Sheffield United against Wigan Athletic

Good covering header from Heskey as the Blades lay siege to the Wigan goal. This time Politt has to dash from his line to punch the ball to safety.

Stead tamely hits his shot in to the arms of Michael Pollitt when he should have opted for power.

Claude Davis clashes heads with Caleb Folan.

Pollitt has to scramble back to scoop the ball away from his goal after he misjudged the flight of the ball.

Nice cross in from Gillespie and Wigan have to put the ball behind for a corner.

Valencia now is booked for kicking the ball away.

Claude Davis comes on to replace Nick Montgomery.

The ball is hit straight in to the wall by Kazim-Richards and it is looking less and less likely that the home side will get out of this.

Scharner is booked for a late challenge and the Blades have a free-kick thirty yards from the Wigan goal.

Caleb Folan replaces Denny Landzaat.

Better cross this time from Gillepsie but Boyce is on hand to get it away.

Scharner now is down injured after falling awkwardly.

Lee McCulloch is sent off for a second bookable offence after a late challenge on Jon Stead.

Sheffield United have another corner but the delivery is poor once more and Wigan clear it easily.

Nice cross in from Heskey who finds Skoko but the substitute's header flashes wide of PAddy Kenny's goal.

Stead argues that Boyce was pulling his shirt in the penalty area but the referee is not impressed and waves play on.

Through a scrum of players Jon Stead swings at the ball but Emile Heskey is back to block his effort.

When it comes over Morgan heads it straight out of play.

Scharner hits the ball behind for a Blades corner.

Heskey and Geary are spoken to by the referee after tangling with one another.

Poor delivery from Gillespie who seemed to get the ball caught under his foot as he steadied himself for the cross.

The Blades are unable to do anything with it though. They need to start creating more chances very quickly if they are not to be relegated at the end of this afternoon.

Great tackle on Stead by Skoko who concedes a corner.

Heskey is brought down on the edge of the penalty area but the referee waves away his appeals.

United have a corner and it is played in towards Stead. Wigan deal with it well though and clear the danger.

Heskey wins the header when the ball is played in but Kenny makes a good clean catch.

McCulloch earns a free-kick for Wigan forty yards from the Sheffield United goal.

Heskey is back on his feet and thankfully appears to be ok.

Emile Heskey is down injured and looks as if he may have been knocked unconscious.

Kilbane opts to hit the ball behind for a corner when he perhaps had more time. It matters not though as United fail to make anything of it.

An unbelievable miss from Danny Webber who was one on one with Pollitt but managed to hit the post.

Firm challenge by Jon Stead on Leighton Baines.

Wigan take another corner and this time Blades are thankful that Jagielka is on the line to keep the ball out after Lee McCulloch got a touch to it.

Wigan have a corner which Valencia whips in. The ball breaks to Emile Heskey whose acrobatic bicycle kick is well saved by Kenny.

Stead wins a throw deep in the Wigan half but when they take it they lose possession almost immediately.

Paddy Kenny takes an easy catch and throws the ball out hastily. The Blades have no time to waste in this second half and will have to show more urgency that they did in the opening period.

The teams emerge on to the sodden Bramall Lane pitch and the second half gets underway.

HALF-TIME: As it stands Sheffield United are going down. Neil Warnock needs to come up with on hell of a half-time team talk.

GOAL - David Unsworth steps up and coolly slots it in the bottom left hand corner of Paddy Kenny's goal.

Penalty to Wigan after Phil Jagielka needlessly handled the ball.

Nade goes down a little theatrically after a challenge by Unsworth who is booked for his trouble. So a good start for the Wigan substitute.

Stead snatches at the ball when he had more time than he realised just six yards from the Wigan goal.

Kilbane's shot cum cross skims just past the Sheffield United goal.

Heskey fires an inviting low cross over from the left but there is nobody in a Wigan shirt to tap it in.

Taylor has to be replaced now by David Unsworth. Half of their defence has now gone off injured.

Stead is helped to his feet to rapturous applause from the grateful Bramall Lane faithful. He leaves the pitch to receive more treatment after his clash of heads. Ryan Taylor too is being tended to after the same incident.

GOAL - Jon Stead heads home from five yards out after a great ball in from Phil Jagielka. The Blades striker is down injured though after colliding straight in to Pollitt.

Kilbane puts in a good tackle on Nick Montgomery to give the Blades a throw-in.

Kilbane's long throw is comfortably dealt with by Chris Morgan who heads the ball away to safety.

Stead wins a header in the Wigan box but Scharner does enough to put the Blades striker off and the ball sails well wide of the Latics goal.

Nade is booked for kicking out at Leighton Baines.

De Zeeuw is going to have to come off with a calf injury. He will be replaced by Josip Skoko with Scharner dropping back in to defence.

McCulloch chases a long ball over the heads of the Blades defence but Kenny is quick off his line to take the ball.

Ryan Taylor seems to think his first name is Matthew and attempts a shot from fifty yards out. He doesn't score.

Jon Stead is caught offside. So far United have failed to threaten the Wigan goal at all.

Landzaat is penalised for a deliberate handball.

Scharner breaks from midfield but trips over the ball just as he found himself in some space. Scharner is causing the Blades plenty of problems with his runs from the middle.

Scharner heads just over from eight yards after a fine ball in from Heskey.

Morgan hoists a high ball up towards Nade but the Blades man is caught offside.

Wigan have a shout for a penalty after Kilgallon appeared to handle the ball. The referee is not interested though and waves play on.

Derek Geary is booked for taking down Heskey.

Valencia penalised for handling in the Sheffield United penalty area.

Wigan are cetainly playing with more composure than their hosts and fully deserve their lead.

GOAL - Paul Scharner fires in from twelve yards out after Kilbane's cross. The Wigan end erupts.

Lee McCulloch hooks a shot just over from twenty five yards outside the box.

Scharner takes a ball straight in the face. Ouch.

Kilgallon wins a foul after Lee McCulloch goes in too hard on him.

Emile Heskey is found with a nice pass from Valencia but the big striker slips at the vital moment as the goal was gaping.

Heskey wins a good header but Chris Morgan manages to muscle McCulloch off the ball when it breaks in his direction.

Gillespie gets himself in some space but his delivery is poor and the ball goes behind for a goal-kick.

Heskey is wrestled to the floor by Matthew Kilgallon but Mike Dean ignores the Wigan pleas for a penalty.

Gillespie whips in a dangerous ball from the right but Wigan regain posession and Emile Heskey manages to force a corner at the other end.

Mike Dean blows his whistle and we are off. The Blades get us started.

For Wigan, skipper Arjan De Zeeuw returns and Emile Heskey partners Lee McCulloch up front.

It's rather noisy at Bramall Lane this afternoon. The Blades start with Stephen Quinn on the left wing and Phil Jagielka slots in at right-back.

Stead argues that Boyce was pulling his shirt in the penalty area but the referee is not impressed and waves play on.

Through a scrum of players Jon Stead swings at the ball but Emile Heskey is back to block his effort.

When it comes over Morgan heads it straight out of play.

Scharner hits the ball behind for a Blades corner.

Heskey and Geary are spoken to by the referee after tangling with one another.

Poor delivery from Gillespie who seemed to get the ball caught under his foot as he steadied himself for the cross.

The Blades are unable to do anything with it though. They need to start creating more chances very quickly if they are not to be relegated at the end of this afternoon.

Great tackle on Stead by Skoko who concedes a corner.

Heskey is brought down on the edge of the penalty area but the referee waves away his appeals.

United have a corner and it is played in towards Stead. Wigan deal with it well though and clear the danger.

Heskey wins the header when the ball is played in but Kenny makes a good clean catch.

McCulloch earns a free-kick for Wigan forty yards from the Sheffield United goal.

Heskey is back on his feet and thankfully appears to be ok.

Emile Heskey is down injured and looks as if he may have been knocked unconscious.

Kilbane opts to hit the ball behind for a corner when he perhaps had more time. It matters not though as United fail to make anything of it.

An unbelievable miss from Danny Webber who was one on one with Pollitt but managed to hit the post.

Firm challenge by Jon Stead on Leighton Baines.

Wigan take another corner and this time Blades are thankful that Jagielka is on the line to keep the ball out after Lee McCulloch got a touch to it.

Wigan have a corner which Valencia whips in. The ball breaks to Emile Heskey whose acrobatic bicycle kick is well saved by Kenny.

Stead wins a throw deep in the Wigan half but when they take it they lose possession almost immediately.

Paddy Kenny takes an easy catch and throws the ball out hastily. The Blades have no time to waste in this second half and will have to show more urgency that they did in the opening period.

The teams emerge on to the sodden Bramall Lane pitch and the second half gets underway.

HALF-TIME: As it stands Sheffield United are going down. Neil Warnock needs to come up with on hell of a half-time team talk.

GOAL - David Unsworth steps up and coolly slots it in the bottom left hand corner of Paddy Kenny's goal.

Penalty to Wigan after Phil Jagielka needlessly handled the ball.

Nade goes down a little theatrically after a challenge by Unsworth who is booked for his trouble. So a good start for the Wigan substitute.

Stead snatches at the ball when he had more time than he realised just six yards from the Wigan goal.

Kilbane's shot cum cross skims just past the Sheffield United goal.

Heskey fires an inviting low cross over from the left but there is nobody in a Wigan shirt to tap it in.

Taylor has to be replaced now by David Unsworth. Half of their defence has now gone off injured.

Stead is helped to his feet to rapturous applause from the grateful Bramall Lane faithful. He leaves the pitch to receive more treatment after his clash of heads. Ryan Taylor too is being tended to after the same incident.

GOAL - Jon Stead heads home from five yards out after a great ball in from Phil Jagielka. The Blades striker is down injured though after colliding straight in to Pollitt.

Kilbane puts in a good tackle on Nick Montgomery to give the Blades a throw-in.

Kilbane's long throw is comfortably dealt with by Chris Morgan who heads the ball away to safety.

Stead wins a header in the Wigan box but Scharner does enough to put the Blades striker off and the ball sails well wide of the Latics goal.

Nade is booked for kicking out at Leighton Baines.

De Zeeuw is going to have to come off with a calf injury. He will be replaced by Josip Skoko with Scharner dropping back in to defence.

McCulloch chases a long ball over the heads of the Blades defence but Kenny is quick off his line to take the ball.

Ryan Taylor seems to think his first name is Matthew and attempts a shot from fifty yards out. He doesn't score.

Jon Stead is caught offside. So far United have failed to threaten the Wigan goal at all.

Landzaat is penalised for a deliberate handball.

Scharner breaks from midfield but trips over the ball just as he found himself in some space. Scharner is causing the Blades plenty of problems with his runs from the middle.

Scharner heads just over from eight yards after a fine ball in from Heskey.

Morgan hoists a high ball up towards Nade but the Blades man is caught offside.

Wigan have a shout for a penalty after Kilgallon appeared to handle the ball. The referee is not interested though and waves play on.

Derek Geary is booked for taking down Heskey.

Valencia penalised for handling in the Sheffield United penalty area.

Wigan are cetainly playing with more composure than their hosts and fully deserve their lead.

GOAL - Paul Scharner fires in from twelve yards out after Kilbane's cross. The Wigan end erupts.

Lee McCulloch hooks a shot just over from twenty five yards outside the box.

Scharner takes a ball straight in the face. Ouch.

Kilgallon wins a foul after Lee McCulloch goes in too hard on him.

Emile Heskey is found with a nice pass from Valencia but the big striker slips at the vital moment as the goal was gaping.

Heskey wins a good header but Chris Morgan manages to muscle McCulloch off the ball when it breaks in his direction.

Gillespie gets himself in some space but his delivery is poor and the ball goes behind for a goal-kick.

Heskey is wrestled to the floor by Matthew Kilgallon but Mike Dean ignores the Wigan pleas for a penalty.

Gillespie whips in a dangerous ball from the right but Wigan regain posession and Emile Heskey manages to force a corner at the other end.

Mike Dean blows his whistle and we are off. The Blades get us started.

For Wigan, skipper Arjan De Zeeuw returns and Emile Heskey partners Lee McCulloch up front.

It's rather noisy at Bramall Lane this afternoon. The Blades start with Stephen Quinn on the left wing and Phil Jagielka slots in at right-back.