Southampton v Sheffield United, 26 July 2020

Score3-1 to Southampton
RefereePeter Bankes
CompetitionPremier League
VenueSt Mary's Stadium, Southampton

View Southampton v Sheffield United head to head

Kick-off: 4.00pm Played behind closed doors due to COVID-19 restrictions. Premier League Head to Head Played: 6 Southampton won: 3 Drawn: 2 Sheffield United won: 1 Southampton scored: 10 Sheffield United scored: 8 This was the 50th league meeting. Southampton now had 16 wins with Sheffield United winning 22.

3 Southampton

Manager: Ralph Hasenhüttl

1 Sheffield United

Manager: Chris Wilder

Goals:

Che Adams 50 G
Che Adams 71 G
Danny Ings penalty 84 P

Goals:

John Lundstram 26 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy
Defender Jack Stephens
Defender Jannik Vestergaard
Defender/Midfielder Ryan Bertrand
Defender/Midfielder Kyle Walker-Peters
Midfielder Stuart Armstrong
Midfielder James Ward-Prowse
Midfielder/Forward Che Adams
Midfielder/Forward Nathan Redmond
Midfielder/Forward Oriol Romeu
Forward Danny Ings

Starting lineup:

Dean Henderson Goalkeeper
John Egan Defender
George Baldock Defender/Midfielder
Chris Basham Defender/Midfielder
Jack Robinson Defender/Midfielder
Enda Stevens Defender/Midfielder
Sander Berge Midfielder
John Fleck Midfielder
John Lundstram Midfielder
Ollie McBurnie Forward
Billy Sharp Forward

Substitutions:

Will Smallbone for Stuart Armstrong 30
Shane Long for Che Adams 85
Michael Obafemi for Oriol Romeu 90

Substitutions:

Richairo Zivković for Ollie McBurnie 52
Leon Clarke for Billy Sharp 70
Oliver Norwood for Chris Basham 80

Cards:

Cards:

Enda Stevens 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Angus Gunn
Defender Jan Bednarek
Defender Yann Valery
Defender Jake Vokins
Defender/Midfielder Kevin Danso
Midfielder Will Smallbone
Forward Shane Long
Forward Dan N'Lundulu
Forward Michael Obafemi

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Simon Moore
Defender Kieron Freeman
Defender/Midfielder Phil Jagielka
Defender/Midfielder Jack Rodwell
Midfielder Oliver Norwood
Midfielder/Forward Ben Osborn
Forward Leon Clarke
Forward Richairo Zivković

Comments:

Final league position 2019-20: 11th Southampton remained unbeaten in seven consecutive games within a season in the Premier League for the first time since November 2013. They lost ten home games in this Premier League season; only bottom-placed Norwich City lost more (12). Former Sheffield United forward Che Adams had now scored in consecutive games in the Premier League after scoring in one of his first 28 appearances in the division for the Saints.

Comments:

Final league position 2019-20: 9th Sheffield United finished in their highest league position since 1991-92 in League Division One (also 9th). The Blades had now lost three consecutive league games for the first time since December 2017 in the League Championship. George Baldock became the second player to complete all of United's games in a Premier League season after Phil Jagielka in 2006-07. Sheffield United named only eight of a possible nine substitutes.

3 Southampton

Manager: Ralph Hasenhüttl

Goals:

Che Adams 50 G
Che Adams 71 G
Danny Ings penalty 84 P

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy
Defender Jack Stephens
Defender Jannik Vestergaard
Defender/Midfielder Ryan Bertrand
Defender/Midfielder Kyle Walker-Peters
Midfielder Stuart Armstrong
Midfielder James Ward-Prowse
Midfielder/Forward Che Adams
Midfielder/Forward Nathan Redmond
Midfielder/Forward Oriol Romeu
Forward Danny Ings

Substitutions:

Will Smallbone for Stuart Armstrong 30
Shane Long for Che Adams 85
Michael Obafemi for Oriol Romeu 90

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Angus Gunn
Defender Jan Bednarek
Defender Yann Valery
Defender Jake Vokins
Defender/Midfielder Kevin Danso
Midfielder Will Smallbone
Forward Shane Long
Forward Dan N'Lundulu
Forward Michael Obafemi

Comments:

Final league position 2019-20: 11th Southampton remained unbeaten in seven consecutive games within a season in the Premier League for the first time since November 2013. They lost ten home games in this Premier League season; only bottom-placed Norwich City lost more (12). Former Sheffield United forward Che Adams had now scored in consecutive games in the Premier League after scoring in one of his first 28 appearances in the division for the Saints.

1 Sheffield United

Manager: Chris Wilder

Goals:

John Lundstram 26 G

Starting lineup:

Dean Henderson Goalkeeper
John Egan Defender
George Baldock Defender/Midfielder
Chris Basham Defender/Midfielder
Jack Robinson Defender/Midfielder
Enda Stevens Defender/Midfielder
Sander Berge Midfielder
John Fleck Midfielder
John Lundstram Midfielder
Ollie McBurnie Forward
Billy Sharp Forward

Substitutions:

Richairo Zivković for Ollie McBurnie 52
Leon Clarke for Billy Sharp 70
Oliver Norwood for Chris Basham 80

Cards:

Enda Stevens 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Simon Moore
Defender Kieron Freeman
Defender/Midfielder Phil Jagielka
Defender/Midfielder Jack Rodwell
Midfielder Oliver Norwood
Midfielder/Forward Ben Osborn
Forward Leon Clarke
Forward Richairo Zivković

Comments:

Final league position 2019-20: 9th Sheffield United finished in their highest league position since 1991-92 in League Division One (also 9th). The Blades had now lost three consecutive league games for the first time since December 2017 in the League Championship. George Baldock became the second player to complete all of United's games in a Premier League season after Phil Jagielka in 2006-07. Sheffield United named only eight of a possible nine substitutes.