Crystal Palace v Sheffield United, 02 January 2021

Score2-0 to Crystal Palace
RefereeStuart Attwell
CompetitionPremier League
VenueSelhurst Park
Kick-off: 3.00pm Played behind closed doors due to COVID-19 restrictions. Premier League Head to Head Played: 5 Crystal Palace won: 3 Drawn: 0 Sheffield United won: 2 Crystal Palace scored: 5 Sheffield United scored: 2 Five goals had now been scored in the last five league meetings at Selhurst Park.

2 Crystal Palace

Manager: Roy Hodgson

0 Sheffield United

Manager: Chris Wilder

Goals:

Jeffrey Schlupp 4 G
Eberechi Eze 45 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Vicente Guaita
Defender Tyrick Mitchell
Defender James Tomkins
Defender Joel Ward
Defender/Midfielder Cheikhou Kouyaté
Defender/Midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp
Midfielder James McArthur
Midfielder Luka Milivojević
Midfielder Andros Townsend
Midfielder/Forward Wilfried Zaha

Starting lineup:

Aaron Ramsdale Goalkeeper
Jayden Bogle Defender
John Egan Defender
Ethan Ampadu Defender/Midfielder
Chris Basham Defender/Midfielder
Enda Stevens Defender/Midfielder
John Fleck Midfielder
Oliver Norwood Midfielder
Ben Osborn Midfielder/Forward
Lys Mousset Forward

Substitutions:

Eberechi Eze for Jeffrey Schlupp 40
Jordan Ayew for Christian Benteke 48
Jaïro Riedewald for Luka Milivojević 90

Substitutions:

Rhian Brewster for Lys Mousset 61
Antwoine Hackford for Ben Osborn 80

Cards:

Eberechi Eze 67 Y

Cards:

Jayden Bogle 45 Y
Oliver Norwood 63 Y
John Fleck 89 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jack Butland
Defender Scott Dann
Defender Jaïro Riedewald
Defender Mamadou Sakho
Midfielder Eberechi Eze
Midfielder James McCarthy
Forward Jordan Ayew
Forward Michy Batshuayi

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Michael Verrips
Defender/Midfielder George Baldock
Defender/Midfielder Max Lowe
Midfielder Kean Bryan
Forward Rhian Brewster

Comments:

League position: 14th Crystal Palace kept a clean sheet for the first time in their last 16 games in the Premier League. The Eagles had now won four of their last 15 games in the Premier League (lost seven). Palace had now won two of their last seven first league games of a year that had been played at Selhurst Park (lost three).

Comments:

League position: 20th Sheffield United set a new competition record for the most games without a win from the start of a season in the Premier League (17); previously 16 by Queens Park Rangers in 2012-13. The Blades set a new club record of 20 league games without a win; previously 19 from September 1975 to February 1976 in League Division One. Aged 16 years and 288 days, Antwoine Hackford became the youngest player to appear for United in the Premier League (previously Nicky Law at Newcastle United on 4 November 2006, aged 18 years and 219 days). Louis Reed retained their club record for the youngest player in a league game (16 years and 257 days against Rotherham United in League One on 8 April 2014). Sheffield United named only six of a possible nine substitutes.

2 Crystal Palace

Manager: Roy Hodgson

Goals:

Jeffrey Schlupp 4 G
Eberechi Eze 45 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Vicente Guaita
Defender Tyrick Mitchell
Defender James Tomkins
Defender Joel Ward
Defender/Midfielder Cheikhou Kouyaté
Defender/Midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp
Midfielder James McArthur
Midfielder Luka Milivojević
Midfielder Andros Townsend
Midfielder/Forward Wilfried Zaha

Substitutions:

Eberechi Eze for Jeffrey Schlupp 40
Jordan Ayew for Christian Benteke 48
Jaïro Riedewald for Luka Milivojević 90

Cards:

Eberechi Eze 67 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jack Butland
Defender Scott Dann
Defender Jaïro Riedewald
Defender Mamadou Sakho
Midfielder Eberechi Eze
Midfielder James McCarthy
Forward Jordan Ayew
Forward Michy Batshuayi

Comments:

League position: 14th Crystal Palace kept a clean sheet for the first time in their last 16 games in the Premier League. The Eagles had now won four of their last 15 games in the Premier League (lost seven). Palace had now won two of their last seven first league games of a year that had been played at Selhurst Park (lost three).

0 Sheffield United

Manager: Chris Wilder

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Aaron Ramsdale Goalkeeper
Jayden Bogle Defender
John Egan Defender
Ethan Ampadu Defender/Midfielder
Chris Basham Defender/Midfielder
Enda Stevens Defender/Midfielder
John Fleck Midfielder
Oliver Norwood Midfielder
Ben Osborn Midfielder/Forward
Lys Mousset Forward

Substitutions:

Rhian Brewster for Lys Mousset 61
Antwoine Hackford for Ben Osborn 80

Cards:

Jayden Bogle 45 Y
Oliver Norwood 63 Y
John Fleck 89 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Michael Verrips
Defender/Midfielder George Baldock
Defender/Midfielder Max Lowe
Midfielder Kean Bryan
Forward Rhian Brewster

Comments:

League position: 20th Sheffield United set a new competition record for the most games without a win from the start of a season in the Premier League (17); previously 16 by Queens Park Rangers in 2012-13. The Blades set a new club record of 20 league games without a win; previously 19 from September 1975 to February 1976 in League Division One. Aged 16 years and 288 days, Antwoine Hackford became the youngest player to appear for United in the Premier League (previously Nicky Law at Newcastle United on 4 November 2006, aged 18 years and 219 days). Louis Reed retained their club record for the youngest player in a league game (16 years and 257 days against Rotherham United in League One on 8 April 2014). Sheffield United named only six of a possible nine substitutes.