Sheffield United 2-2 West Ham: Key stats
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This was the first Premier League game since Boxing Day 2007 between Chelsea and Aston Villa to have both sides see at least one player sent off and both sides receive at least one penalty each.
Oli McBurnie's equalising penalty for Sheffield United (102:07) was the latest goal scored on record in the Premier League (since 2006-07).
Since losing to Nottingham Forest in August 2022, West Ham are unbeaten in their past nine Premier League matches against newly promoted sides (W8 D1).
James Ward-Prowse has now registered at least 10 goal involvements in each of his past four Premier League seasons, scoring four goals and assisting six for West Ham in 2023-24. Of players with 50+ goals in the competition, he has the highest proportion via direct free kicks (17) and penalties (14) at 58% (31/53).
Ben Brereton Diaz was the third different debutant to score for Sheffield United in the league this season, alongside Gustavo Hamer and Cameron Archer. The Blades had only had five different debutants score in their five previous Premier League campaigns before 2023-24.
Rhian Brewster (23y 295d) is the second-youngest player to be sent off for Sheffield United in the Premier League, behind only David Tuttle against Southampton in October 1993 (21y 122d).