Sheffield United continued their high-quality begin to the Championship with a cushty 2-0 win away to Hull Metropolis.
Targets from Gustavo Hamer and Sam McCallum have been sufficient to provide Chris Wilder’s aspect victory and ship them as much as third within the desk.
The house aspect made an encouraging begin to the sport however fell behind after a shocking Blades counter-attack, with Callum O’Hare driving ahead earlier than enjoying in Hamer, who gave keeper Ivor Pandur no likelihood with a neat end.
Hull went near equalising by way of Abdulkadir Omar’s free-kick, however he was thwarted by a flying save from Michael Cooper within the Sheffield United objective.
The away aspect doubled their benefit within the second half as substitute McCallum swept in a high-quality effort from Andre Brooks’ cutback.
Marvin Mehlem practically handed the Tigers a means again into the encounter, however his header crashed in opposition to the crossbar, leaving Hull nineteenth within the desk, nonetheless with no league win this marketing campaign.
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Knowledge debrief: Blades make greatest begin in 12 years
With three wins and two attracts underneath their belt within the Championship, Sheffield United will likely be pleased with how they’ve tailored to life again within the second tier.
It marks their greatest begin to a marketing campaign for the reason that 2012-13 season, which noticed them go unbeaten of their first 16 video games in League One.
Wilder additionally continued his good document as Blades boss at MKM stadium, profitable a fourth successive match away to Hull after shedding in February 2018, in his first spell in cost.
