Sheffield Utd × Birmingham · Championship

Sheffield United and Birmingham drew without goals in the Championship, and the scoresheet finished without a single line. There was no goal in the first half and none in the second, and the scoreline that opened the game was the same one that closed it. Each club took a point and kept its own goal intact on the opening day.

A goalless draw is the one result that leaves neither scorer nor minute on the record, which is why it is the least told and the most felt in the table. For Sheffield United, playing at home, it is two points left in their own stadium; for Birmingham, one unit brought back from the trip with a clean sheet.