Sheffield United scrimmages with AFC Bournemouth face-off

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 11:45 (UTC)
Venue: Bramall Lane (32702 seats)

A highly important match in Championship as both sides are fighting for the top spots. With Sheffield United in 6th place and AFC Bournemouth placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting duel. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • Sheffield United have the most clean sheets (17) in Championship
  • AFC Bournemouth have the most clean sheets (10) away in Championship

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Sheffield United form and stats

Sheffield United have played 19 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 11-4-4 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Sheffield United tasted defeat here at Bramall Lane, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.

The Sheffield followers enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Queens Park Rangers and win 1-0. Norwood (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.11/10. Norwood scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Heartbreak before that as Sheffield United lost 0-1 at Stoke City's place.

A decent goal production from Sheffield United in their home games so far, with 32 goals from 19 league matches. Sheffield are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bramall Lane in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 19 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

10 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of AFC Bournemouth playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

AFC Bournemouth play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to West Bromwich Albion (placed 11th). Midfielder Billing was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.61. Billing hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, AFC Bournemouth secured a home win against Bristol City with the score 3-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with AFC Bournemouth playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were three AFC Bournemouth wins, one draw and one defeat.

Bournemouth are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 24 away goals from 19 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (15 so far).

Head 2 Head

The latest reported history involving both these teams is the AFC Bournemouth - Sheffield United 2-1 played previously this season. Sheffield United-AFC Bournemouth H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Sheffield United five wins, AFC Bournemouth one win, one draw. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AFC BournemouthD. Solanke
D. Solanke
24 goals
SheffieldB. Sharp
B. Sharp
14 goals
Sheffield UnitedM. Gibbs-White
M. Gibbs-White
9 goals

Sheffield United missing players

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sheffield United AFC Bournemouth
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
40 19 5 Played P 5 19 38
18 11 3 Won W 2 10 21
10 4 1 Drew D 1 4 9
12 4 1 Lost L 2 5 8
53 32 9 Scored S 8 24 62
41 13 4 Conceded C 6 15 35
85% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
62% 63% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 63% 79%
40% 37% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 32% 53%
28% 21% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 11% 21%
12% 11% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 11% 8%
40% 37% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 37% 50%
42% 53% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 53% 39%
32% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 21% 16%
 
5.7 6.4 6.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 5.3 5.4
4 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.8 4.8
1.8 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.3 2.2
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
12.8 15 15 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.9 12.7
4.1 4.6 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 4.5
32% 37% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 33% 36%
 
9.5 8.9 8.4 Shots against (avg) S A 16.2 11.2 9.9
3.3 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.5 3.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth have the most clean sheets (10) away in Championship
  • Sheffield United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sheffield United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Championship
  • Sheffield United have the most clean sheets (17) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 39 25 8 6 93 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 20 13 4 3 48 16 61 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 38 21 9 8 62 35 19 11 5 3 38 20 19 10 4 5 24 15 27 72
3 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
4 Luton Town 40 18 11 11 59 45 20 10 6 4 34 21 20 8 5 7 25 24 14 65
5 Nottingham Forest 38 18 10 10 59 36 20 10 4 6 32 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 23 64
6 Sheffield United 40 18 10 12 53 41 19 11 4 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 64
7 Middlesbrough 39 18 8 13 52 41 19 12 2 5 29 17 20 6 6 8 23 24 11 62
8 Blackburn Rovers 40 17 11 12 51 41 20 12 4 4 35 21 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 62
9 Queens Park Rangers 40 17 8 15 54 51 21 9 6 6 28 22 19 8 2 9 26 29 3 59
10 Millwall 40 15 13 12 41 39 20 10 6 4 23 14 20 5 7 8 18 25 2 58
11 West Bromwich Albion 40 15 12 13 44 37 19 10 7 2 26 12 21 5 5 11 18 25 7 57
12 Coventry City 40 15 11 14 51 50 21 10 5 6 31 21 19 5 6 8 20 29 1 56
13 Preston North End 40 13 15 12 41 45 19 7 9 3 25 21 21 6 6 9 16 24 -4 54
14 Swansea City 39 15 9 15 46 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 21 7 4 10 23 32 -6 54
15 Stoke City 40 14 10 16 50 46 20 9 4 7 28 21 20 5 6 9 22 25 4 52
16 Blackpool 39 14 10 15 43 46 21 10 3 8 23 23 18 4 7 7 20 23 -3 52
17 Cardiff City 39 13 7 19 45 60 21 7 3 11 21 27 18 6 4 8 24 33 -15 46
18 Birmingham City 40 11 12 17 43 58 20 7 5 8 22 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -15 45
19 Bristol City 40 12 8 20 51 72 20 7 6 7 26 27 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 44
20 Hull City 40 11 8 21 33 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 20 6 5 9 17 19 -12 41
21 Reading 40 12 7 21 47 75 20 7 4 9 28 37 20 5 3 12 19 38 -28 37
22 Barnsley 39 6 11 22 29 55 20 5 7 8 17 22 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 29
23 Derby County 40 12 13 15 39 45 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -6 28
24 Peterborough United 40 6 9 25 33 81 20 4 7 9 20 31 20 2 2 16 13 50 -48 27

Sheffield United:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 39 25 8 6 93 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 20 13 4 3 48 16 61 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 38 21 9 8 62 35 19 11 5 3 38 20 19 10 4 5 24 15 27 72
3 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
4 Luton Town 40 18 11 11 59 45 20 10 6 4 34 21 20 8 5 7 25 24 14 65
5 Nottingham Forest 38 18 10 10 59 36 20 10 4 6 32 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 23 64
6 Sheffield United 40 18 10 12 53 41 19 11 4 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 64
7 Middlesbrough 39 18 8 13 52 41 19 12 2 5 29 17 20 6 6 8 23 24 11 62
8 Blackburn Rovers 40 17 11 12 51 41 20 12 4 4 35 21 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 62
9 Queens Park Rangers 40 17 8 15 54 51 21 9 6 6 28 22 19 8 2 9 26 29 3 59
10 Millwall 40 15 13 12 41 39 20 10 6 4 23 14 20 5 7 8 18 25 2 58
11 West Bromwich Albion 40 15 12 13 44 37 19 10 7 2 26 12 21 5 5 11 18 25 7 57
12 Coventry City 40 15 11 14 51 50 21 10 5 6 31 21 19 5 6 8 20 29 1 56
13 Preston North End 40 13 15 12 41 45 19 7 9 3 25 21 21 6 6 9 16 24 -4 54
14 Swansea City 39 15 9 15 46 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 21 7 4 10 23 32 -6 54
15 Stoke City 40 14 10 16 50 46 20 9 4 7 28 21 20 5 6 9 22 25 4 52
16 Blackpool 39 14 10 15 43 46 21 10 3 8 23 23 18 4 7 7 20 23 -3 52
17 Cardiff City 39 13 7 19 45 60 21 7 3 11 21 27 18 6 4 8 24 33 -15 46
18 Birmingham City 40 11 12 17 43 58 20 7 5 8 22 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -15 45
19 Bristol City 40 12 8 20 51 72 20 7 6 7 26 27 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 44
20 Hull City 40 11 8 21 33 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 20 6 5 9 17 19 -12 41
21 Reading 40 12 7 21 47 75 20 7 4 9 28 37 20 5 3 12 19 38 -28 37
22 Barnsley 39 6 11 22 29 55 20 5 7 8 17 22 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 29
23 Derby County 40 12 13 15 39 45 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -6 28
24 Peterborough United 40 6 9 25 33 81 20 4 7 9 20 31 20 2 2 16 13 50 -48 27

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.