st with 94.
Sheffield United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Norwich City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Oliver Norwood of Sheffield United (8.7), ahead of Patrick McCarthy (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sheffield United wins, 0 draws and 7 for Norwich City.
Key events
- 9'Goal · John Egan
- 26'Goal · Jordan Rhodes
- 35'Yellow card · Teemu Pukki
- 63'Yellow card · Tom Trybull
- 83'Yellow card · David McGoldrick
- 90+1'Yellow card · Chris Basham
- 90+3'Goal · Billy Sharp
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield United line-up (3-4-1-2)
Dean Henderson, Chris Basham, John Egan, Jack O'Connell, Kieron Freeman, Oliver Norwood, John Fleck, Enda Stevens, Ben Woodburn, Patrick McCarthy, Leon Clarke
Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tim Krul, Ben Marshall, Grant Hanley, Timm Klose, Jamal Lewis, Alexander Tettey, Tom Trybull, Moritz Leitner, Teemu Pukki, Onel Hernández, J. Rhodes