Sheffield United 4-5 Fulham (2017-18 Championship)

Tue 21 Nov 2017 19:45	Sheffield United	(2) 4-5 (3)	Fulham	Bramall Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire Attendance: 25,445 Referee: James Linington
	Clarke  6'  39'  90+1' Carruthers  86'	Report	Ojo  28'  69' Sessegnon  30'  43'  78'

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SHEFFIELD UNITED (3-5-2) GK 27 Jamal Blackman DRC 16 Cameron Carter-Vickers 58' DC 13 Jake Wright 75' DLC 5 Jack O'Connell WBR 6 Chris Basham MRC 7 John Lundstram 45+4' DM 21 Mark Duffy 60' MLC 4 John Fleck WBL 3 Enda Stevens ST 9 Leon Clarke ST 10 Billy Sharp (c) 33' Substitutes: GK 1 Simon Moore DF 19 Richard Stearman DF 24 Danny Lafferty MF 36 David Brooks 58' 90+3' MF 44 Samir Carruthers 60' FW 11 Clayton Donaldson FW 17 James Hanson 75' Manager: Chris Wilder

FULHAM (4-2-3-1) GK 27 David Button DR 2 Ryan Fredericks 33' DC 26 Tomáš Kalas DC 13 Tim Ream DL 4 Denis Odoi 73' DM 6 Kevin McDonald 83' DM 16 Oliver Norwood AMR 19 Sheyi Ojo 74' AMC 10 Tom Cairney (c) AML 3 Ryan Sessegnon ST 11 Floyd Ayité 45+2' 68' Substitutes: GK 1 Marcus Bettinelli MF 7 Neeskens Kebano MF 8 Stefan Johansen 83' MF 36 Luca de la Torre MF 37 Tayo Edun FW 9 Rui Fonte 74' FW 47 Aboubakar Kamara 68' 90+6' Manager: Slaviša Jokanović

Assistant referees: Neil Davies Nick Greenhalgh Fourth official: Anthony Backhouse Previous Meeting: Fulham 3-0 Sheffield United (2015-16 League Cup 2nd Round) (25 Aug 2015) Following Meeting: Fulham 3-0 Sheffield United (2017-18 Championship) (6 Mar 2018) Trivia Sheyi Ojo scores his first goals for Fulham Ryan Sessegnon makes his 50th appearance in all competitions for Fulham Ryan Sessegnon becomes the youngest player to score a hat-trick for Fulham Statistics Sheffield United Fulham Possession 55% 45% Shots on target 7 7 Shots off target 3 1 Shots blocked 2 1 Corner kicks 4 3 Fouls conceded 13 8 Offsides 4 1 Yellow cards 3 4 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 504 434 Passing success 80% 78% Tackles 20 22 Tackles success 60% 68% Total crosses 26 7 Successful crosses 19% 14% Interceptions 9 12 Clearances 7 31 Images 1-0: Leon Clarke opens the scoring after 6 minutes when finishing a rebounded effort which David Button had failed to keep hold of 1-1: A calamitous error from Cameron Carter-Vickers left Sheyi Ojo one on one with Jamal Blackman and he scored his first goal for Fulham 1-2: Ryan Sessegnon then quickly puts the Whites ahead two minutes later after a beautifully placed right footed shot from 25 yards out after cutting inside from the left 2-2: Leon Clarke scores from a tight angle as he wrong foots Tim Ream and slams the ball through Button's legs in the 39th minute 2-3: Ryan Sessegnon follows up with his second of the match on 43 minutes after converting Sheyi Ojo's cross from the right with an unmarked volley into the back of the net 2-4: Sheyi Ojo then grabs his second and Fulham's fourth after a counter attack saw his shot deflected past Blackman 2-5: Fulham all but secure the victory with Ryan Sessegnon securing his hat-trick, Oliver Norwood's cross-field pass finding him as he sent a strong left-footed finish across Blackman and into the far corner 3-5: Substitute Samir Carruthers' bursting run and shot was rewarded with a deflected goal that gave the hosts hope of a late comeback in the 86th minute 4-5: Leon Clarke then secured his hat-trick in the 91st minute with a completely unmarked header to make it an uncomfortable finish for Fulham Highlights 2017-18 season Pre-season: Piast Gliwice (n) • Fastav Zlín (n) • QPR U23 (h) • Chelsea (a) • West Ham (n) • Darmstadt (a) • Wolfsburg (h) Additional friendlies: Southampton XI (a) • Southampton XI (a) Championship: Norwich (h) • Reading (a) • Leeds (a)) • Sheff Wed (h) • Ipswich (a) • Cardiff (h) • Hull (h) • Burton (a) • Middlesbrough (h) • Nottm Forest (a) • QPR (a) • Preston North End (h) • Aston Villa (a) • Bolton (h) • Bristol City (h) • Wolves (a) • Derby (h) • Sheff Utd (a) • Millwall (h) • Brentford (a) • Birmingham (h) • Sunderland (a) • Barnsley (h) • Cardiff (a) • Hull (a) • Ipswich (h) • Middlesbrough (a) • Burton (h) • Barnsley (a) • Nottm Forest (h) • Bolton (a) • Aston Villa (h) • Bristol City (a) • Wolves (h) • Derby (a) • Sheff Utd (h) • Preston (a) • QPR (h) • Norwich (a) • Leeds (h) • Sheff Wed (a) • Reading (h) • Brentford (h) • Millwall (a) • Sunderland (h) • Birmingham (a) Play-offs- Semi-final 1st Leg: Derby (a) • Semi-final 2nd Leg: Derby (h) • Final: Aston Villa (n) FA Cup: 3rd round: Southampton (h) EFL Cup: 1st round: Wycombe (a) • 2nd round: Bristol Rovers (h)