Sheffield United 1-3 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 17 January 2021

Result

Sheffield United 1-3 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Sunday 17 January 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

Sheffield United · Tottenham Hotspur · Premier League predictions

Sheffield United 1-3 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Sheffield United were beaten by Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 17 January 2021. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Serge Aurier opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Sheffield United's goal came from David McGoldrick (59'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Serge Aurier (5'), Harry Kane (40') and Tanguy Ndombélé (62').

Discipline: Sheffield United received 4 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 20th on 5 points from 18 and Tottenham Hotspur 6th on 30 points from 17. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 20th with 23 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 7th with 62.

Sheffield United lined up in a 3-5-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur (8.6), ahead of Tanguy Ndombélé (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sheffield United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

5'Goal · Serge AurierTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
23'Yellow card · Oliver NorwoodSheffield United
40'Goal · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 0-2
50'Yellow card · John LundstramSheffield United
59'Goal · David McGoldrickSheffield United · 1-2
62'Goal · Tanguy NdombéléTottenham Hotspur · 1-3
86'Yellow card · John EganSheffield United
90+1'Yellow card · Ethan AmpaduSheffield United

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Sheffield United 2, draws 1, Tottenham Hotspur 1.

Sheffield United 3-1 Tottenham HotspurPremier League · 2 Jul 2020
Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Sheffield UnitedPremier League · 9 Nov 2019
Sheffield United 2-1 Tottenham HotspurPremier League · 10 Feb 2007
Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Sheffield UnitedPremier League · 22 Aug 2006

Team news

Unavailable

Jack O'ConnellSheffield United · injury (Knee Surgery)
Jack RobinsonSheffield United · injury (Knock)
Giovani Lo CelsoTottenham Hotspur · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Matt DohertyTottenham Hotspur · injury (Unknown Injury)
Ryan SessegnonTottenham Hotspur · injury (Knock)
Ben OsbornSheffield United · injury (Knock)
Lys MoussetSheffield United · injury (Knock)
Sander BergeSheffield United · injury (Surgery)
Oli McBurnieSheffield United · injury (Bruise)

Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)

Aaron Ramsdale, Chris Basham, John Egan, Ethan Ampadu, Jayden Bogle, John Lundstram, Oliver Norwood, John Fleck, Enda Stevens, David McGoldrick, Oliver Burke

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (3-4-3)

Hugo Lloris, Joe Rodon, Eric Dier, Ben Davies, Serge Aurier, Tanguy Ndombélé, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Sergio Reguilón, Steven Bergwijn, Harry Kane, Heung-min Son