Sheffield United 1-0 Watford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 25 February 2023

Result

Sheffield United 1-0 Watford

Championship · Saturday 25 February 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Sheffield United · Watford · Championship predictions

Sheffield United 1-0 Watford: match report

Sheffield United won against Watford 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 25 February 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal was an own goal by R. Porteous in the 73rd minute, credited to Sheffield United.

Discipline: Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 2nd on 61 points from 32 and Watford 7th on 50 points from 33. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Watford 11th with 63.

Sheffield United lined up in a 3-5-2 and Watford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Wes Foderingham of Sheffield United (7.7), ahead of Jack Robinson (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sheffield United wins, 3 draws and 4 for Watford.

Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read L-L-W-D-W and Watford's W-D-D-D-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Wesley HoedtWatford
  • 17'Yellow card · Anel AhmedhodzicSheffield United
  • 34'Yellow card · Max LoweSheffield United
  • 51'Yellow card · R. PorteousWatford
  • 70'Yellow card · Ismaël KonéWatford
  • 73'Own goal · R. PorteousSheffield United · 1-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sheffield United 3, draws 3, Watford 4.

Team news

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

Wes Foderingham, Anel Ahmedhodzic, John Egan, Jack Robinson, Jayden Bogle, Sander Berge, Oliver Norwood, John Fleck, Max Lowe, Iliman Ndiaye, Oli McBurnie

Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)

Daniel Bachmann, Mario Gaspar, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, James Morris, Imrân Louza, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Ismaïla Sarr, João Pedro, Ken Sema, Keinan Davis