Sheffield United 3-2 Walsall: result and report
League One · Tuesday 16 August 2011
Result
Sheffield United 3-2 Walsall
League One · Tuesday 16 August 2011, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Sheffield United 3-2 Walsall: match report
Sheffield United defeated Walsall 3-2 in the League One on Tuesday 16 August 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.
Kevan Hurst opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Matthew Lowton (59'), L. Williamson (68') and Richard Cresswell (74', penalty). Walsall scored through Kevan Hurst (46') and Will Grigg (51').
Discipline: Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards; Walsall received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 2nd on 6 points from 2 and Walsall 7th on 4 points from 2. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 2nd with 95 points, and Walsall 20th with 48.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Matthew Lowton
- 46'Goal · Kevan Hurst
- 51'Goal · Will Grigg
- 58'Yellow card · Anton Peterlin
- 59'Goal · Matthew Lowton
- 68'Goal · L. Williamson
- 74'Penalty goal · Richard Cresswell
- 88'Yellow card · Jordan Slew
- 90'Yellow card · Lecsinel Jean-François
Team news
Sheffield United expected line-up
Steve Simonsen, Matthew Lowton, Nyron Nosworthy, Shane Lowry, Johannes Ertl, Bjørn Helge Semundseth Riise, S. Quinn, Ched Evans, Richard Cresswell, N. Collins, Michael Doyle
Walsall line-up
Jimmy Walker, Darryl Westlake, Andy Butler, Javier Klimowicz, Richard Taundry, Claude Gnakpa, Kevan Hurst, Anton Peterlin, Will Grigg, Jon Macken, Matt Sadler