Sheffield United vs Man United

17 December 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–2

David McGoldrick 5’, 87’

Marcus Rashford 26’, 51’
Anthony Martial 33’

Match summary

Man United came from behind to win 3-2 away at Sheffield United. Man United led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, David McGoldrick put Sheffield United ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Oliver Burke, Marcus Rashford equalised in the 26th minute, set up by Victor Lindelöf, and Anthony Martial put Man United in front in the 33rd minute. In the second half, Rashford made it 1-3 in the 51st minute, set up by Anthony Martial and McGoldrick pulled one back to make it 2-3 with a header in the 87th minute.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 1.79 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Sheffield United's 1.24 from 12.

Match stats

12 Shots 14

6 Shots on Target 8

6 Corners 3

3 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.24 xG 1.79

1.24 Non-penalty xG 1.79

10 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Sheffield United Man United

Kick-off

David McGoldrick
Assist: Oliver Burke

1-0

5’

26’

Marcus Rashford
Assist: Victor Lindelöf

1-1

33’

Anthony Martial

1-2

Half-time1-2

51’

Marcus Rashford
Assist: Anthony Martial

1-3

David McGoldrick

2-3

87’

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Sheffield United

John Egan
Jack Robinson
Phil Jagielka

Man United

Dean Henderson
Paul Pogba

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 1.24 xGMan United 1.79 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Man United 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
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
George Baldock	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
John Egan	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Chris Basham	DEF	90			1	0.15	0.00	0
Jack Robinson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Enda Stevens	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
John Fleck	MID	90			1	0.09	0.11	2
Ethan Ampadu	MID	90			0	0.00	0.07	2
Sander Berge	MID	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
David McGoldrick	FWD	90	2		5	0.75	0.16	2
Oliver Burke	FWD	76		1	1	0.05	0.61	2
Phil Jagielka	Sub	54			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lys Mousset	Sub	25			2	0.07	0.00	0
Rhian Brewster	Sub	14			1	0.09	0.05	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Dean Henderson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.05	1
Harry Maguire	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alex Telles	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	2
Paul Pogba	MID	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Nemanja Matic	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Mason Greenwood	MID	76			2	0.10	0.00	0
Bruno Fernandes	MID	82			1	0.01	0.01	1
Marcus Rashford	MID	90	2		5	0.61	0.06	1
Anthony Martial	FWD	90	1	1	4	0.91	0.64	3
Juan Mata	Sub	14			1	0.13	0.00	0
Donny van de Beek	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Scott McTominay	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sheffield United win 13% Avg odds 7.20

Draw 20% Avg odds 4.73

Man United win 67% Avg odds 1.44

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

Form going into the game

Sheffield United L L L L L

Man United W W W W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Man United 3-0 Sheffield United, 24 Jun 20 Next meeting: Man United 1-2 Sheffield United, 27 Jan 21 All Sheffield United vs Man United 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.