Sheffield United vs Tottenham

17 January 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Andre Marriner

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

David McGoldrick 59’

Serge Aurier 5’
Harry Kane 40’
Tanguy NDombele Alvaro 62’

Match summary

Tottenham beat Sheffield United 3-1 on the road. Tottenham led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Serge Aurier put Tottenham ahead with a header in the 5th minute, set up by Son Heung-Min and Harry Kane made it 0-2 in the 40th minute, set up by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg. In the second half, David McGoldrick pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a header in the 59th minute, set up by John Fleck and Tanguy NDombele Alvaro made it 1-3 in the 62nd minute, set up by Steven Bergwijn.

The chances backed that up: Tottenham created 1.28 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Sheffield United's 0.98 from 15.

Match stats

15 Shots 14

5 Shots on Target 5

5 Corners 7

4 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

0.98 xG 1.28

0.98 Non-penalty xG 1.28

5 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Sheffield United Tottenham

Kick-off

5’

Serge Aurier
Assist: Son Heung-Min

0-1

40’

Harry Kane
Assist: Pierre-Emile Højbjerg

0-2

Half-time0-2

David McGoldrick
Assist: John Fleck

1-2

59’

62’

Tanguy NDombele Alvaro
Assist: Steven Bergwijn

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Sheffield United

John Egan
Ethan Ampadu
John Lundstram
Oliver Norwood

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 0.98 xGTottenham 1.28 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Tottenham 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
John Egan	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ethan Ampadu	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.03	1
Chris Basham	DEF	76			0	0.00	0.09	1
Jayden Bogle	MID	90			2	0.08	0.00	0
Enda Stevens	MID	90			1	0.09	0.04	1
John Lundstram	MID	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
John Fleck	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.55	3
Oliver Norwood	MID	69			1	0.02	0.10	3
David McGoldrick	FWD	90	1		4	0.62	0.04	1
Oliver Burke	FWD	73			3	0.09	0.02	1
Kean Bryan	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rhian Brewster	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Billy Sharp	Sub	14			1	0.02	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Hugo Lloris	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eric Dier	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Rodon	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben Davies	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Serge Aurier	MID	90	1		1	0.33	0.00	0
Sergio Reguilón	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	MID	90		1	1	0.04	0.11	2
Tanguy NDombele Alvaro	MID	90	1		2	0.10	0.00	0
Steven Bergwijn	FWD	89		1	2	0.09	0.08	1
Harry Kane	FWD	90	1		6	0.34	0.48	4
Son Heung-Min	FWD	90		1	2	0.39	0.48	3
Lucas Moura	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Carlos Vinicius	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Davinson Sánchez	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sheffield United win 20% Avg odds 4.79

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.60

Tottenham win 53% Avg odds 1.80

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

Form going into the game

Sheffield United D L L L W

Tottenham L L D W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Sheffield United 3-1 Tottenham, 02 Jul 20 Next meeting: Tottenham 4-0 Sheffield United, 02 May 21 All Sheffield United vs Tottenham 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.