Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Sheffield United: result and report
League One · Tuesday 19 April 2016
Result
Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Sheffield United
League One · Tuesday 19 April 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Sheffield United: match report
Shrewsbury Town were beaten by Sheffield United 1-2 in the League One on Tuesday 19 April 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Billy Sharp opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Shrewsbury Town's goal came from Kevin Nolan (54'). Sheffield United scored through Billy Sharp (19') and Ché Adams (66').
Discipline: Shrewsbury Town received no yellow cards; Sheffield United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Shrewsbury Town were 20th on 47 points from 41 and Sheffield United 9th on 64 points from 42. Shrewsbury Town went on to finish that season 20th with 50 points, and Sheffield United 11th with 68.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Shrewsbury Town win, 0 draws and 0 for Sheffield United.
Going into the match Shrewsbury Town's last five read D-L-L-D-D and Sheffield United's W-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · James McEveley
- 9'Missed penalty · Kyle Vassell
- 19'Goal · Billy Sharp
- 54'Goal · Kevin Nolan
- 66'Goal · Ché Adams
Head-to-head
Team news
Shrewsbury Town line-up
Jayson Leutwiler, Matt Sadler, Zak Whitbread, Jack Grimmer, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Jack Hendry, Sullay Kaikai, James Wesolowski, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, K. Vassell, Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro
Sheffield United line-up
George Long, Chris Basham, James McEveley, Alex Baptiste, David Edgar, Ryan Flynn, Paul Coutts, Dean Hammond, Patrick McCarthy, Matt Done, Ché Adams