Possible nail-biting contest in Norwich City - Sheffield United game

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Carrow Road (27244 seats)

Fasten your seatbelt before the show! Today's main heroes are Norwich City and Sheffield United, a win is the main plot and 90 minutes the playing time.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Norwich City form and stats

8-4-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Norwich City so far this season.

Norwich shared the glory with Stoke City in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. The Norwich City goalkeeper Gunn was crucial in the match against Stoke City last time out, making nine saves. Goalkeeper Gunn got the top rating on the team in that game; 9.45 out of ten. Gunn topped it up with a clean sheet.

1-1 away at Huddersfield Town before that.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Norwich City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 1 and lost 3.

Norwich has scored 27 league goals at home this season, in 19 matches. Norwich City have conceded 22 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Sheffield United form and stats

Playing away, Sheffield United have won 10 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the Championship this season. Sheffield has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

The regulars enjoyed Sheffield United's previous match versus Blackburn Rovers, a FA Cup win (3-2) played at home. Doyle got a match rating of 8.74 in that game, top player of the team. Doyle scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Sunderland.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Sheffield United in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Sheffield United, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Sheffield find the net regularly in their away games. 23 goals from 19 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (16 so far).

Head 2 Head

Sheffield United have won or drawn the last 6 games (4-2-0) against Norwich City.

The most recent archived meeting featuring both these sides is the Sheffield United - Norwich 2-2 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Norwich CityJ. Sargent
J. Sargent
11 goals
Sheffield UnitedO. McBurnie
O. McBurnie
11 goals
Sheffield UnitedI. Ndiaye
I. Ndiaye
11 goals

Norwich City missing players

Sheffield United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Norwich City Sheffield United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 19 6 Played P 5 19 37
16 8 2 Won W 0 10 21
9 4 0 Drew D 2 4 7
13 7 4 Lost L 3 5 9
52 27 6 Scored S 5 23 58
41 22 8 Conceded C 8 16 33
92% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 97%
68% 79% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 58% 62%
47% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 32% 43%
24% 26% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 16% 27%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 5% 8%
53% 53% 17% BTTS BTTS 60% 42% 43%
26% 21% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 42% 41%
29% 32% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 21% 19%
 
6.4 6 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.2 5.1 5.8
4.1 3.3 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.4 4.9
2 1.7 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.3
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.4 15.2 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 10.8 13.4
4.1 4.6 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.8 5.1
33% 31% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 32% 31%
 
11.1 9.9 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10.4 11.5 10
3.8 3.4 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.3 3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 37 24 11 2 74 29 19 14 5 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 83
2 Sheffield United 37 21 7 9 58 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 19 10 4 5 23 16 25 70
3 Middlesbrough 38 20 7 11 69 42 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 27 67
4 Luton Town 38 17 13 8 46 35 19 7 8 4 24 19 19 10 5 4 22 16 11 64
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 19 4 14 43 42 18 13 1 4 25 14 19 6 3 10 18 28 1 61
6 Millwall 38 17 9 12 48 40 19 10 5 4 29 17 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 60
7 Norwich City 38 16 9 13 52 41 19 8 4 7 27 22 19 8 5 6 25 19 11 57
8 Coventry City 38 15 12 11 47 37 19 9 6 4 24 17 19 6 6 7 23 20 10 57
9 West Bromwich Albion 37 15 10 12 47 39 19 10 5 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 55
10 Watford 38 14 13 11 45 40 19 9 6 4 28 17 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 55
11 Sunderland 38 14 11 13 53 46 19 6 6 7 24 25 19 8 5 6 29 21 7 53
12 Preston North End 38 14 11 13 34 43 19 5 6 8 14 22 19 9 5 5 20 21 -9 53
13 Stoke City 38 13 9 16 48 45 19 6 5 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 48
14 Bristol City 38 12 12 14 45 46 19 8 5 6 24 18 19 4 7 8 21 28 -1 48
15 Hull City 38 12 11 15 43 53 19 7 4 8 21 26 19 5 7 7 22 27 -10 47
16 Swansea City 38 12 10 16 51 57 19 8 3 8 30 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -6 46
17 Birmingham City 38 12 9 17 42 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 19 6 4 9 20 29 -8 45
18 Reading 38 13 6 19 40 58 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 3 2 14 12 37 -18 45
19 Queens Park Rangers 38 11 9 18 38 59 19 6 4 9 20 27 19 5 5 9 18 32 -21 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 37 10 9 18 28 41 19 6 6 7 16 17 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 39
22 Huddersfield Town 38 9 9 20 32 53 19 6 5 8 17 21 19 3 4 12 15 32 -21 36
23 Blackpool 38 8 11 19 40 58 19 5 6 8 24 26 19 3 5 11 16 32 -18 35
24 Wigan Athletic 38 7 13 18 33 59 19 3 6 10 14 32 19 4 7 8 19 27 -26 31

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 37 24 11 2 74 29 19 14 5 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 83
2 Sheffield United 37 21 7 9 58 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 19 10 4 5 23 16 25 70
3 Middlesbrough 38 20 7 11 69 42 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 27 67
4 Luton Town 38 17 13 8 46 35 19 7 8 4 24 19 19 10 5 4 22 16 11 64
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 19 4 14 43 42 18 13 1 4 25 14 19 6 3 10 18 28 1 61
6 Millwall 38 17 9 12 48 40 19 10 5 4 29 17 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 60
7 Norwich City 38 16 9 13 52 41 19 8 4 7 27 22 19 8 5 6 25 19 11 57
8 Coventry City 38 15 12 11 47 37 19 9 6 4 24 17 19 6 6 7 23 20 10 57
9 West Bromwich Albion 37 15 10 12 47 39 19 10 5 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 55
10 Watford 38 14 13 11 45 40 19 9 6 4 28 17 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 55
11 Sunderland 38 14 11 13 53 46 19 6 6 7 24 25 19 8 5 6 29 21 7 53
12 Preston North End 38 14 11 13 34 43 19 5 6 8 14 22 19 9 5 5 20 21 -9 53
13 Stoke City 38 13 9 16 48 45 19 6 5 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 48
14 Bristol City 38 12 12 14 45 46 19 8 5 6 24 18 19 4 7 8 21 28 -1 48
15 Hull City 38 12 11 15 43 53 19 7 4 8 21 26 19 5 7 7 22 27 -10 47
16 Swansea City 38 12 10 16 51 57 19 8 3 8 30 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -6 46
17 Birmingham City 38 12 9 17 42 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 19 6 4 9 20 29 -8 45
18 Reading 38 13 6 19 40 58 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 3 2 14 12 37 -18 45
19 Queens Park Rangers 38 11 9 18 38 59 19 6 4 9 20 27 19 5 5 9 18 32 -21 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 37 10 9 18 28 41 19 6 6 7 16 17 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 39
22 Huddersfield Town 38 9 9 20 32 53 19 6 5 8 17 21 19 3 4 12 15 32 -21 36
23 Blackpool 38 8 11 19 40 58 19 5 6 8 24 26 19 3 5 11 16 32 -18 35
24 Wigan Athletic 38 7 13 18 33 59 19 3 6 10 14 32 19 4 7 8 19 27 -26 31

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