Sheffield United v Crystal Palace, 18 August 2019

Score1-0 to Sheffield United
RefereeDavid Coote
CompetitionPremier League
VenueBramall Lane
Attendance30,197

View Sheffield United v Crystal Palace head to head

Kick-off: 2.00pm Premier League Head to Head Played: 3 Sheffield United won: 1 Drawn: 0 Crystal Palace won: 2 Sheffield United scored: 1 Crystal Palace scored: 3 The two previous meetings in the Premier League took place in the competition's inaugural season (1992-93). Current Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder had left the Blades' playing staff at the end of the previous season. This was the Blades' first win in the top division against Palace since April 1973 when Billy Dearden and Jim Bone scored the goals in a 2-0 win in League Division One at Bramall Lane.

1 Sheffield United

Manager: Chris Wilder

0 Crystal Palace

Manager: Roy Hodgson

Goals:

John Lundstram 47 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Dean Henderson
Defender John Egan
Defender Jack O'Connell
Defender/Midfielder George Baldock
Defender/Midfielder Chris Basham
Defender/Midfielder Enda Stevens
Midfielder John Fleck
Midfielder John Lundstram
Midfielder Oliver Norwood
Midfielder/Forward Callum Robinson
Forward David McGoldrick

Starting lineup:

Vicente Guaita Goalkeeper
Scott Dann Defender
Martin Kelly Defender
Patrick Van Aanholt Defender
Joel Ward Defender
James McArthur Midfielder
Max Meyer Midfielder
Luka Milivojević Midfielder
Andros Townsend Midfielder
Wilfried Zaha Midfielder/Forward
Christian Benteke Forward

Substitutions:

Luke Freeman for John Fleck 29
Ollie McBurnie for Callum Robinson 56
Phil Jagielka for David McGoldrick 89

Substitutions:

Jeffrey Schlupp for Max Meyer 65
James McCarthy for Andros Townsend 70
Connor Wickham for James McArthur 82

Cards:

John Lundstram 7 Y
George Baldock 74 Y
Luke Freeman 85 Y

Cards:

James McCarthy 74 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Simon Moore
Defender/Midfielder Phil Jagielka
Midfielder Muhamed Bešić
Midfielder/Forward Luke Freeman
Midfielder/Forward Ben Osborn
Forward Ollie McBurnie
Forward Billy Sharp

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey
Defender Gary Cahill
Defender/Midfielder Cheikhou Kouyaté
Defender/Midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp
Midfielder James McCarthy
Forward Jordan Ayew
Forward Connor Wickham

Comments:

League position: 7th This was Sheffield United’s first home game in the Premier League since May 2007 against Wigan Athletic. Phil Jagielka was in the Blades’ starting line-up for that game and substitute in this game. It was a gap of 4,480 days; only Wayne Rooney on his return to Everton had a bigger gap in appearances for the same club in the Premier League (4,837 days). They became the first team to name a British and Irish starting XI in consecutive Premier League games since Norwich City in April 2012. John Lundstram had now scored in each of England's top four league divisions.

Comments:

League position: 14th In their first away game of the 2019-20 season, Crystal Palace failed in their attempt to win four consecutive away games in the top division for the first time. They had won five of their last six away games in the Premier League in 2018-19, including each of the last three. Only champions Manchester City (24) had scored more goals in their away games in the Premier League so far in 2019 than Palace (20). They have won one of their last 11 games in the Premier League played in August (lost eight).

1 Sheffield United

Manager: Chris Wilder

Goals:

John Lundstram 47 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Dean Henderson
Defender John Egan
Defender Jack O'Connell
Defender/Midfielder George Baldock
Defender/Midfielder Chris Basham
Defender/Midfielder Enda Stevens
Midfielder John Fleck
Midfielder John Lundstram
Midfielder Oliver Norwood
Midfielder/Forward Callum Robinson
Forward David McGoldrick

Substitutions:

Luke Freeman for John Fleck 29
Ollie McBurnie for Callum Robinson 56
Phil Jagielka for David McGoldrick 89

Cards:

John Lundstram 7 Y
George Baldock 74 Y
Luke Freeman 85 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Simon Moore
Defender/Midfielder Phil Jagielka
Midfielder Muhamed Bešić
Midfielder/Forward Luke Freeman
Midfielder/Forward Ben Osborn
Forward Ollie McBurnie
Forward Billy Sharp

Comments:

League position: 7th This was Sheffield United’s first home game in the Premier League since May 2007 against Wigan Athletic. Phil Jagielka was in the Blades’ starting line-up for that game and substitute in this game. It was a gap of 4,480 days; only Wayne Rooney on his return to Everton had a bigger gap in appearances for the same club in the Premier League (4,837 days). They became the first team to name a British and Irish starting XI in consecutive Premier League games since Norwich City in April 2012. John Lundstram had now scored in each of England's top four league divisions.

0 Crystal Palace

Manager: Roy Hodgson

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Vicente Guaita Goalkeeper
Scott Dann Defender
Martin Kelly Defender
Patrick Van Aanholt Defender
Joel Ward Defender
James McArthur Midfielder
Max Meyer Midfielder
Luka Milivojević Midfielder
Andros Townsend Midfielder
Wilfried Zaha Midfielder/Forward
Christian Benteke Forward

Substitutions:

Jeffrey Schlupp for Max Meyer 65
James McCarthy for Andros Townsend 70
Connor Wickham for James McArthur 82

Cards:

James McCarthy 74 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey
Defender Gary Cahill
Defender/Midfielder Cheikhou Kouyaté
Defender/Midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp
Midfielder James McCarthy
Forward Jordan Ayew
Forward Connor Wickham

Comments:

League position: 14th In their first away game of the 2019-20 season, Crystal Palace failed in their attempt to win four consecutive away games in the top division for the first time. They had won five of their last six away games in the Premier League in 2018-19, including each of the last three. Only champions Manchester City (24) had scored more goals in their away games in the Premier League so far in 2019 than Palace (20). They have won one of their last 11 games in the Premier League played in August (lost eight).