Last Updated: December 29, 2020 8:56 pm
Sheffield United’s latest defeat this evening saw one of the club’s stars etch his name into the history books of the Premier League, for all the wrong reasons.
Mee decides it
Chris Wilder’s men made the trip to Turf Moor a short time ago, for a meeting with Burnley.
The Blades of course headed into proceedings on the back of a historically terrible opening to the campaign, having managed to secure just two points from their opening 15 fixtures in the English top-flight.
They therefore no doubt viewed this evening’s meeting with fellow relegation candidates Burnley as an ideal opportunity to steady the ship, and get a much needed win on the board.
When all was said and done in Lancashire, however, United’s woes only deepened.
An expectedly hard-fought affair, during which the visitors actually dominated the ball, eventually saw a solitary goal prove the difference between the sides.
Just past the half-hour mark, Robbie Brady’s whipped corner was met by Ben Mee, to hand all 3 points to the hosts:
MEE MEE MEE!@BurnleyOfficial‘s skipper opens the scoring with a neat header from Robbie Brady’s corner#PLonPrime #BURSHU pic.twitter.com/Iro8MUF9xk
— Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) December 29, 2020
Burke’s night to forget
Whilst their latest result, of course, proved far from positive from a collective perspective for Sheffield United, though, it actually marked a landmark one for one of the club’s stars.
This, though, came for all the wrong reasons.
As revealed by statisticians OptaJoe, after ending on the losing side this evening, Oliver Burke’s streak without a single win in the Premier League reached a staggering 25 outings.
This marks a new high, with the Scottish international having overtaken previous record holder Gareth Bale:
25 – Sheffield United’s Oliver Burke hasn’t ended on the winning side in any of his first 25 appearances in the Premier League – the longest winless start to a player’s career in the competition (overtaking Gareth Bale’s 24 apps). Ouch. pic.twitter.com/Kwc5ZKxCjr
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 29, 2020
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Premier League table
| # | Team | MP | D | P |
| 1 | Liverpool FC | 15 | 17 | 32 |
| 2 | Leicester City FC | 16 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Everton FC | 15 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Manchester United FC | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Aston Villa FC | 14 | 14 | 26 |
| 6 | Chelsea FC | 16 | 13 | 26 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 15 | 11 | 26 |
| 8 | Manchester City FC | 14 | 9 | 26 |
| 9 | Southampton FC | 15 | 6 | 25 |
| 10 | West Ham United FC | 15 | 2 | 22 |
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 15 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Leeds United | 15 | -5 | 20 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace FC | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 14 | Newcastle United FC | 14 | -7 | 18 |
| 15 | Arsenal FC | 15 | -4 | 17 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 15 | -6 | 13 |
| 17 | Burnley FC | 14 | -12 | 13 |
| 18 | Fulham FC | 15 | -10 | 11 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 15 | -19 | 8 |
| 20 | Sheffield United FC | 15 | -18 | 2 |
| Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Salah, Mohamed | Liverpool FC | 13 |
| Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 11 |
| Vardy, Jamie | Leicester City FC | 11 |
| Calvert-Lewin, Dominic | Everton FC | 11 |
| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United FC | 10 |
| Bamford, Patrick | Leeds United | 10 |
| Kane, Harry | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 9 |
| Zaha, Wilfried | Crystal Palace FC | 8 |
| Wilson, Callum | Newcastle United FC | 8 |
| Rashford, Marcus | Manchester United FC | 7 |
| Ings, Danny | Southampton FC | 6 |
| Mane, Sadio | Liverpool FC | 6 |
| Watkins, Ollie | Aston Villa FC | 6 |
| Abraham, Tammy | Chelsea FC | 6 |
| Grealish, Jack | Aston Villa FC | 5 |
| Firmino, Roberto | Liverpool FC | 5 |
| Maupay, Neal | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 5 |
| Barnes, Harvey | Leicester City FC | 5 |
| Lacazette, Alexandre | Arsenal FC | 5 |
| El Ghazi, Anwar | Aston Villa FC | 5 |
| Player | Team | Red Cards | Yellow Cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romeu, Oriol | Southampton FC | 0 | 5 |
| Bellerin, Hector | Arsenal FC | 0 | 5 |
| Cash, Matty | Aston Villa FC | 0 | 5 |
| Evans, Jonny | Leicester City FC | 0 | 5 |
| Dunk, Lewis | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 1 | 4 |
| Bissouma, Yves | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 1 | 4 |
| Milivojevic, Luka | Crystal Palace FC | 1 | 4 |
| Egan, John | Sheffield United FC | 1 | 4 |
| Grealish, Jack | Aston Villa FC | 0 | 4 |
| Ward-Prowse, James | Southampton FC | 0 | 4 |
| Klich, Mateusz | Leeds United | 0 | 4 |
| McGinn, John | Aston Villa FC | 0 | 4 |
| Reid, Bobby | Fulham FC | 0 | 4 |
| Doucoure, Abdoulaye | Everton FC | 0 | 4 |
| Mings, Tyrone | Aston Villa FC | 0 | 3 |
| Berge, Sander | Sheffield United FC | 0 | 4 |
| Phillips, Kalvin | Leeds United | 0 | 4 |
| Gallagher, Conor | West Bromwich Albion | 0 | 4 |
| Mendy, Nampalys | Leicester City FC | 0 | 4 |
| Lundstram, John | Sheffield United FC | 1 | 3 |
| Player | Team | Assists |
|---|---|---|
| Kane, Harry | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 10 |
| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United FC | 7 |
| Grealish, Jack | Aston Villa FC | 6 |
| De Bruyne, Kevin | Manchester City FC | 6 |
| Robertson, Andrew | Liverpool FC | 5 |
| Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 4 |
| Rashford, Marcus | Manchester United FC | 4 |
| Werner, Timo | Chelsea FC | 4 |
| Adams, Che | Southampton FC | 4 |
| Harrison, Jack | Leeds United | 4 |
| Chilwell, Benjamin | Chelsea FC | 4 |
| McGinn, John | Aston Villa FC | 4 |
| Cresswell, Aaron | West Ham United FC | 4 |
| Digne, Lucas | Everton FC | 4 |
| Salah, Mohamed | Liverpool FC | 3 |
| Vardy, Jamie | Leicester City FC | 3 |
| Ings, Danny | Southampton FC | 3 |
| Firmino, Roberto | Liverpool FC | 3 |
| Sterling, Raheem | Manchester City FC | 3 |
| Ward-Prowse, James | Southampton FC | 3 |
Source: 101greatgoals.com
