Arsenal v Sheffield United, 04 October 2020

Score2-1 to Arsenal
RefereeLee Mason
CompetitionPremier League
VenueEmirates Stadium

View Arsenal v Sheffield United head to head

Kick-off: 2.00pm Played behind closed doors due to COVID-19 restrictions. Premier League Head to Head Played: 9 Arsenal won: 3 Drawn: 4 Sheffield United won: 2 Arsenal scored: 12 Sheffield United scored: 7 Sheffield United failed in their attempt to remain unbeaten in four consecutive top division games against Arsenal for the first time since March 1965 in League Division One.

2 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

1 Sheffield United

Manager: Chris Wilder

Goals:

Bukayo Saka 61 G
Nicolas Pépé 64 G

Goals:

David McGoldrick 84 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Bernd Leno
Defender Héctor Bellerín
Defender Gabriel
Defender/Midfielder David Luiz
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Tierney
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder Dani Ceballos
Midfielder Mohamed El Neny
Midfielder Willian
Forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Forward Eddie Nketiah

Starting lineup:

Aaron Ramsdale Goalkeeper
John Egan Defender
George Baldock Defender/Midfielder
Chris Basham Defender/Midfielder
Jack Robinson Defender/Midfielder
Enda Stevens Defender/Midfielder
Sander Berge Midfielder
John Lundstram Midfielder
Oliver Burke Midfielder/Forward
Ben Osborn Midfielder/Forward
David McGoldrick Forward

Substitutions:

Nicolas Pépé for Eddie Nketiah 58
Granit Xhaka for Dani Ceballos 81
Ainsley Maitland-Niles for Bukayo Saka 87

Substitutions:

Ollie McBurnie for Oliver Burke 56
John Fleck for Ben Osborn 63
Billy Sharp for Chris Basham 76

Cards:

Cards:

Sander Berge 38 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson
Defender Rob Holding
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Midfielder Joe Willock
Midfielder/Forward Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Midfielder/Forward Nicolas Pépé
Forward Alexandre Lacazette

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Wes Foderingham
Defender/Midfielder Ethan Ampadu
Defender/Midfielder Max Lowe
Midfielder John Fleck
Midfielder Oliver Norwood
Forward Ollie McBurnie
Forward Billy Sharp

Comments:

League position: 4th Arsenal remained unbeaten in home games in the Premier League in 2020 (played 11, won nine). With Bukayo Saka scoring for the first time at the Emirates Stadium in the Premier League, the Gunners had now not lost any of their last 55 games in all competitions when a teenager had scored since the League Cup Final against Chelsea on 25 February 2007 (won 49). [c/o Harvey Downes] No team now had more goals scored by substitutes in the Premier League than Arsenal since the start of the previous season (nine).

Comments:

League position: 19th Sheffield United had now lost their first four games of a season in the top division for the first time since 1966-67 in League Division One. The Blades had now lost seven consecutive games in the top division for the first time since September 1975 in League Division One. This was manager Chris Wilder’s 200th game in charge of United in all competitions (won 99).

2 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Bukayo Saka 61 G
Nicolas Pépé 64 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Bernd Leno
Defender Héctor Bellerín
Defender Gabriel
Defender/Midfielder David Luiz
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Tierney
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder Dani Ceballos
Midfielder Mohamed El Neny
Midfielder Willian
Forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Forward Eddie Nketiah

Substitutions:

Nicolas Pépé for Eddie Nketiah 58
Granit Xhaka for Dani Ceballos 81
Ainsley Maitland-Niles for Bukayo Saka 87

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson
Defender Rob Holding
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Midfielder Joe Willock
Midfielder/Forward Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Midfielder/Forward Nicolas Pépé
Forward Alexandre Lacazette

Comments:

League position: 4th Arsenal remained unbeaten in home games in the Premier League in 2020 (played 11, won nine). With Bukayo Saka scoring for the first time at the Emirates Stadium in the Premier League, the Gunners had now not lost any of their last 55 games in all competitions when a teenager had scored since the League Cup Final against Chelsea on 25 February 2007 (won 49). [c/o Harvey Downes] No team now had more goals scored by substitutes in the Premier League than Arsenal since the start of the previous season (nine).

1 Sheffield United

Manager: Chris Wilder

Goals:

David McGoldrick 84 G

Starting lineup:

Aaron Ramsdale Goalkeeper
John Egan Defender
George Baldock Defender/Midfielder
Chris Basham Defender/Midfielder
Jack Robinson Defender/Midfielder
Enda Stevens Defender/Midfielder
Sander Berge Midfielder
John Lundstram Midfielder
Oliver Burke Midfielder/Forward
Ben Osborn Midfielder/Forward
David McGoldrick Forward

Substitutions:

Ollie McBurnie for Oliver Burke 56
John Fleck for Ben Osborn 63
Billy Sharp for Chris Basham 76

Cards:

Sander Berge 38 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Wes Foderingham
Defender/Midfielder Ethan Ampadu
Defender/Midfielder Max Lowe
Midfielder John Fleck
Midfielder Oliver Norwood
Forward Ollie McBurnie
Forward Billy Sharp

Comments:

League position: 19th Sheffield United had now lost their first four games of a season in the top division for the first time since 1966-67 in League Division One. The Blades had now lost seven consecutive games in the top division for the first time since September 1975 in League Division One. This was manager Chris Wilder’s 200th game in charge of United in all competitions (won 99).