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Commentary
A strike from BARRIOS held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
The hapless Sheffield United 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from SCOUGALL fell just over.
FREI worked the ball to MARCONDES, PETROVIC collected his pass and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
21¹A corner found MARCONDES who turned the ball over.
22¹A twenty yard shot from MAKIENOK caused the Sheffield United 'keeper little difficulty.
25¹A pin-point pass was collected by SCOUGALL and his looping shot went narrowly wide.
26¹A mix up in the Grimsby Town defence enabled SCOUGALL to fire the ball over.
28¹DIOUF dribbled round SCOUGALL and rattled a tame shot well wide.
33¹COUTTS was put clear by DIEGO and he beat ETHERIDGE but drilled his shot over the bar.
39¹A great effort from FELTSCHER scraped the top of the crossbar.
41¹GOAL!! Uncertainty between PASHAYEV and the 'keeper allowed GARGANO to tap the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Sheffield United)
43¹FREI cautioned by the referee.
44¹GOAL!! FELTSCHER tried to play the ball out of the Grimsby Town penalty area but was tackled by BARRIOS who turned the ball to GARGANO for an easy goal. (2-0 Sheffield United)
An inswinging corner was turned into the arms of the Grimsby Town 'keeper by THY.
The Grimsby Town 'keeper parried a clever shot from CANELLA.
15²A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Grimsby Town 'keeper.
19²A penalty box scramble resulted in CHIRICHES tapping a low shot wide.
21²GOAL!! A deep corner left BLACKMAN struggling and DIOUF stabbed the ball into the net. (2-1 Sheffield United)
22²BARRIOS ran onto a wonderful ball from DIEGO but fired his shot wide.
28²A useful ball from PETROVIC on the left fell to POPOV who sliced his shot wide.
30²A cross from SCOUGALL left THY in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
31²GARGANO poked a simple chance past the far post.
37²COUTTS floated the ball to GARGANO who nodded it inches over.
38²A free-kick from DIOUF flew just wide.
41²GOAL!! A nice run by FREI on the left was capped by a delightful cross which BARNES turned in at the far post. (2-2)
42²SCOUGALL beat PASHAYEV and hit the ball to BARRIOS who pulled his shot wide.

 
Sheffield United
 
League position: 11
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: LWLWWLWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Jamal BLACKMAN1Neil ETHERIDGE
Vlad CHIRICHES2Pavlo PASHAYEV
Roberto CANELLA3Goran POPOV
(c)DIEGO Ribas4Fabian FREI
Dirk MARCELLIS5ZANKA
Jake BUXTON6Rolf FELTSCHER
Paul COUTTS7Giles BARNES
Stefan SCOUGALL8Emiliano MARCONDES
(p)Lucas BARRIOS9Simon MAKIENOK(p)
(f)Walter GARGANO10Radosav PETROVIC(f)
Lennart THY11Mame DIOUF(c)
Manager
Billy SHARP  12  Abdisalam IBRAHIM
MIKA  13  Tomasz KUSZCZAK
Jake WRIGHT  14  Jonathan URRETAVIZCAYA
Mark McNULTY  15  Simon COX
David EDGAR  16  Oscar GOBERN
 
Grimsby Town
 
League position: 4
Away league form: WWXW
Overall league form: WWWLXWWL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Sheffield United 2 Grimsby Town 2
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 31,530, Stadium: Bramall Lane, Referee: Grant Hegley 5½)

Gargano 41¹, Gargano 44¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Diouf 21², Barnes 41²
  
  
 Frei 43¹
23
1211
83
64
96
1510
42
55%45%
Man of the match: Dirk Marcellis