Tottenham vs Sheffield United

2 May 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Andre Marriner

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

Gareth Bale 36’, 61’, 69’
Son Heung-Min 77’

Match summary

Tottenham won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Sheffield United. Tottenham led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Gareth Bale put Tottenham ahead in the 36th minute, set up by Serge Aurier. In the second half, Bale made it 2-0 in the 61st minute, set up by Son Heung-Min, Bale made it 3-0 in the 69th minute, set up by Serge Aurier, and Son Heung-Min made it 4-0 in the 77th minute, set up by Steven Bergwijn.

The chances backed that up: Tottenham created 2.26 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Sheffield United's 0.47 from 8.

Match stats

20 Shots 8

11 Shots on Target 1

6 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.26 xG 0.47

2.26 Non-penalty xG 0.47

7 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Tottenham Sheffield United

Kick-off

Gareth Bale
Assist: Serge Aurier

1-0

36’

Half-time1-0

Gareth Bale
Assist: Son Heung-Min

2-0

61’

Gareth Bale
Assist: Serge Aurier

3-0

69’

Son Heung-Min
Assist: Steven Bergwijn

4-0

77’

Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Tottenham

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg

Sheffield United

John Egan

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.

Tottenham 2.26 xGSheffield United 0.47 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Sheffield United attacking Tottenham attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Hugo Lloris	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Serge Aurier	DEF	90		2	0	0.00	0.66	4
Toby Alderweireld	DEF	90			2	0.08	0.01	1
Eric Dier	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergio Reguilón	DEF	90			1	0.11	0.10	1
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Giovani Lo Celso	MID	73			1	0.03	0.00	0
Gareth Bale	MID	78	3		6	1.11	0.00	0
Dele Alli	MID	81			2	0.04	0.00	0
Son Heung-Min	MID	90	1	1	2	0.07	0.70	6
Harry Kane	FWD	90			6	0.83	0.14	2
Harry Winks	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Steven Bergwijn	Sub	12		1	0	0.00	0.04	1
Erik Lamela	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
John Egan	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
George Baldock	DEF	90	1	0.04	0.02	1
Chris Basham	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.08	1
Jayden Bogle	MID	49	0	0.00	0.00	0
John Fleck	MID	90	1	0.03	0.00	0
Oliver Norwood	MID	90	1	0.09	0.00	0
Enda Stevens	MID	90	1	0.08	0.13	1
Ben Osborn	MID	90	2	0.20	0.00	0
David McGoldrick	FWD	86	1	0.02	0.00	0
Rhian Brewster	FWD	49	1	0.02	0.03	1
Sander Berge	Sub	41	0	0.00	0.04	1
Oliver Burke	Sub	41	0	0.00	0.16	2
Lys Mousset	Sub	4	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Tottenham win 73% Avg odds 1.32

Draw 17% Avg odds 5.46

Sheffield United win 10% Avg odds 9.91

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

Form going into the game

Tottenham W D L D W

Sheffield United L L L L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Sheffield United 1-3 Tottenham, 17 Jan 21 Next meeting: Tottenham 2-1 Sheffield United, 16 Sep 23 All Tottenham vs Sheffield 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.