Sheffield United 1-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 25 November 2008

Result

Sheffield United 1-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Championship · Tuesday 25 November 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sheffield United 1-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Sheffield United lost to Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 25 November 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.

Chris Iwelumo opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Sheffield United's goal came from Matthew Spring (75'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Chris Iwelumo (5'), Chris Iwelumo (59') and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (63').

Discipline: Sheffield United received no yellow cards; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 4th on 31 points from 18 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 1st on 43 points from 18. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 3rd with 84 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 1st with 90.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sheffield United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Chris IwelumoWolverhampton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Kevin FoleyWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 59'Goal · Chris IwelumoWolverhampton Wanderers · 0-2
  • 63'Goal · Sylvan Ebanks-BlakeWolverhampton Wanderers · 0-3
  • 75'Goal · Matthew SpringSheffield United · 1-3
  • 79'Yellow card · Sylvan Ebanks-BlakeWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 80'Yellow card · Wayne HennesseyWolverhampton Wanderers

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Sheffield United 2, draws 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.

Team news

Sheffield United expected line-up

Paddy Kenny, Phil Jagielka, Claude Davis, Chris Armstrong, Robert Kozluk, Keith Gillespie, Rob Hulse, Chris Morgan, Mikele Leigertwood, Michael Tonge