Sheffield United vs Brighton

18 February 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 0 – 5

Half-time: 0–2

  • Facundo Buonanotte 20’
  • Danny Welbeck 24’
  • Jack Robinson 75’ (og)
  • Simon Adingra 78’, 85’

Match summary

Brighton won comfortably, 5-0 away at Sheffield United. Brighton led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Facundo Buonanotte put Brighton ahead from a corner in the 20th minute, set up by Lewis Dunk and Danny Welbeck made it 0-2 in the 24th minute. In the second half, Robinson's own goal made it 0-3 in the 75th minute, Simon Adingra made it 0-4 in the 78th minute, set up by Pascal Groß, and Adingra made it 0-5 in the 85th minute.

The chances backed that up: Brighton created 3.61 expected goals (xG) from 24 shots to Sheffield United's 0.59 from 6. Sheffield United had a player sent off.

Match stats

Sheffield United Brighton
6 Shots 24
1 Shots on Target 10
5 Corners 10
1 Yellow Cards 4
1 Red Cards 0
0.59 xG 3.36
0.59 Non-penalty xG 3.36
3 Deep Completions 15

Key events

Sheffield United Brighton
Kick-off
20’
Facundo Buonanotte
Assist: Lewis Dunk0-1 (Brighton)
24’
Danny Welbeck0-2 (Brighton)
Half-time0-2
75’
Jack Robinson
Own goal0-3 (Brighton)
78’
Simon Adingra
Assist: Pascal Groß0-4 (Brighton)
85’
Simon Adingra0-5 (Brighton)
Full-time0-5

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Sheffield United
  • Mason Holgate
  • Tom Davies
Brighton
  • Bart Verbruggen
  • Tariq Lamptey
  • Billy Gilmour
  • Facundo Buonanotte

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.59 3.61 20’ Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton), 0-1 20’ 24’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), 0-2 24’ 75’ Jack Robinson (Brighton) own goal, 0-3 75’ 78’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), 0-4 78’ 85’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), 0-5 85’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.59 3.61 20’ Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton), 0-1 Buonanotte 20’ 24’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), 0-2 Welbeck 24’ 75’ Jack Robinson (Brighton) own goal, 0-3 Robinson 75’ 78’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), 0-4 Adingra 78’ 85’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), 0-5 Adingra 85’
Sheffield United 0.59 xGBrighton 3.61 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brighton attacking Sheffield United attacking 
24’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.69 xG, goal 29’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.58 xG, blocked 20’ Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton), from a corner, 0.57 xG, goal 85’ Anel Ahmedhodzic (Sheffield United), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 24’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 32’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 54’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 78’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 22’ Gustavo Hamer (Sheffield United), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 85’ Anssumane Fati (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 40’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 51’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 27’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 50’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 10’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 67’ Evan Ferguson (Brighton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 59’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 85’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 50’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 2’ Jayden Bogle (Sheffield United), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 89’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 36’ Tariq Lamptey (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 82’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 54’ Ben Osborn (Sheffield United), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 68’ Billy Gilmour (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+4’ Jayden Bogle (Sheffield United), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 17’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 57’ Billy Gilmour (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 55’ Vinicius Souza (Sheffield United), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 14’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 75’ Jack Robinson (Sheffield United), own goal 24’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.69 xG, goal 29’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.58 xG, blocked 20’ Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton), from a corner, 0.57 xG, goal 85’ Anel Ahmedhodzic (Sheffield United), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 24’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 32’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 54’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 78’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 22’ Gustavo Hamer (Sheffield United), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 85’ Anssumane Fati (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 40’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 51’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 27’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 50’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 67’ Evan Ferguson (Brighton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 10’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 59’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 85’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 50’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 2’ Jayden Bogle (Sheffield United), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 89’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 36’ Tariq Lamptey (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 68’ Billy Gilmour (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 82’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 54’ Ben Osborn (Sheffield United), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+4’ Jayden Bogle (Sheffield United), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 17’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 57’ Billy Gilmour (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 55’ Vinicius Souza (Sheffield United), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 14’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 75’ Jack Robinson (Sheffield United), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Wes Foderingham GK900 0.000.000
Anel Ahmedhodzic DEF901 0.380.000
Jack Robinson DEF900 0.000.381
Mason Holgate DEF120 0.000.000
Jayden Bogle MID902 0.060.101
Yasser Larouci MID710 0.000.000
Vinicius Souza MID901 0.010.000
Gustavo Hamer MID871 0.100.000
Ben Osborn MID871 0.020.000
James McAtee MID870 0.000.041
William Osula FWD300 0.000.000
Auston Trusty Sub600 0.000.000
Andre Brooks Sub190 0.000.000
Tom Davies Sub30 0.000.000
Rhian Brewster Sub30 0.000.000
Oliver Norwood Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sheffield United win 20% Avg odds 4.81
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.25
Brighton win 57% Avg odds 1.68

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Sheffield United LDLLW
Brighton DDLWL

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.