Derby County v Sheffield United: Fallout from Pride Park as Tom Lawrence proves the difference

Sheffield United return to Championship action after a long break this afternoon when they travel to Derby County.

United have played one game in the league since early December, and returned to action after Christmas last week against Wolves in the FA Cup.

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and it ends Derby 2, United 0 in a pretty average game at best, to be honest - two Tom Lawrence goals the difference between the sides and United will look at some pretty poor defending for both goals when they watch the tape back, while at the other end they didn’t create nearly enough to threaten to win the game. Their best chance came in the first half when Billy Sharp headed straight at Allsop in the Derby goal, and other than that the Derby goalkeeper was untroubled. Stay tuned for some more reaction, player ratings and more

for Robinson as the Blades move to a back three for the last seven minutes of normal time

and Lawrence curls home a beauty to seal three points for his side, a quick break from Ebosele saw the ball go left and then right and Lawrence curled home past Foderingham to send Pride Park wild

and it’s Lawrence who gets it, skipping past Egan and then finishing on the angle to put the hosts ahead with just over 20 minutes remaining

Double change for the Blades

as Brewster and Hourihane replace McGoldrick and Berge, 23 minutes of normal time remaining

Just wide for Derby

as Forsyth plants a powerful header towards goal, Norwood can’t rise high enough to cut it out and it lands just wide of the Blades goal

as Lawrence gets in a good position and tries to beat him, but Egan stands tall before repelling the cross as it comes in from the right, as Derby throw on ex-Blade Colin Kazim Richards to replace Luke PLange

as McGoldrick draws the foul from Byrne - this is about as good as this second half has got so far, and we’re almost 10 minutes into it

We’re back under way

with no changes at the break

and Ndiaye’s blocked shot is the last action of the first 45, there’s appeals for handball but nothing is given and the whistle goes - it’s been a bitty first half for me, the odd flash or half-chance but the rest has been a lot of nothingness really - Sharp should have scored with a back-post header but it remains goalless going into the break

after Lawrence broke quickly and fed Jozwiak, his cross is deflected and Foderingham drops on it as the click ticks towards the half-time mark

Bogle overhits a cross

badly as United queued up in the middle for the centre - he’s seen a fair bit of the ball but no end product just yet

for Sharp as Robinson’s throw is flicked into his path at the back post, it’s a free header at goal but he plants it straight at Allsop in the Derby goal - what a chance that was to open the scoring

McGoldrick has a go

on the volley as the ball sits up invitingly for him, but he drags it wide

Good chance for Derby

as a long ball through the middle catches out Basham, he gets a touch on it but not enough and Lawrence looks to hook it home, but he can’t get it on target

Good defending from Davies

to get across and throw himself in the way of Bogle’s effort as he eyed up a goal on his return to DErby

Basham gets across to clear

as Byrne gets in behind the Blades defence and crosses dangerously, but Basham puts a big size 10 through it and the danger is averted

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