Sheffield United vs Everton

2 September 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Cameron Archer 33’
Jordan Pickford 45+3’ (og)

Abdoulaye Doucouré 14’
Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld 55’

Match summary

Sheffield United and Everton drew 2-2. Sheffield United led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Abdoulaye Doucouré put Everton ahead from a corner in the 14th minute, Cameron Archer equalised in the 33rd minute, set up by Oliver McBurnie, and Pickford's own goal put Sheffield United in front with a header in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld equalised in the 55th minute, set up by Nathan Patterson.

Everton had the better of the chances, with 3.26 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Sheffield United's 1.66 from 13.

Match stats

13 Shots 16

8 Shots on Target 6

4 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.57 xG 2.74

1.57 Non-penalty xG 2.74

5 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Sheffield United Everton

Kick-off

14’

Abdoulaye Doucouré

0-1

Cameron Archer
Assist: Oliver McBurnie

1-1

33’

Jordan Pickford
Own goal

2-1

45+3’

Half-time2-1

55’

Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld
Assist: Nathan Patterson

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Sheffield United

Anel Ahmedhodzic

Everton

Jarrad Branthwaite
Abdoulaye Doucouré

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.

Sheffield United 1.66 xGEverton 3.26 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Everton attacking Sheffield United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Wes Foderingham	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Anel Ahmedhodzic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jack Robinson	DEF	90			2	0.11	0.00	0
John Egan	DEF	72			1	0.07	0.00	0
George Baldock	MID	90			0	0.00	0.16	2
Yasser Larouci	MID	72			2	0.10	0.00	0
Vinicius Souza	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gustavo Hamer	MID	90			2	0.14	0.10	2
Oliver Norwood	MID	90			1	0.03	0.17	2
Oliver McBurnie	FWD	90		1	2	0.64	0.09	1
Cameron Archer	FWD	79	1		2	0.12	0.00	0
Chris Basham	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luke Thomas	Sub	18			1	0.44	0.00	0
Bénie Traoré	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jordan Pickford	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathan Patterson	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.65	2
James Tarkowski	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jarrad Branthwaite	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ashley Young	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.64	2
James Garner	MID	79			0	0.00	0.05	1
Amadou Onana	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Idrissa Gueye	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld	MID	90	1		5	1.32	0.10	1
Abdoulaye Doucouré	MID	90	1		4	1.57	0.17	2
Beto	FWD	90			4	0.27	0.39	1
Dwight McNeil	Sub	11			1	0.02	0.00	0
Ben Godfrey	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sheffield United win 31% Avg odds 3.12

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.36

Everton win 41% Avg odds 2.35

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

Form going into the game

Sheffield United L W L L L

Everton D W L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Everton 0-1 Sheffield United, 16 May 21 Next meeting: Everton 1-0 Sheffield United, 11 May 24 All Sheffield United vs Everton meetings

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.