Sheffield United v Wolves — live commentary
Bramall Lane, Sunday midday, and the last of the twelve Matchday 7 fixtures. Thirteenth against fourteenth, a point between them, and Wolves have a game in hand.
Sheffield United opened the season with three draws — goalless against Birmingham, goalless at Swansea, 2-2 at Cardiff — and have since won two of three: 3-2 against Bolton, a 3-1 home defeat to Norwich, then 2-1 at Blackburn on Tuesday. Eight scored, eight conceded, unbeaten on the road. Wolves have played five, scored 13 — only West Ham and Southampton have more, and both have played six — and conceded ten; every one of their matches has had both sides on the scoresheet. They beat Preston 3-1 and Stoke 4-1, drew 2-2 with Blackburn and 2-2 at Birmingham last Sunday, and lost 4-2 at West Ham. Their sixth match, at home to Portsmouth, was postponed and is now set for 20 October.
Before kick-off: how the two teams stand
Sheffield Utd 2W 3D 1L · 9 points
| DH v Birmingham | 0-0 |
| DA v Swansea | 0-0 |
| DA v Cardiff | 2-2 |
| WH v Bolton | 3-2 |
| LH v Norwich | 1-3 |
| WA v Blackburn | 2-1 |
Wolves 2W 2D 1L · 8 points
| DH v Blackburn | 2-2 |
| WA v Preston | 3-1 |
| WH v Stoke City | 4-1 |
| LA v West Ham | 2-4 |
| DA v Birmingham | 2-2 |
League matches completed before this fixture. Figures are correct as at kick-off and are not updated during the match.
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Live commentary
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SCORE0·190'
90+7'fulltimeFull-time, 0-1
90+6'commentFree kick — Sheffield Utd, Good area
90+5'commentMOTM goes to Andre
90+2'comment6 added
90'goalAndre plays a diagonal to Trippier bombing forward on the right, he cushions it into the area first time excellently to Tommy Doyle who shoots towards goal, it was going wide but there was Jimenez at the far post to help it home. A combination of the substitutions could've just won the 3 points for Wolves
90+1'commentSheff Unt only themselves to blame for not putting away an array of chances
90'goal⚽ GOAL R. Jiménez, 0-1
90'score0-1
88'commentCorner — Wolves, T. Doyle's strike deflects behind for another corner
88'commentCorner — Wolves, Great ball from Bueno towards Armstong at the far post but R. Norrington-Davies defends well
85'sub🔄 Injured S. McCallum replaced by R. Norrington-Davies
81'sub🔄 M. Doherty comes on against his former club to replace H. Choudhury. O. Arblaster is also replaced by J. Rothwell
81'commentShot — Wolves, Hugo Bueno plays it into André who shoots on the half-volley wide
80'commentBoth sides going for it with a lack of quality in the final moment
70'sub🔄 J. Tchatchoua, injured N. Djiga and Fer López make way for K. Trippier, Toti Gomes and T. Doyle
68'commentShot — Sheffield Utd, Good play from Sheffield United, Choudhury does well to play the ball through to Peck on the right. He sends in a dangerous low cross that Bamford can't direct on target. Wolves eventually get a free kick.
67'commentShot — Sheffield Utd, Bamford does well and plays it into Ayew, he makes room for himself and shoots right across goal wide of the far post
63'sub🔄 K. Phillips and B. Brereton make way for T. Cannon and J. Ayew who makes his Sheffield United debut
63'sub🔄 M. Munetsi and Rodrigo Gomes replaced by J. James and R. Jiménez
60'commentFree kick — Sheffield Utd, on the left of the box, could've been a second yellow for Krejci
58'commentFree kick — Sheffield Utd, won by B. Brereton in a dangerous area
58'commentBoth sides lacking a cutting edge in a game that needs a goal .
55'commentShot — Wolves, H. Choudhury gives the ball away to Hugo Bueno and he curls it away from goal just wide from outside the box
53'commentShot — Wolves, Corner comes in, Cooper can't get near it and N. Djiga can't get his header on target, decent chance
53'commentCorner — Wolves, won by Mane again after his cross was blocked by H. Choudhury
50'commentCorner — Wolves, won by Mane off of McGuiness, I thought it was a handball as did Mane
48'card🟨 Yellow card for Tanganga after losing the ball to Mane, and then fouling him
HTkickoffKick-off for the second half
45+4'halftimeHalf-time
45+1'comment2 added
42'commentCorner — Wolves, Brilliant challenge from Kitching on Gomes, out for a corner
34'commentA few dangerous crosses coming in from the home side, not enough players in the box to attack it
31'commentCorner — Wolves, initial one defended behind by Choudhury
30'commentCorner — Wolves, Gomes gets away from McCallum and his ball is turned behind by McGuinness
28'commentShot — Wolves, S. McCallum loses the ball to Rodrigo Gomes on the right who plays it into Lopez. Lopez plays a nice pass back into him in a great position but he scuffs his volley wide of the near post
12:24commentMr Meaker ( Cesar Peixoto) shown yellow for arguing , bonus points if you know who Mr Meaker is.
23'card🟨 Yellow for Wolves manager Cesar Peixoto
19'commentShot — Wolves, Fast counter by Wolves down the right with Rodrigo Gomes. He hits a low cross into the box that is met by Munetsi but his cushioned shot is straight at the grateful Cooper. Either side and it is a goal
17'card🟨 Yellow for Krejci, he takes a bad touch and his pocket is picked by Bamford, he brings him down. He was lucky it wasn't in the middle of the pitch
16'commentShot — Wolves, Good play, A. Armstrong runs in behind on the left, his cut back deflects off of Munetsi and it falls kindly to Fer Lopez, whose volley was deflected wide by Kitching
13'commentFree kick — Sheffield Utd, given away by Bueno in a dangerous position
7'commentCorner — Wolves, won by Hugo Bueno's off of Tanganga
2'card🟨 Yellow card for S. McCallum for a foul on Rodrigo Gomes
1'kickoffKick-off at Bramall Lane
1'commentSheffield United have faced the most shots of any side in the Championship this season (103), while they’ve recorded the fourth-highest non-penalty xGA (10.15).
1'commentWolves’ three away games in the Championship this season have all seen at least four goals (7 for, 7 against). Indeed, they are just the third Championship side since 2004-05 to both score and concede 7+ goals in their first three away games of a season, along with Crewe in 2004-05 (7F 7A) and Blackburn in 2012-13 (9F 7A).
1'commentSheffield United have both scored and conceded in 14 of their last 15 Championship games at Bramall Lane, the exception being their 0-0 draw with Birmingham in August.
12:00commentWolves have won three of their last four league matches against Sheffield United (L1), keeping a clean sheet in all three wins in this period.
11:59commentSheffield United have won three of their last four home league games versus Wolves (L1), most recently a 2-1 Premier League win in November 2023.
11:58commentWOLVES TEAM NEWS: 1 change from the side who drew 2-2 with Birmingham as Mane comes in for R. Jiménez who drops to the bench. Kieran Trippier is back on the bench after recovering from injury. Yerson Mosquera, Bellegarde and Rafiki Said remain out.
11:57commentSHEFFIELD UNITED TEAM NEWS: 4 changes from the side who beat Blackburn midweek. M. McGuinness, K. Phillips, P. Bamford and O. Arblaster all come in for R. Donovan, J. Rothwell, T. Cannon and R. Norrington-Davies who all drop to the bench. Free agent signing Ayew is on the bench. Burrows, Seriki, Chong and One remain out injured. Doherty who used to play for Wolves, is on the bench
11:50commentGood afternoon
11:49commentWolves Bench: T. Doyle, J. James, R. Jiménez, G. Konan, S. Neave, Toti Gomes, B. Traoré, K. Trippier, João Virgínia
11:48commentSheffield United Bench: J. Ayew, T. Cannon, A. Davies, M. Doherty, R. Donovan, R. Norrington-Davies, J. Riedewald, J. Rothwell, J. Shackleton
11:47commentWolves Starting Lineup: José Sá; Hugo Bueno, L. Krejčí, N. Djiga, J. Tchatchoua; M. Munetsi, André; M. Mane, Fer López, Rodrigo Gomes; A. Armstrong
11:46commentSheffield United Starting Lineup: M. Cooper; L. Kitching, M. McGuinness, J. Tanganga; S. McCallum, O. Arblaster, K. Phillips, Sydie Peck, H. Choudhury; B. Brereton, P. Bamford
11:35score0-0
What the model says
This is one where our two models pull in opposite directions, and we publish both rather than pick the one we prefer. The probabilities below come from goals_logreg_v1_cal, our 1X2 model, and it makes Wolves clear favourites: Sheffield United 20.3%, the draw 22.1%, Wolves 57.6%. Our separate Poisson goals model, goals_poisson_v1, reads it the other way — Sheffield United 43.3%, the draw 25.1%, Wolves 31.5% — on expected goals of 1.48 to 1.23. The two use different features; the 1X2 model weighs the players on the pitch far more heavily, the goals model works from each side’s recent in-division scoring and conceding. When they split like this, the honest summary is that the direction is uncertain.
What the goals grid is confident about is the shape of the match rather than the winner: a 66% chance of a finish inside a single goal, both teams to score at 54%, and total goals a near coin-toss at 51% over 2.5. The three likeliest scorelines are 1-1 at 11.9%, 1-0 at 10.1% and 2-1 at 9.0%, printed only to show how flat that distribution is rather than as a prediction.
Match Prediction
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Match commentary timeline
Auto-generated from live commentary. 57 entries between kickoff and full-time.
1′ comment Sheffield United have both scored and conceded in 14 of their last 15 Championship games at Bramall Lane, the exception being their 0-0 draw with Birmingham in August.
1′ comment Wolves’ three away games in the Championship this season have all seen at least four goals (7 for, 7 against). Indeed, they are just the third Championship side since 2004-05 to both score and concede 7+ goals in their first three away games of a season, along with Crewe in 2004-05 (7F 7A) and Blackburn in 2012-13 (9F 7A).
1′ comment Sheffield United have faced the most shots of any side in the Championship this season (103), while they’ve recorded the fourth-highest non-penalty xGA (10.15).
1′ kickoff Kick-off at Bramall Lane
2′ card 🟨 Yellow card for S. McCallum for a foul on Rodrigo Gomes
7′ comment Corner — Wolves, won by Hugo Bueno’s off of Tanganga
13′ comment Free kick — Sheffield Utd, given away by Bueno in a dangerous position
16′ comment Shot — Wolves, Good play, A. Armstrong runs in behind on the left, his cut back deflects off of Munetsi and it falls kindly to Fer Lopez, whose volley was deflected wide by Kitching
17′ card 🟨 Yellow for Krejci, he takes a bad touch and his pocket is picked by Bamford, he brings him down. He was lucky it wasn’t in the middle of the pitch
19′ comment Shot — Wolves, Fast counter by Wolves down the right with Rodrigo Gomes. He hits a low cross into the box that is met by Munetsi but his cushioned shot is straight at the grateful Cooper. Either side and it is a goal
23′ card 🟨 Yellow for Wolves manager Cesar Peixoto
28′ comment Shot — Wolves, S. McCallum loses the ball to Rodrigo Gomes on the right who plays it into Lopez. Lopez plays a nice pass back into him in a great position but he scuffs his volley wide of the near post
30′ comment Corner — Wolves, Gomes gets away from McCallum and his ball is turned behind by McGuinness
31′ comment Corner — Wolves, initial one defended behind by Choudhury
34′ comment A few dangerous crosses coming in from the home side, not enough players in the box to attack it
42′ comment Corner — Wolves, Brilliant challenge from Kitching on Gomes, out for a corner
HT kickoff Kick-off for the second half
45+1′ comment 2 added
45+4′ halftime Half-time
48′ card 🟨 Yellow card for Tanganga after losing the ball to Mane, and then fouling him
50′ comment Corner — Wolves, won by Mane off of McGuiness, I thought it was a handball as did Mane
53′ comment Corner — Wolves, won by Mane again after his cross was blocked by H. Choudhury
53′ comment Shot — Wolves, Corner comes in, Cooper can’t get near it and N. Djiga can’t get his header on target, decent chance
55′ comment Shot — Wolves, H. Choudhury gives the ball away to Hugo Bueno and he curls it away from goal just wide from outside the box
58′ comment Both sides lacking a cutting edge in a game that needs a goal .
58′ comment Free kick — Sheffield Utd, won by B. Brereton in a dangerous area
60′ comment Free kick — Sheffield Utd, on the left of the box, could’ve been a second yellow for Krejci
63′ sub 🔄 M. Munetsi and Rodrigo Gomes replaced by J. James and R. Jiménez
63′ sub 🔄 K. Phillips and B. Brereton make way for T. Cannon and J. Ayew who makes his Sheffield United debut
67′ comment Shot — Sheffield Utd, Bamford does well and plays it into Ayew, he makes room for himself and shoots right across goal wide of the far post
68′ comment Shot — Sheffield Utd, Good play from Sheffield United, Choudhury does well to play the ball through to Peck on the right. He sends in a dangerous low cross that Bamford can’t direct on target. Wolves eventually get a free kick.
70′ sub 🔄 J. Tchatchoua, injured N. Djiga and Fer López make way for K. Trippier, Toti Gomes and T. Doyle
80′ comment Both sides going for it with a lack of quality in the final moment
81′ comment Shot — Wolves, Hugo Bueno plays it into André who shoots on the half-volley wide
81′ sub 🔄 M. Doherty comes on against his former club to replace H. Choudhury. O. Arblaster is also replaced by J. Rothwell
85′ sub 🔄 Injured S. McCallum replaced by R. Norrington-Davies
88′ comment Corner — Wolves, Great ball from Bueno towards Armstong at the far post but R. Norrington-Davies defends well
88′ comment Corner — Wolves, T. Doyle’s strike deflects behind for another corner
90′ score 0-1
90′ goal ⚽ GOAL R. Jiménez, 0-1
90′ goal Andre plays a diagonal to Trippier bombing forward on the right, he cushions it into the area first time excellently to Tommy Doyle who shoots towards goal, it was going wide but there was Jimenez at the far post to help it home. A combination of the substitutions could’ve just won the 3 points for Wolves
90+1′ comment Sheff Unt only themselves to blame for not putting away an array of chances
90+2′ comment 6 added
90+5′ comment MOTM goes to Andre
90+6′ comment Free kick — Sheffield Utd, Good area
90+7′ fulltime Full-time, 0-1
score 0-0
comment Sheffield United Starting Lineup: M. Cooper; L. Kitching, M. McGuinness, J. Tanganga; S. McCallum, O. Arblaster, K. Phillips, Sydie Peck, H. Choudhury; B. Brereton, P. Bamford
comment Wolves Starting Lineup: José Sá; Hugo Bueno, L. Krejčí, N. Djiga, J. Tchatchoua; M. Munetsi, André; M. Mane, Fer López, Rodrigo Gomes; A. Armstrong
comment Sheffield United Bench: J. Ayew, T. Cannon, A. Davies, M. Doherty, R. Donovan, R. Norrington-Davies, J. Riedewald, J. Rothwell, J. Shackleton
comment Wolves Bench: T. Doyle, J. James, R. Jiménez, G. Konan, S. Neave, Toti Gomes, B. Traoré, K. Trippier, João Virgínia
comment Good afternoon
comment SHEFFIELD UNITED TEAM NEWS: 4 changes from the side who beat Blackburn midweek. M. McGuinness, K. Phillips, P. Bamford and O. Arblaster all come in for R. Donovan, J. Rothwell, T. Cannon and R. Norrington-Davies who all drop to the bench. Free agent signing Ayew is on the bench. Burrows, Seriki, Chong and One remain out injured. Doherty who used to play for Wolves, is on the bench
comment WOLVES TEAM NEWS: 1 change from the side who drew 2-2 with Birmingham as Mane comes in for R. Jiménez who drops to the bench. Kieran Trippier is back on the bench after recovering from injury. Yerson Mosquera, Bellegarde and Rafiki Said remain out.
comment Sheffield United have won three of their last four home league games versus Wolves (L1), most recently a 2-1 Premier League win in November 2023.
comment Wolves have won three of their last four league matches against Sheffield United (L1), keeping a clean sheet in all three wins in this period.
comment Mr Meaker ( Cesar Peixoto) shown yellow for arguing , bonus points if you know who Mr Meaker is.
