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Middlesbrough 1–0 Sheffield United · Swoop

Leagues / Championship / Matchday 2

Middlesbrough 1–0 Sheffield United

MIDMiddlesbrough

1–0

Full Time

SHUSheffield Utd

Rudy Gestede 20′

Saturday 12 August at 17:30 · Riverside Stadium · Referee Peter Bankes

Match stats

53%Possession47%

15Shots7

3Shots on target3

4Corners3

458Passes468

79%Pass accuracy77%

3Saves1

19Fouls11

5Offsides2

1Yellow cards1

0Red cards0

How it happened

20′Rudy Gestede · home
57′M. Duffy on for S. Carruthers · away
63′Enda Stevens · away
68′Lewis Baker on for Rudy Gestede · home
68′Ched Evans on for Billy Sharp · away
72′George Friend · home
79′David Brooks on for Kieron Freeman · away

Line-ups

MIDMiddlesbrough4-3-3

3George Friend
6Ben Gibson
8Adam Clayton
9Britt Assombalonga▾ 79′ (Fletcher on)
11P. Bamford
16Jonathan Howson
20Dael Fry
22Cyrus Christie
25Darren Randolph
34A. Forshaw▾ 84′ (Leadbitter on)
39Rudy Gestede

Next meetingMiddlesbrough v Sheffield UnitedWed, 23 Oct 2024

Previous meetings · last 5

3

Middlesbrough

1

Draws

1

Sheffield Utd

Apr 2011Sheffield United1–2Middlesbrough
Aug 2010Middlesbrough1–0Sheffield United
Jan 2010Sheffield United1–0Middlesbrough
Aug 2009Middlesbrough0–0

79′⇄Ashley Fletcher on for Britt Assombalonga · home

84′⇄Grant Leadbitter on for A. Forshaw · home

▾ 68′ (Baker on)

7Grant Leadbitter▴ 84′ for Forshaw

18Ashley Fletcher▴ 79′ for Assombalonga

30Lewis Baker▴ 68′ for Gestede

Bench: Dimitris Konstantopoulos, Fábio, C. Roberts, Adama Traoré

SHUSheffield Utd3-5-2

3Enda Stevens
4John Fleck
5Jack O'Connell
6Chris Basham
9Leon Clarke
10Billy Sharp▾ 68′ (Evans on)
15Paul Coutts
18Kieron Freeman▾ 79′ (Brooks on)
19Richard Stearman
27Jamal Blackman
44S. Carruthers▾ 57′ (Duffy on)

21M. Duffy▴ 57′ for Carruthers

32Ched Evans▴ 68′ for Sharp

36David Brooks▴ 79′ for Freeman

Bench: John Lundstram, Jake Wright, D. Lafferty, Jake Eastwood

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Sheffield United

Feb 2008Middlesbrough1–0Sheffield United

We go again

MIDMiddlesbrough v MillwallSat 5 Aug, 15:00 · Matchday 1MIL
SHUSheffield Utd v PalaceSat 12 Aug, 15:00 · Matchday 1CRY