Hull vs Sheffield United
EFL Championship
MKM Stadium
Hull City despite having the home advantage, would have headed into the fixture in search of any points. As they faced the Blades who are in excellent form.
The visitors showed their class early on in the fixture. McBurnie opened the scoring in the 20th minute.
Berge’s goal in the 75th minute all but sealed the result. The Tigers who were unable to respond ended up conceding all three points.
Thus, SUFC bagged the result to go on top of the league. Their opponents, meanwhile, sit 12th in the league with 11 points.
Hull vs Sheffield United: Match report
Full time score: Hull 0-2 Sheffield United
Goals: Oli McBurnie 20’, Sander Berge 75’.
Hull: Ingram, Coyle, Elder (Smith 69), Greaves, Jones (McLoughlin 77), Figueredo, Tufan (Pelkas 77), Woods (Seri 69), Estupinan, Slater, Tetteh (Longman 14).
Unused: Baxter, Christie.
Sheffield United: Foderingham, Baldock, Berge (McAtee 87), McBurnie (Brewster 69), Lowe (Basham 29), Ahmedhodzic, Norwood, Doyle (Arblaster 87), Ndiaye, Norrington-Davies.
Unused: Amissah, Khadra, Gordon.
Managers’ reaction
Hull’s Shota Arveladze: “It’s not a good statistic [conceding the most goals in the division]. I cannot feel positive about it, but we have to work on it. That’s a part of football. You want to score more and concede less but we have to balance between attack and defence. I think it was a good game. They are a really tough team to play against, but I think with his (Ingram’s) quality he should save their first goal.”
Sheffield United’s Paul Heckingbottom: “We were strong without the ball. We spoke about their threats on the counter-attack. Without the ball we were good, which is great – especially when you are away from home. The whole team, to nullify a team that does create chances, is good. We had to battle and work hard and press, but there were are also big moments of quality when we could, and should, have scored more goals.”
