Sheffield United 0-2 Southampton: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 6 March 2021
Result
Sheffield United 0-2 Southampton
Premier League · Saturday 6 March 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Sheffield United 0-2 Southampton: match report
Sheffield United were beaten by Southampton 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 March 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.
James Ward-Prowse opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Sheffield United did not score. Southampton scored through James Ward-Prowse (32', penalty) and Ché Adams (49').
Discipline: Sheffield United received 4 yellow cards; Southampton received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 20th on 14 points from 27 and Southampton 14th on 30 points from 26. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 20th with 23 points, and Southampton 15th with 43.
Sheffield United lined up in a 3-5-2 and Southampton in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to John Fleck of Sheffield United (7.5), level with Stuart Armstrong (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sheffield United wins, 0 draws and 3 for Southampton.
Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read W-L-L-L-L and Southampton's L-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 31'Yellow card · Ethan Ampadu
- 32'Penalty goal · James Ward-Prowse
- 36'Yellow card · Jayden Bogle
- 49'Goal · Ché Adams
- 59'Yellow card · Nathan Tella
- 71'Yellow card · Stuart Armstrong
- 90+1'Yellow card · John Fleck
- 90+1'Yellow card · Oliver McBurnie
- 90+1'Yellow card · J. Vestergaard
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)
Aaron Ramsdale, George Baldock, Ethan Ampadu, Kean Bryan, Jayden Bogle, John Lundstram, Oliver Norwood, John Fleck, Enda Stevens, Rhian Brewster, David McGoldrick
Southampton line-up (4-4-2)
Fraser Forster, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek, Jannik Vestergaard, Ryan Bertrand, Stuart Armstrong, Ibrahima Diallo, James Ward-Prowse, Takumi Minamino, Danny Ings, Nathan Tella