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Brereton Diaz goal beats Wrexham at Bramall Lane
Fri 20:00 · Bramall Lane, Sheffield · Championship
SHEFF UTD
WREXHAM
1–0
Ben Brereton Díaz
Match report
Brereton Diaz converts the rebound
Ben Brereton Diaz scored in the 30th minute as Sheffield United beat Wrexham 1-0 at Bramall Lane on Friday night. Anthony Patterson saved Jordan Ayew's shot one-handed, but the Chilean forward was on hand to score from the rebound, a third consecutive goal against Wrexham. Wrexham improved after the break following a double change at half-time, with Max Cleworth and Sam Smith replacing Dom Hyam and Ollie Rathbone, but could not test Michael Cooper in the Sheffield United goal.
One shot on target
Wrexham had nine shots and one on target, against 13 and four for Sheffield United, according to Sportmonks. Possession was close, 51 per cent to 49 per cent, but Sheffield United won the corners 7-0 and Patterson made three saves. Lewis O'Brien took the highest Wrexham rating, 7.45. Ben Sheaf returned from injury in midfield, alongside Rathbone and O'Brien. Callum O'Hare missed the match against his former club with an ankle injury. Callum Doyle was Wrexham's only booking; the attendance was 26,512.
What it means
It is Wrexham's second consecutive defeat. The Sportmonks table after Friday's matches has Wrexham 17th in the Championship on 14 points, with Sheffield United 10th on 19. Wrexham host Sheffield United at the Racecourse Ground on Saturday 23 January.
The match in numbers
How it happened
Callum Doyle
Ben Brereton Díaz
Liam Kitching
Kalvin Phillips
Full match timeline
- 3′Shot Off Target
- 5′Shot Off Target
- 9′Corner
- 10′Shot Off Target
- 16′Shot On Target
- 24′Shot Off Target
- 25′Shot Off Target
- 30′Shot Off Target
- 30′Shot On Target
- 30′Shot On Target
- 33′Shot Off Target
- 34′Corner
- 34′Shot Off Target
- 40′Shot Off Target
- 40′Offside
- 45+2′Corner
- 50′Offside
- 52′Shot Off Target
- 52′Offside
- 54′Shot Off Target
- 57′Corner
- 57′Shot Off Target
- 62′Corner
- 62′Shot Off Target
- 70′Offside
- 76′Corner
- 77′Corner
- 81′Offside
- 81′Offside
- 87′Shot Off Target
- 90+1′Shot On Target
- 90+2′Shot Off Target
- 90+4′Shot Off Target
- 90+5′Shot Off Target
- 90+6′Shot On Target
The numbers
More match data (28)
- 6
- 7
- 141
- 68
- 73
- 27
- 50
- 75
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 0
- 6
- 11
- 7
- 5
- 16
- 8
- 3
- 1
- 5
- 5
- 19
- 21
- 58
- 57
- 8
- 27
- 452
- 443
- 370
- 355
- 27
- 16
- 8
- 5
- 10
- 8
- 46
- 55
- 16
- 9
- 7
- 3
- 8
- 6
- 1
- 0
- 44
- 33
- 34
- 22
- 59
- 39
- 4
- 16
Shooting positions
Sheffield United
Wrexham
Match insights
- 1
Sheffield Utd took 11 shots inside the box, more than Wrexham's 9 attempts from every distance combined.
- 2
Lewis O'Brien's 7.5 was the top rating of anyone who played 30 minutes.
- 3
11 of Sheffield Utd's 13 shots came from inside the box.
The attacking picture
How the attack changed
Shots
On target
Attacks
Dangerous attacks
Score by period
- Half-time
- 1
- 0
- Full-time
- 1
- 0
- Second half only
- 0
- 0
Match conditions and officials
overcast clouds · 8.6°C · wind 1.41 km/h · humidity 92%
Officials: David Webb, Darren Williams, Matthew Smith, Samuel Allison
Line-ups and ratings
Starting shapes
Sheffield United
Wrexham
The benches
Substitutes
Sheffield United · 4-4-2
Sam McCallum
Oliver Arblaster
Tom Cannon
Tyrese Campbell
Mark McGuinness- Thomas Betts
Jamal Baptiste
Femi Seriki
Jaïro Riedewald
Wrexham · 3-4-2-1
Max Cleworth
Ben Whiteman- Bailey Cadamarteri
George Thomason
George Dobson
Danny Ward
Zak Vyner
Sam Smith
Danny Imray
Player ratings
Star man Lewis O'Brien
Sheffield United
Wrexham