Sheffield United vs West Ham

21 January 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Michael Salisbury

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Ben Brereton Díaz 44’
Oliver McBurnie 90+13’ (pen)

Maxwel Cornet 28’
James Ward-Prowse 79’ (pen)

Match summary

Sheffield United and West Ham shared the points in a 2-2 draw. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Maxwel Cornet put West Ham ahead in the 28th minute and Ben Brereton Díaz equalised in the 44th minute. In the second half, James Ward-Prowse put West Ham back in front from the penalty spot in the 79th minute and Oliver McBurnie equalised from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

There was little between the sides on chances: Sheffield United created 2.75 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots, West Ham 2.48 from 16. Both sides had a player sent off.

Match stats

21 Shots 16

6 Shots on Target 5

4 Corners 1

3 Yellow Cards 1

1 Red Cards 1

2.61 xG 2.42

1.85 Non-penalty xG 1.66

9 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Sheffield United West Ham

Kick-off

28’

Maxwel Cornet

0-1

Ben Brereton Díaz

1-1

44’

Half-time1-1

79’

James Ward-Prowse
Penalty

1-2

Oliver McBurnie
Penalty

2-2

90+13’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Sheffield United

Rhian Brewster
Anel Ahmedhodzic
Gustavo Hamer
Andre Brooks

West Ham

Vladimir Coufal
James Ward-Prowse

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 2.75 xGWest Ham 2.48 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

West Ham attacking Sheffield United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Wes Foderingham	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jayden Bogle	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.07	2
Anel Ahmedhodzic	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jack Robinson	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Auston Trusty	DEF	82		2	0.12	0.25	1
Vinicius Souza	MID	90		1	0.01	0.00	0
James McAtee	MID	90		3	0.13	0.52	3
Gustavo Hamer	MID	90		3	0.12	0.21	4
Andre Brooks	MID	82		2	0.13	0.06	2
Ben Brereton Díaz	MID	69	1	4	1.04	0.01	1
William Osula	FWD	48		3	0.34	0.00	0
Oliver McBurnie	Sub	42	1	2	0.83	0.00	0
Cameron Archer	Sub	21		1	0.02	0.00	0
Rhian Brewster	Sub	8		0	0.00	0.00	0
Rhys Norrington-Davies	Sub	8		0	0.00	0.00	0
Oliver Norwood	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alphonse Areola	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Vladimir Coufal	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.11	1
Kurt Zouma	DEF	90		1	0.03	0.00	0
Konstantinos Mavropanos	DEF	90		1	0.02	0.00	0
Emerson	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxwel Cornet	MID	72	1	2	0.48	0.00	0
Tomas Soucek	MID	90		0	0.00	0.34	1
James Ward-Prowse	MID	90	1	1	0.76	0.20	4
Pablo Fornals	MID	90		0	0.00	0.03	1
Danny Ings	MID	90		6	0.82	0.33	4
Jarrod Bowen	FWD	90		4	0.35	0.00	0
Ben Johnson	Sub	18		1	0.03	0.00	0
Lukasz Fabianski	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0
Divin Mubama	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sheffield United win 34% Avg odds 2.83

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.34

West Ham win 37% Avg odds 2.56

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

Form going into the game

Sheffield United W L D L L

West Ham L W W W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: West Ham 2-0 Sheffield United, 30 Sep 23 All Sheffield United vs West Ham 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.