Aston Villa v Sheffield United, 21 September 2020

Score1-0 to Aston Villa
RefereeGraham Scott
CompetitionPremier League
VenueVilla Park

View Aston Villa v Sheffield United head to head

Kick-off: 6.00pm Played behind closed doors due to COVID-19 restrictions. Premier League Head to Head Played: 9 Aston Villa won: 6 Drawn: 2 Sheffield United won: 1 Aston Villa scored: 14 Sheffield United scored: 6 Sheffield United remained without a league win at Villa Park since January 1966.

1 Aston Villa

Manager: Dean Smith

0 Sheffield United

Manager: Chris Wilder

Goals:

Ezri Konsa 63 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Tyrone Mings
Defender Matt Targett
Defender/Midfielder Matty Cash
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Midfielder Douglas Luiz
Midfielder Conor Hourihane
Midfielder John McGinn
Midfielder Trézéguet
Midfielder/Forward Jack Grealish
Forward Ollie Watkins

Starting lineup:

Aaron Ramsdale Goalkeeper
John Egan Defender
Jack O'Connell Defender
George Baldock Defender/Midfielder
Chris Basham Defender/Midfielder
Enda Stevens Defender/Midfielder
Sander Berge Midfielder
John Fleck Midfielder
John Lundstram Midfielder
Oliver Burke Midfielder/Forward
David McGoldrick Forward

Substitutions:

Keinan Davis for Conor Hourihane 62

Substitutions:

Ethan Ampadu for David McGoldrick 31
Ben Osborn for John Fleck 64
Oli McBurnie for Chris Basham 68

Cards:

Matt Targett 33 Y
Matty Cash 83 Y
John McGinn 84 Y

Cards:

John Lundstram 10 Y
John Egan 12 R

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jed Steer
Defender Kortney Hause
Defender/Midfielder Ahmed Elmohamady
Defender/Midfielder Neil Taylor
Midfielder Anwar El Ghazi
Midfielder/Forward Marvelous Nakamba
Forward Keinan Davis

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Wes Foderingham
Defender/Midfielder Ethan Ampadu
Defender/Midfielder Jack Robinson
Midfielder Oliver Norwood
Midfielder/Forward Ben Osborn
Forward Oli McBurnie
Forward Billy Sharp

Comments:

League position: 9th Aston Villa had now won three consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time since October 2007. Prior to this game, Villa had taken one point from their last five opening home games in a Premier League season since 2011. Ezri Konsa has scored two goals in his last four games in the Premier League; one more than he scored in his previous 137 league games.

Comments:

League position: 17th Sheffield United had now lost their opening two games in a top division season for the first time since 1973-74 in League Division One. United had now lost five consecutive league games for the first time since September 2013 in League One. John Egan became the third player to be sent-off more than once for the Blades in the Premier League (also Carl Bradshaw and Simon Tracey, all twice). John Lundstram's 36th minute penalty was saved.

1 Aston Villa

Manager: Dean Smith

Goals:

Ezri Konsa 63 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Tyrone Mings
Defender Matt Targett
Defender/Midfielder Matty Cash
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Midfielder Douglas Luiz
Midfielder Conor Hourihane
Midfielder John McGinn
Midfielder Trézéguet
Midfielder/Forward Jack Grealish
Forward Ollie Watkins

Substitutions:

Keinan Davis for Conor Hourihane 62

Cards:

Matt Targett 33 Y
Matty Cash 83 Y
John McGinn 84 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jed Steer
Defender Kortney Hause
Defender/Midfielder Ahmed Elmohamady
Defender/Midfielder Neil Taylor
Midfielder Anwar El Ghazi
Midfielder/Forward Marvelous Nakamba
Forward Keinan Davis

Comments:

League position: 9th Aston Villa had now won three consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time since October 2007. Prior to this game, Villa had taken one point from their last five opening home games in a Premier League season since 2011. Ezri Konsa has scored two goals in his last four games in the Premier League; one more than he scored in his previous 137 league games.

0 Sheffield United

Manager: Chris Wilder

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Aaron Ramsdale Goalkeeper
John Egan Defender
Jack O'Connell Defender
George Baldock Defender/Midfielder
Chris Basham Defender/Midfielder
Enda Stevens Defender/Midfielder
Sander Berge Midfielder
John Fleck Midfielder
John Lundstram Midfielder
Oliver Burke Midfielder/Forward
David McGoldrick Forward

Substitutions:

Ethan Ampadu for David McGoldrick 31
Ben Osborn for John Fleck 64
Oli McBurnie for Chris Basham 68

Cards:

John Lundstram 10 Y
John Egan 12 R

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Wes Foderingham
Defender/Midfielder Ethan Ampadu
Defender/Midfielder Jack Robinson
Midfielder Oliver Norwood
Midfielder/Forward Ben Osborn
Forward Oli McBurnie
Forward Billy Sharp

Comments:

League position: 17th Sheffield United had now lost their opening two games in a top division season for the first time since 1973-74 in League Division One. United had now lost five consecutive league games for the first time since September 2013 in League One. John Egan became the third player to be sent-off more than once for the Blades in the Premier League (also Carl Bradshaw and Simon Tracey, all twice). John Lundstram's 36th minute penalty was saved.