Stevenage 2-1 Sheffield United: result and report
League One · Saturday 5 November 2011
Result
Stevenage 2-1 Sheffield United
League One · Saturday 5 November 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Stevenage 2-1 Sheffield United: match report
Stevenage beat Sheffield United 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 5 November 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.
M. Roberts opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Stevenage's goals came from M. Roberts (42') and S. Laird (82'). Sheffield United scored through Ched Evans (69').
Discipline: Stevenage received no yellow cards; Sheffield United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Stevenage were 10th on 23 points from 16 and Sheffield United 4th on 29 points from 16. Stevenage went on to finish that season 6th with 74 points, and Sheffield United 2nd with 95.
Going into the match Stevenage's last five read W-W-D-W-L and Sheffield United's D-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 42'Goal · M. Roberts
- 69'Goal · Ched Evans
- 82'Goal · S. Laird
- 87'Yellow card · Chris Porter
Team news
Stevenage line-up
Chris Day, Lawrie Wilson, Scott Laird, Mark Roberts, John Mousinho, Ronnie Henry, Stacy Long, Michael Bostwick, Craig Reid, Chris Beardsley, Jon Ashton
Sheffield United expected line-up
Steve Simonsen, Matthew Lowton, Harry Maguire, Marcus Williams, S. Quinn, Lee Williamson, K. McDonald, Chris Porter, Ched Evans, Michael Doyle, N. Collins