WORTHING. Sheffield United had a surprising win over Hull City with a 2-0 win with a goal from O. McBurnie (20′) and a goal from S. Berge (75′).

The match was played at the The A2B Stadium stadium in Worthing on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Matt Donohue with the collaboration of George Byrne and G Read. The 4th official was Robert Madley. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22 degrees Celsius or 71.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Hull City was in firm control of the ball 55% while Sheffield United was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sheffield United was more pushing with 46 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sheffield United won the match.​

Hull City shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sheffield United shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Hull City received 1 yellow card (T. Figueiredo). Talking about the opposition, Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards (A. Ahmedhodzic and R. Brewster).

Standings

After this encounter, Hull City will stay with 11 points like Sunderland, Queens Park Rangers, Preston North End and Blackpool to remain in the 12th place. On the other side, Sheffield United will have 17 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Hull City will host Middlesbrough on the 1st of November with a 10-9 head to head statistic in favor of Middlesbrough (4 draws).

Sheffield United will play away agasint Bristol City on the 1st of November with a 11-6 head to head statistic in favor of Sheffield United (2 draws).

Hull City – Formation

Hull City started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Shota Arveladze decided to play with the following team: Matt Ingram (6.4), Alfie Jones (7.1), Tobias Figueiredo (7.1), Jacob Greaves (6.5), Lewie Coyle (7.0), Ryan Woods (6.4), Regan Slater (6.8), Callum Elder (7.5), Ozan Tufan (6.9), Benjamin Tetteh (6.3) and Óscar Estupiñán (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Dimitrios Pelkas (6.2), Ryan Longman (6.2), Sean McLoughlin (6.9), Nathan Baxter, Cyrus Christie, Tyler Smith (6.5) and Jean Michaël Seri (6.1).

Hull City could not rely on the presence of R. Longman (injured) and S. McLoughlin (injured).

Substitutions

Hull City made 5 changes: B. Tetteh for R. Longman (14′), C. Elder for T. Smith (69′), R. Woods for J. Seri (69′), O. Tufan for D. Pelkas (77′) and A. Jones for S. McLoughlin (77′).

Best player: Callum Elder​

The player that probably impressed the most for Hull City was Callum Elder.

His rating is (7.5) with 18 passes (83% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.

Sheffield United – Formation

Sheffield United started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Paul Heckingbottom played with: Wes Foderingham (7.8), Anel Ahmedhodžić (6.8), John Egan (7.2), Rhys Norrington-Davies (6.8), George Baldock (6.7), Sander Berge (7.2), Oliver Norwood (7.1), Tommy Doyle (7.1), Max Lowe (7.1), Oliver McBurnie (7.3) and Iliman Ndiaye (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Oliver Arblaster (6.4), Chris Basham (6.9), Jordan Amissah, James McAtee (6.4), Reda Khadra, Kyron Gordon and Rhian Brewster (6.9).

Sheffield United could not rely on the presence of C. Basham (injured).

Substitutions

Sheffield United made 4 changes: M. Lowe for C. Basham (29′), O. McBurnie for R. Brewster (69′), T. Doyle for O. Arblaster (87′) and S. Berge for J. McAtee (87′).

Best player: Wes Foderingham​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sheffield United was the goalkeeper: Wes Foderingham. His rating is 7.80. He performed 3 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Reading – Stoke City – 2-1
• Hull City – Sheffield United – 0-2
• Huddersfield Town – Blackpool – 0-1