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Burnley 1-2 Sheffield United - April 12, 2008 / Championship 2007/2008

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Championship 2007/2008 - Round 43

Turf Moor - Burnley - England

April 12, 2008

11 693

Burnley

1 - 2

Sheffield United

Assist by Joey Gudjonsson (right foot) Andy Cole

80'

33'

James Beattie (free kick)

53'

Billy Sharp (header) Assist by David Cotterill

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33' - Goal James Beattie

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53' - Goal Billy Sharp

61' - Substitution James O'Connoris substituted by Joey Gudjonsson photo Ade Akinbiyi

61' - Substitution Robbie Blakeis substituted by Ade Akinbiyi61

66' - Substitution Billy Sharpis substituted by Rob Hulse

77' - Substitution James Beattieis substituted by Keith Gillespie

80' - Goal Andy Cole80

90' - Substitution David Cotterillis substituted by Ugo Ehiogu

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Burnley

1 - 2

Sheffield United

Burnley Sheffield United

Team line-ups

Burnley

Jensen

Brian Jensen

Denmark

B.date08/06/1975

Age32 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Jordan

Stephen Jordan

England

B.date06/03/1982

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Caldwell

Steven Caldwell

Scotland

B.date12/09/1980

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Unsworth

David Unsworth

England

B.date16/10/1973

Age34 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

O'Connor61

James O'Connor

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/09/1979

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Alexander

Graham Alexander

Scotland

B.date10/10/1971

Age36 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

McCann

Chris McCann

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/07/1987

Age20 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Elliott

Wade Elliott

England

B.date14/12/1978

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Blake61

Robbie Blake

England

B.date04/03/1976

Age32 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Cole80

Andy Cole

England

B.date15/10/1971

Age36 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Lafferty

Kyle Lafferty

Northern Ireland

B.date16/09/1987

Age20 years

H1m93

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Brian Jensen		32	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Jordan		26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steven Caldwell		27	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Unsworth		34	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James O'Connor	61	28	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Alexander		36	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chris McCann		20	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wade Elliott		29	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Blake	61	32	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Cole	80	36	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kyle Lafferty		20	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Sheffield United

Kenny

Paddy Kenny

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/05/1978

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Morgan

Chris Morgan

England

B.date09/11/1977

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Kilgallon

Matthew Kilgallon

England

B.date08/01/1984

Age24 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Naysmith

Gary Naysmith

Scotland

B.date16/11/1978

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Geary

Derek Geary

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/06/1980

Age27 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Quinn

Stephen Quinn

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/04/1986

Age22 years

H1m68

positionLeft central midfielder

Tonge

Michael Tonge

England

B.date07/04/1983

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Speed

Gary Speed

Wales

B.date08/09/1969

Age38 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Sharp5366

Billy Sharp

England

B.date05/02/1986

Age22 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Cotterill90

David Cotterill

Wales

B.date04/12/1987

Age20 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Beattie3377

James Beattie

England

B.date27/02/1978

Age30 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paddy Kenny		29	263	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Morgan		30	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthew Kilgallon		24	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Naysmith		29	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Geary		27	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Quinn		22	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Tonge		25	293	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Speed		38	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Billy Sharp	5366	22	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Cotterill	90	20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	James Beattie	3377	30	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Joey Gudjonsson	61	27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Ade Akinbiyi	61	33	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Ugo Ehiogu	90	35	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Gillespie	77	33	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rob Hulse	66	28	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stephen Jordan

Joey Gudjonsson

OUT

Andy Cole

Jon Harley

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Owen Coyle

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Coyle vs Sheffield United

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 12, 2008

Coyle vs Blackwell

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 12, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Kevin Blackwell

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Blackwell vs Burnley

4 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 12, 2008

Blackwell vs Coyle

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 12, 2008

Referee

Michael Russell

2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Burnley3 matches	General total	Sheffield United10 matches	4 victories	2 draws	4 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Burnley1 match	Season total	Sheffield United2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 04, 2013					Latest figure on November 08, 2014

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Key figures

Derek Geary played his game number 100 in his professional career with Sheffield United

Sheffield United keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals scored running (since 05/04/2008).

Burnley keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a win vs Sheffield United in Championship running (since 07/08/2004). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 08/11/2003 (4 matches)

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBurnley 1-1 Colchester United09/02/2008

VBurnley 2-0 Coventry26/02/2008

DBurnley 2-2 Watford01/03/2008

VBurnley 1-0 Charlton11/03/2008

LBurnley 1-3 Wolverhampton15/03/2008

VBurnley 2-1 Barnsley29/03/2008

Overall

DStoke City 1-1 Burnley08/03/2008

VBurnley 1-0 Charlton11/03/2008

LBurnley 1-3 Wolverhampton15/03/2008

LPreston North End 2-1 Burnley22/03/2008

VBurnley 2-1 Barnsley29/03/2008

LNorwich City 2-0 Burnley05/04/2008

Current form

Away

DQueens Park Rangers 1-1 Sheffield United23/02/2008

LMiddlesbrough 1-0 Sheffield United27/02/2008

DIpswich Town 1-1 Sheffield United04/03/2008

VPlymouth 0-1 Sheffield United08/03/2008

VBarnsley 0-1 Sheffield United22/03/2008

LPreston North End 3-1 Sheffield United29/03/2008

Overall

VSheffield United 2-1 Coventry11/03/2008

VSheffield United 2-0 Norwich City15/03/2008

VBarnsley 0-1 Sheffield United22/03/2008

LPreston North End 3-1 Sheffield United29/03/2008

VSheffield United 3-0 Leicester05/04/2008

DSheffield United 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday08/04/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	5
Scoring streak	8	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	4	8
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

42	Number of games (Competition total)	42
21	Number of games (Home / Away)	21
15	Victories (Competition total)	14
7	Victories (Home / Away)	6
13	Draws (Competition total)	15
8	Draws (Home / Away)	7
14	Losses (Competition total)	13
6	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

55	Goals scored (Competition total)	48
27	Goals scored (Home / Away)	20
57	Goals conceded (Competition total)	46
26	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
1.31	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.14
1.29	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.95
1.36	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.1
1.24	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.1

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	14
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	8
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	13
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
26	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
13	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (5 times)

Bookings

70	Yellow cards (Competition total)	56
20	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	29
7	Red cards (Competition total)	3
3	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Andy Gray	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	20 goals	James Beattie
Robbie Blake	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	James Beattie
Andy Gray	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	5 penalties	James Beattie
Andy Gray	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	James Beattie
Wade Elliott	13 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	James Beattie
Robbie Blake	8 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	4 assists	James Beattie
Robbie Blake	2 goals, 3 assists during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 3 matches	James Beattie

Historical head to head

Home

54 matches

31 v

11 d

12 l

110 gf

64 ga

Away

56 matches

5 v

16 d

35 l

40 gf

106 ga

Total

110 matches

36 v

27 d

47 l

150 gf

170 ga

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

35 v

16 d

5 l

106 gf

40 ga

Away

54 matches

12 v

11 d

31 l

64 gf

110 ga

Total

110 matches

47 v

27 d

36 l

170 gf

150 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 25, 1920
Home	6 - 0	December 25, 1920

Largest victory

Overall	10 - 0	January 19, 1929
Away	5 - 2	March 29, 1927

Latest head to head

November 03, 2007 - Championship 2007/2008

Sheffield United

0 - 0

Burnley

December 10, 2005 - Championship 2005/2006

Sheffield United

3 - 0

Burnley

August 09, 2005 - Championship 2005/2006

Burnley

1 - 2

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

March 19, 2005 - Championship 2004/2005

Sheffield United

2 - 1

Burnley

August 07, 2004 - Championship 2004/2005

Burnley

1 - 1

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

Robbie Blake	3 goals	2003 - 2003
Willie Irvine	3 goals	1964 - 1966
Andy Lochhead	3 goals	1962 - 1965
Gordon Harris	2 goals	1962 - 1965
Ray Hankin	2 goals	1974 - 1976
Gareth Taylor	2 goals	2001 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Burnley

Neil Shipperley	3 goals	2005 - 2005
Peter Ndlovu	3 goals	2001 - 2003
Alan Woodward	3 goals	1964 - 1975
Ron Simpson	3 goals	1962 - 1963
Chris Guthrie	2 goals	1975 - 1976
Mick Jones	2 goals	1964 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Brian Miller	11 matches	1961 - 1966
Gordon Harris	10 matches	1961 - 1967
John Angus	10 matches	1961 - 1968
Adam Blacklaw	10 matches	1961 - 1966
Alex Elder	9 matches	1961 - 1966
Andy Lochhead	9 matches	1962 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Burnley

Alan Hodgkinson	12 matches	1961 - 1967
Michael Tonge	11 matches	2001 - 2007
Alan Woodward	11 matches	1964 - 1976
Nick Montgomery	11 matches	2001 - 2007
Phil Jagielka	10 matches	2001 - 2005
Len Badger	10 matches	1964 - 1975