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2¹ FOFANA brought the ball away from KIPRÉ and flicked a tame shot into the crowd. 4¹ OTAVIO made space on the right and touched the ball to ICARDI who touched the ball wide. 6¹ OTAVIO stepped inside YIADOM but fired the ball into the arms of the Bristol Rovers 'keeper. 9¹ A pin-point pass bobbled toward CORREA and his right foot effort floated narrowly wide. 13¹ MALACIA's shot was well held by the Bristol Rovers 'keeper. 13¹ BRATT books ØSTIGÅRD. 14¹ PARTEY beat BECK and drilled the ball to MALACIA who toe-poked his shot wide. 22¹ GOAL!! On the right wing ØSTIGÅRD collected a defender's clearance and hit it across the box for CORREA to tuck it over the line. (1-0 Sheffield United) 25¹ A wonderful save prevented ICARDI from scoring a great goal. 30¹ A header by WESLEY at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper. 33¹ A useful ball from RODWELL on the left bobbled toward WESLEY who scuffed his shot just wide. 43¹ The motionless 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from BECK fell just wide. 7² A weak shot from PARTEY bounced agonisingly wide. 15² DUBOIS fired a left foot shot inches over from close range. 17² GOAL!! A quick-witted DIOUF pounced on a loose ball on the left and made no mistake. (2-0 Sheffield United) 24² LONGMAN was put clear by OHASHI and he turned the 'keeper but thrust his shot over the bar. 25² GOAL!! A great thirty yard shot from COBURN struck the crossbar and in the ensuing scramble the ball was hoofed into the net by LONGMAN. (2-1 Sheffield United) 27² GOAL!! A brilliant ball from OTAVIO left BEN SEGHIR in the clear, he made the Bristol Rovers 'keeper commit himself before squaring the ball to PARTEY to score. (3-1 Sheffield United) 33² PARTEY chipped the ball to DIOUF who forced it just wide. 35² OTAVIO ran onto a wonderful ball from PARTEY but hit his shot wide of the righthand post. 36² A mix up in the Bristol Rovers defence enabled FOFANA to fire the ball inches over. 44² OTAVIO shot wide.

Sheffield United   League position: 24 Home league form: WXLL Overall league form: LWLXLLLL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Stefan BAJIC 7  1 7  Conor HAZARD Léo DUBOIS 7½ 2 7  Andy YIADOM Tyrell MALACIA 8  3 7½ Owen BECK LUCAS PAQUETÁ 8  4 6½ Jack RODWELL Wesley FOFANA 8  5 6½ Cédric KIPRÉ(c) Leo ØSTIGÅRD 6½ 6 6  George WILLIAMS Ángel CORREA 5½ 7 6  Macaulay LANGSTAFF OTAVIO Edmilson 7½ 8 7  Ryan LONGMAN (p)Mauro ICARDI 7  9 6½ WESLEY Moraes(p) (c,f)Thomas PARTEY 7½ 10 5½ Josh COBURN(f) Salim BEN SEGHIR 5½ 11 6½ Yuki OHASHI Manager Éric DINA EBIMBE    12    Luke LEAHY Marcus DEWHURST    13    Danny ROGERS Christopher WOOH    14    Jeando FUCHS Andy DIOUF 7  15    Sam NICHOLSON Ethan AMPADU 7½ 16 6  Alfie KILGOUR

Bristol Rovers   League position: 10 Away league form: LWWX Overall league form: LXWWWWLX Formation: 4-3-3

Sheffield United go through to the next round

Statistics

Sheffield United 3 Bristol Rovers 1 (Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 29,360, Stadium: Bramall Lane, Referee: Steve Bratt 6) Correa 22¹, Diouf 17², Partey 27² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Longman 25² CorreaóAmpadu 8², IcardióDiouf 8² LongmanóKilgour 31²     Østigård 13¹   4 4 9 11 0 0 9 3 18 2 27 5 5 2 62% 38% ¶ Man of the match: Wesley Fofana ¶