SHEFFIELD. Sheffield United overcomes Bristol City with a 2-0 win with a goal from R. Brewster (40′) and a goal from B. Sharp (89′). Sheffield United was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (65%) was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Bramall Lane stadium in Sheffield on Sunday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Geoff Eltringham with the support of Adrian Waters and Andrew Dallison. The 4th official was Seb Stockbridge. The weather was snow. The temperature was quite cold at 1.3 degrees Celsius or 34.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sheffield United had a superior ball possession 65% while Bristol City was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sheffield United was was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sheffield United won the match​.

Sheffield United shot 22 times, 5 on target, 17 off target. Regarding the opposition, Bristol City shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards (M. Gibbs-White, B. Sharp and B. Davies). Talking about the opposition, Bristol City received 4 yellow cards (D. Bentley, C. O’Dowda, C. Martin and A. Weimann).

Standings

After playing this match, Sheffield United will have 26 points like Middlesbrough and Birmingham City to hold in the 13th place. On the other side, Bristol City will stay with 23 points to sit in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Sheffield United will play away with Cardiff City on the 4th of December with a 4-2 head to head record in favor of Cardiff City (6 draws).

Bristol City will host Derby County on the 4th of December with a 9-7 head to head record in favor of Derby County (6 draws).

Sheffield United – Formation

Sheffield United started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Paul Heckingbottom decided to play with the following team: Wes Foderingham (7.0), Chris Basham (6.9), John Egan (7.4), Ben Davies (7.1), Jayden Bogle (6.9), Oliver Norwood (7.2), Conor Hourihane (7.3), Enda Stevens (7.0), Morgan Gibbs-White (8.1), David McGoldrick (7.3) and Rhian Brewster (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Jack Robinson, Billy Sharp (7.1), Jake Eastwood, Ben Osborn, Oliver Burke, Iliman Ndiaye and Sander Berge.

Sheffield United could not rely on the presence of B. Sharp (injured).

Substitutions

Sheffield United made 3 changes: R. Brewster for B. Sharp (69′), C. Hourihane for B. Osborn (90′) and O. Norwood for S. Berge (90′).

Best player: Morgan Gibbs-White​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sheffield United was Morgan Gibbs-White even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 48 passes (75% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 6 crosses.

Bristol City – Formation

Bristol City started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Nigel Pearson played with: Daniel Bentley (6.1), Zak Vyner (6.9), Tomáš Kalas (7.3), Nathan Baker (6.2), Alex Scott (7.4), Ayman Benarous (6.3), Tyreeq Bakinson (6.3), Han-Noah Massengo (6.4), Callum O’Dowda (6.1), Andreas Weimann (6.5) and Chris Martin (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Nahki Wells (6.6), Jay Dasilva, Max O’Leary, Robert Atkinson (6.6), Cameron Pring, Danny Simpson and Antoine Semenyo (7.1).

Bristol City could not rely on the presence of R. Atkinson (injured).

Substitutions

Bristol City made 3 changes: N. Baker for R. Atkinson (62′), A. Benarous for N. Wells (64′) and T. Bakinson for A. Semenyo (76′).

Best player: Alex Scott​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bristol City was Alex Scott.

His rating is (7.4) with 25 passes (48% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Sheffield United – Bristol City – 2-0