Southampton 3-1 Sheffield United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 26 July 2020
Result
Southampton 3-1 Sheffield United
Premier League · Sunday 26 July 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Southampton 3-1 Sheffield United: match report
Southampton won against Sheffield United 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 July 2020. The half-time score was 0-1.
John Lundstram opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Southampton's goals came from Ché Adams (50'), Ché Adams (71') and D. Ings (84', penalty). Sheffield United scored through John Lundstram (26').
Discipline: Southampton received no yellow cards; Sheffield United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Southampton were 12th on 49 points from 37 and Sheffield United 8th on 54 points from 37. Southampton went on to finish that season 11th with 52 points, and Sheffield United 9th with 54.
Southampton lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sheffield United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ché Adams of Southampton (8.4), ahead of Jannik Vestergaard (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Southampton win, 0 draws and 0 for Sheffield United.
Key events
- 26'Goal · John Lundstram
- 50'Goal · Ché Adams
- 71'Goal · Ché Adams
- 84'Penalty goal · D. Ings
- 90+3'Yellow card · Enda Stevens
Head-to-head
Team news
Southampton line-up (4-4-2)
Alex Simon McCarthy, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jack Stephens, Jannik Vestergaard, Ryan Bertrand, Stuart Armstrong, James Ward-Prowse, Oriol Romeu, Nathan Redmond, Ché Adams, Danny Ings
Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)
Dean Henderson, Chris Basham, John Egan, Jack Robinson, George Baldock, John Lundstram, Sander Berge, John Fleck, Enda Stevens, Oli McBurnie, Patrick McCarthy