RATINGS: How Sheffield United players fared in their derby victory over Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield United were full value for their 4-2 derby-day victory over Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough this afternoon.
Leon Clarke and Enda Stevens celebrateLeon Clarke and Enda Stevens celebrate
Leon Clarke and Enda Stevens celebrate

Here's how we rated United's derby heroes from the game.

Jamal Blackman 7

Couldn’t have done much more with Wednesday’s two goals and commanded his area well. One nervy moment when he spilled a cross but relatively untroubled otherwise

George Baldock 7

Did well in place of injured Kieron Freeman and was a constant attacking threat. Seized upon loose balls a couple of times and put United back on front foot. Good defensively too

Cam Carter-Vickers 7

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Caught flat-footed for Wednesday’s equaliser by a decent ball in behind him, but other than that was faultless and looks a real unit for 19

Jake Wright 7

A difficult afternoon at times for Wright at the hands of Hooper and Fletcher. Got caught in possession a couple of times and was taken off

Jack O’Connell 7

Header for Wednesday’s first could maybe have been better and struggled to get forward but coped well with everything else thrown at him

Enda Stevens 7

Set up Leon Clarke’s first goal with an innocuous ball over the top and was full of industry up and down the left flank, dominating Jack Hunt

Paul Coutts 8

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His availability gave United a boost and he put in a typical Coutts shift, helping dominate midfield alongside Fleck and Basham over Bannan/Lee

John Fleck 8

Opened the scoring with a superb free-kick and got the upper hand in his personal Scot-v-Scot battle with Wednesday’s Bannan. Booked late on

Chris Basham 8

Superb. Forget £8m strikers and give me a team of Chris Bashams any day. Summed up exactly what this game meant to Wilder’s Blades

David Brooks 9

Probably just deserved the man of the match award after a stunning, fearless display on what was only his second league start. A bright future

Leon Clarke 9

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Two goals, an assist and a stunning return to Hillsborough. Clarke could have had a hat-trick, too, but missed a great chance with score at 2-1

Subs: Mark Duffy 8

Changed the game when he came on - not least with a stunning third goal just under two minutes after Wednesday had drawn level at 2-2

John Lundstram N/A

Replaced Brooks late on as United looked to shore things up

Not used: Simon Moore, Billy Sharp, Danny Lafferty, Ched Evans, Samir Carruthers

Attendance: 32,839