Clever from David McGoldrick, who spots a gap and just chips it over the Newcastle defence and Fabian Schar comes over and slams the door shut. A solid bodycheck and he's in the book as well.

Chris Wilder breathing hard on the side of the pitch. So close to that first win...

You don't go six months without a win and then see it home easily do you?

First Oli Norwood passes the ball straight to Callum Wilson, who gets on the end of a cross to head at Aaron Ramsdale.

And then Rhian Brewster shoots form range, it takes a deflection and thunks the base of the post!

Mark Edwards: Looked like deliberate handball, but Billy Sharp had hold of the defender's shirt as well. What takes precedence?

Kris Jefferson: Forget the red card, forget the penalty. Newcastle have been second best since the first minute. This performance is 100% on Bruce and his negative nothing football tactics.

Lewis Starks: Why do Newcastle always struggle against record holders? When Derby managed just 11 points... 4 were against Newcastle!

Ten minutes for the hosts to hold out for that vital first win. They'd only be three points behind West Brom.

Achievable targets.

Billy Sharp is fired up. He's booked now for a bad foul on Fabian Schar, rolling the Swiss's ankle. That's not clever at all.

Billy Sharp has scored his 100th league goal for Sheffield United. He netted his first league goal for the Blades in a 2-1 home win versus Coventry City in the Championship on 11 March 2008.

Newcastle send on Andy Carroll for the final 15 minutes. FORWARD.

Rhian Brewster now runs from halfway and lashes wide from the edge of the area. A second goal would really settle the hosts down.

Michael Brown
Former Sheffield United midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

It was cool, calm, collected. Sharp has that experience, the know-how. Can Sheffield United kick on and get the win?

Newcastle and their fans will no doubt feel very hard done to there. It was a boucning ball, Billy Sharp was arm in arm with Federico Fernandez and the ball bounced up and hit the defender on his hand.

Once the ref went to check on it you knew what was coming. It could be the break Sheffield United needed.

They certainly deserve to be ahead on the night.

Given!

Billy Sharp has the ball under his arm already.

I think Billy Sharp would have got on to the ball without the handball...

Referee Andy Madley is away to his screen. This could be a big moment.

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VAR is having a look at this. There is contact with the hand of Federico Fernandez but was it intentional?

It's a good shout!

Bob Moor: Extremely soft sending off but really at this point which toon fan cares anymore with this management team, so so negative.

Paul Dummett has picked up an injury and has to come off - on goes Matt Ritchie.

Billy Sharp now wants a penalty for handball as the two chase a ball into the area.

Rhian Brewster now gets his angles wrong to skim a header wide.

Sheffield United swarming on the Newcastle goal now! Twice they just play the wrong pass and then Karl Darlow does really well to come and punch away as a header floats across the area.

Frustrations starting to show for Sheffield United now as Billy Sharp gives away a cheap free-kick. Aaron Ramsdale has to have something sprayed into his eyes. He's closing in on a first clean sheet of the season if nothing else.