Southampton 3-2 Sheffield United: result and report
Championship · Sunday 4 May 2008
Result
Southampton 3-2 Sheffield United
Championship · Sunday 4 May 2008, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Southampton 3-2 Sheffield United: match report
Southampton won against Sheffield United 3-2 in the Championship on Sunday 4 May 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Stephen Quinn opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Southampton's goals came from M. Saganowski (42'), S. John (53') and S. John (69'). Sheffield United scored through Stephen Quinn (23') and Jon Stead (65').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Southampton were 22nd on 51 points from 45 and Sheffield United 9th on 66 points from 45. Southampton went on to finish that season 20th with 54 points, and Sheffield United 9th with 66.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Southampton win, 0 draws and 2 for Sheffield United.
Going into the match Southampton's last five read D-L-D-W-L and Sheffield United's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Stephen Quinn
- 42'Goal · M. Saganowski
- 53'Goal · S. John
- 65'Goal · Jon Stead
- 69'Goal · S. John
Head-to-head
Team news
Southampton expected line-up
Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandes, David Prutton, Kevin Phillips, Rory Delap
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