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1¹ GOAL!! A neat one-two left EKITIKÉ clear and he made no mistake by expertly drifting the ball past the oncoming 'keeper. (1-0 Sheffield Weds.) 13¹ FINNDELL was put clear by OSAYI-SAMUEL and he turned the Sheffield Weds. 'keeper but thrust his shot wide. 20¹ A perfect shot from JOÃO PEDRO was dealt with by a useful block from the Boston United 'keeper. 24¹ A header by KVARATSKHELIA at the near post was comfortably collected by the Boston United 'keeper. 28¹ Uncertainty in the Boston United defence enabled ÁLVAREZ to fire the ball wide. 29¹ DAVIES shot wide. 30¹ GOAL!! An inswinging corner was hoofed clear only for EKITIKÉ to blast the ball into the net. (2-0 Sheffield Weds.) 32¹ A corner found JOÃO PEDRO who nodded an effort just beyond the near post. 39¹ ÁLVAREZ's header was well saved by the Boston United 'keeper. 1² A useful ball from VALVERDE on the left bobbled toward KVARATSKHELIA who mishit his shot over the bar. 4² PAVLOVIC made space on the right and touched the ball to EKITIKÉ who clipped the ball over. 6² A delightful save prevented ÁLVAREZ from scoring a good goal. 14² GOAL!! A weak shot from JOÃO PEDRO seemed to hold no problem for the 'keeper but the ball somehow bobbled over the line. (3-0 Sheffield Weds.) 18² VALVERDE stabbed a simple chance past the lefthand post. 19² A free-kick from JOÃO PEDRO floated inches wide. 22² A pin-point pass was collected by EKITIKÉ and his looping shot flew narrowly wide. 25² PHILLIPS dribbled round VALVERDE and rifled a tame shot over. 29² GABRIEL's shot beat OSPINA but rebounded off the Boston United woodwork. 31² KVARATSKHELIA played the ball to JOÃO PEDRO who headed it just wide. 32² KÄIT fluffed an easy chance. 41² JOÃO PEDRO beat PHILLIPS but drove the ball into the arms of the 'keeper. 41² A cross from VALVERDE left JOÃO PEDRO in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot. 42² JOÃO PEDRO headed just beyond the near post. 44² KVARATSKHELIA ran onto a delightful ball from VALVERDE but fired his shot wide of the goal.

Sheffield Weds.   League position: 1 Home league form: WWWW Overall league form: WWWWWWWW Formation: 4-1-3-2

Line-ups Unai SIMÓN 7½ 1 6½ David OSPINA Trent ALEXANDER-ARNOLD 8  2 6  Bright OSAYI-SAMUEL (c)Alphonso DAVIES 7  3 6  Ziyad LARKÈCHE Aleksandar PAVLOVIC 8  4 5½ Hampus FINNDELL GABRIEL dos Santos 7½ 5 6  GABRIEL PAULISTA(c) GONÇALO Bernardo INÁCIO 7  6 5½ Killian PHILLIPS Federico VALVERDE 8½ 7 5½ Femi AZEEZ Khvicha KVARATSKHELIA 8  8 5½ Mattias KÄIT (p)JOÃO PEDRO Junqueira 7½ 9 6  Tom BLOXHAM(p) (f)Julián ÁLVAREZ 8  10 5½ Will FERRY(f) Hugo EKITIKÉ 7  11 6  Mame DIOUF Scott Sevrance Manager Nick WOLTEMADE    12    Tyler GOODRHAM Lucas CHEVALIER    13    Ellery BALCOMBE Éric GARCÍA    14    Eoin TOAL Xavi SIMONS    15    Jayden DANNS Benjamin PAVARD    16    Jack BURROUGHS

Boston United   League position: 7 Away league form: XXXX Overall league form: XWXXOXWO Formation: 4-3-3

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Statistics

Sheffield Weds. 3 Boston United 0 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 60,822, Stadium: Hillsborough, Referee: Thomas Troupkos 8, TV: highlights) Ekitiké 1¹, Ekitiké 30¹, João Pedro 14² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession               2 4 4 9 0 0 9 0 12 3 21 3 6 0 64% 36% ¶ Man of the match: Federico Valverde ¶