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West Brom beat Sheffield United in the Championship Heggebo slotted in opener for Baggies after break Grant smashed in West Brom's second off underside of bar Albion keeper Wildsmith made brilliant early save from Hamer Defeat ends Blades' six-game unbeaten run West Brom move three points outside the play-offs Have your say using the Get Involved button below Glenn Speller FT: West Brom 2-0 Sheff Utd West Bromwich Albion Aune Heggebo scored and gets the assist for the second West Brom goal tonight. He has been talking to Sky Sports: "It's an amazing feeling because it's been a rough couple of games. "It's a really good league to play in and good to get going. "The goal is the movement we work on in training so it was good to get it. " FT: West Brom 2-0 Sheff Utd Tony Brown West Brom's all-time record scorer on BBC Radio WM An absolutely magnificent performance. The most happy and relieved man will be the manager, his team has done him proud this evening, the work rate, and there's so many individual performances but as a team they worked so well as a unit. They fully deserve this win against a good Sheffield United team, Heggebo was extra, extra superb this evening. West Brom 2-0 Sheff Utd That feels like a big result for West Brom and boss Ryan Mason. It is also surprising because they were poor in a first half in which Sheffield United should have been ahead. Joe Wildsmith pulled out a top-drawer save to deny Gustavo Hamer while Tyrese Campbell and Patrick Bamford might have done better with their chances. Whatever was said in the Baggies dressing room at the break certainly worked as Aune Heggebo and Karlan Grant produced fine finishes to have their side 2-0 up just past the hour. Sheffield United showed little threat in the second 45 although Danny Ings had a header cleared off the line as West Brom kept just their second clean sheet in 13 attempts. It is also seven unbeaten at The Hawthorns for Mason's side and ends the Blades' two-match winning streak on their travels. West Brom 2-0 Sheff Utd Off goes Aune Heggebo - a goal and an assist for the Norwegian. Daryl Dike will have two minutes to impress. West Brom 2-0 Sheff Utd Carl Asaba Former Sheffield United striker on BBC Radio Sheffield There's nothing of the conviction from the first half now, West Brom are just letting us have the ball and they're defending their lead now. West Brom 2-0 Sheff Utd We will have at least an extra five minutes tacked onto the end of this one. West Brom 2-0 Sheff Utd Mikey Johnston is off for West Brom to a wonderful reception from the home fans. Sam

Iling-Junior is on. West Brom 2-0 Sheff Utd Danny Ings gets on the end of a cross and George Campbell clears off the line. Sheffield United are pressing but it all feels a touch too late. West Brom 2-0 Sheff Utd Should be 3-0. A ball across the face of goal from Mikey Johnston is begging to be tucked in but Aune Heggebo and Karlan Grant can't make contact because Japhet Tanganga gets a vital touch. West Brom 2-0 Sheff Utd Richard Wilford BBC Radio WM commentator I'm not entirely surprised it's Isaac Price that's making way, he's tested the patience of Ryan Mason with some of his efforts this evening. West Brom 2-0 Sheff Utd Another Sheffield United change. Danny Ings replaces Patrick Bamford. Isaac Price takes a break for West Brom with Charlie Taylor looking to help see this one out. West Brom 2-0 Sheff Utd Sheffield United are starting to push men forward and leaving gaps all over the place. They have to take risks to try to get back into it. Patrick Bamford gets a shot away on the turn but it is blocked. Is this going to be a third defeat from three Friday night outings for the Blades? West Brom 2-0 Sheff Utd Isaac Price lines up another shot on goal. He has plenty of time to take aim but there is not enough curl on it and wide it goes. I'm not sure the Ablion goalkeeper Joe Wildsmith has touched the ball in this second period more than a couple of times. West Brom 2-0 Sheff Utd Carl Asaba Former Sheffield United striker on BBC Radio Sheffield The difference in this half is that we're not winning our individual battles, if you don't come out to play physically in every half, in this division, you'll get punished and we haven't done that. West Brom 2-0 Sheff Utd West Brom are just over 15 minutes from a first win in six attempts against Sheffield United. Their last victory over the Blades was back in August 2021 when they won 4-0. They were poor in the first period but what a change in this second 45 - sensational stuff. West Brom 2-0 Sheff Utd Callum O'Hare and Tom Cannon are thrown on by Sheffield United. They replace Jairo Riedewald and Tyrese Campbell. How strong is this Blades bench? They need to produce something quickly. West Brom 2-0 Sheff Utd Tony Brown West Brom's all-time record scorer on BBC Radio WM I think Diakite has just got to head it in, it's at shoulder height, he's better off heading it rather than trying to steer it in. That's a great opportunity in my book. West Brom 2-0 Sheff Utd Isaac Price puts in a delicious cross but Ousmane Diakite skies his shot into orbit. Price then gets free down the right, beyond Japhet Tanganga and Michael Cooper comes out to make the save. Sheffield United can't get out of their own half at the moment. West Brom 2-0 Sheff Utd A first bit of admin for referee Matt Donohue tonight. Sheffield United skipper Japhet Tanganga flies into a challenge on Mikey Johnston and takes the Albion man down. Yellow card. West Brom 2-0 Sheff Utd Carl Asaba Former Sheffield United striker on BBC Radio Sheffield Frustrating, Gus Hamer did a flick that went to no one, but that's 65 yards from goal, you fancy Mc Guinness to do a lot better, it's just pretty poor, a good finish but he shouldn't be able to shoot. It's been so different to the first half where we were pressing well and I think that's down to a lack of energy. West Brom striker Aune Heggebo took his Championship tally for the season to eight goals with the opener against Sheffield United West Bromwich Albion picked up a much-needed win to end Sheffield United's six-game unbeaten run in the Championship. Gus Hamer forced a fine early save from Albion goalkeeper Joe Wildsmith as the Blades started the brighter of the two in a quiet first half. The home side took the lead shortly after the restart when Aune Heggebo confidently slotted home his seventh goal in his past seven matches from George Campbell's low cross. Ryan Mason's men had won just one of their past five matches but were dominant after going ahead and doubled their lead when Karlan Grant thundered a shot in off the underside of the bar. Replays showed Grant clipped the heels of United defender Mark Mc Guinness as he latched on to Heggebo's pass but a second goal was no less than they deserved and Ousmane Diakite should have made it three soon after but sliced over from a few yards. Victory moved Albion back up to 14th and three points off the top six, while Chris Wilder's Blades stay 17th. More to follow. Rate players out of 10 for this game. The rater will close 30 minutes after the final whistle. You must be signed in to a BBC account to play. After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 12th December 2025 at 21: 52 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Ryan Mason Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Chris Wilder Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Manager: Ryan Mason Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Chris Wilder Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Championship All competitions All competitions All competitions West Brom are winless in five league games against Sheffield United (D2 L3) since a 4-0 win in August 2021. The last two league meetings between West Brom and Sheffield United have been draws – there hasn’t been three league draws in a row between these teams since January 1972. West Bromwich Albion have lost just four of their last 28 home league matches (W13 D11) and are unbeaten in six (W3 D3) since a 1-0 defeat to Derby in September. Sheffield United have won 13 of their last 20 away league matches under Chris Wilder (L7) and are looking to win three in a row for the first time since a run of six between January and March this year. Sheffield United have played two Championship matches on a Friday this season and they’ve lost them both by an aggregate score of 8-2 – 0-5 vs Ipswich and 2-3 vs Preston. Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.