Sheffield United — Lincoln City 3:0, 10 October: match result

match finished Championship · Matchday 9 Saturday 10 October · 14:00 UTC

Sheffield United 15th · 12 pts DWLWL

3 : 0 1st half 1:0

Lincoln City 18th · 11 pts WDLLL

Bramall Lane · referee J. Smith

Match predictionBold

Neither dry nor wild: one to four goals

84% · Lincoln City are winless in 4 games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Neither dry nor wild: one to four goals”, and the match finished 3:0.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Sheffield United 38% draw 26% Lincoln City 36%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Sheffield United win, and the match finished 3:0. Fans backed Sheffield United win — they got it right.

fans 64 votes

Sheffield United 47% draw 16% Lincoln City 37%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

S. McCallum 15'

C. McGrandles 26'

L. Kitching 39'

P. Bamford assist: S. McCallum 1-0 43'

T. Chong assist: J. Rothwell 2-0 52'

D. Elerewe 67'

J. Tanganga 67'

S. Peck 75'

T. Bayliss 76'

P. Bamford assist: B. Brereton Diaz 3-0 77'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Sheffield United 4-2-3-1 3-4-2-1 Lincoln City

Michael Cooper  
Hamza Choudhury  5 Japhet Tanganga  15 Liam Kitching  3 Sam McCallum  
Joe Rothwell  42 Sydie Peck  
Tahith Chong  45 Patrick Bamford  22 Ben Brereton Díaz  
Thomas Cannon  

Freddie Draper  
Robert Street  18 Ben House  
Dom Jefferies  8 Tom Bayliss  14 Conor McGrandles  3 Adam Reach  
Deji Elerewe  15 Sonny Bradley  6 Ryley Towler  
George Wickens  

Sheffield United bench

17Adam Davies
14Harrison Burrows
44Jaïro Riedewald
10Jordan Ayew
25Mark McGuinness
4Oliver Arblaster
11Romelle Donovan
26Ryan One
23Tyrese Campbell

Lincoln City bench

20Callum Elder
27Chiedozie Ogbene
33Daniel Oyegoke
24Ivan Varfolomeev
46Joe Gauci
11Mikkel Ladefoged
19Tanto Olaofe
22Tom Hamer
26Yunus Konak

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

57%Possession43%

10Shots12

5Shots on target4

2Shots off target4

3Blocked shots4

5Shots inside box9

5Shots outside box3

85Attacks108

24Dangerous attacks52

2Corners2

2Offsides1

14Fouls17

4Yellow cards3

4Saves2

472Passes347

377Accurate passes236

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Sheffield United

Lincoln CityThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Sheffield United and Lincoln City met on matchday 9 of the Championship on 10 October at Bramall Lane. Final score — 3:0.

Sheffield United sit 15th on 12 points after 6 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses). Lincoln City sit 18th on 11 points after 7 matches (3 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses).

Season form

all competitions of the season

Sheffield United last five Lincoln City

DWLWL form WDLLL

6 Matches 7

2 — 1 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 3 — 1 — 3

8 — 7 Scored — conceded 9 — 14

1.17 Points per game 1.43

1.33 Goals scored per game 1.29

2 Clean sheets 2

1 Failed to score 2

unbeaten in 2 Current streak unbeaten in 2

Sheffield United at home: 3 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 4—2, 1.33 points per match.

Lincoln City away: 4 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 4—5, 1.75 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
10	Queens Park Rangers	11	4	5	2	15—12	17
11	Sheffield United	12	4	4	4	16—15	16
12	Blackburn Rovers	11	4	3	4	17—16	15
…
18	Norwich City	12	4	0	8	20—22	12
19	Lincoln City	11	3	3	5	9—19	12
20	Cardiff City	11	2	5	4	18—17	11

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