Championship forecast and guide: Sheffield United odds-on front runner to overpower Queens Park Rangers

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 05.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Bramall Lane (32702 seats)

Championship: Sheffield United are ready for the visit of Queens Park Rangers in what should be an entertaining football match. Here's a full preview!

Insights:
  • Sheffield United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Queens Park Rangers is in the worst form (1-0-5)

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

When playing at home in the Championship, Sheffield United have managed 10 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 18 games. The Sheffield United fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Bramall Lane and will expect new points from this game. Sheffield has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

Sheffield United faced defeat in their previous match, away at Stoke City (0-1). Midfield player Fleck got a match rating of 7.11 in that game, the max score being 10. Fleck hit two key passes.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Barnsley in a game that was won 2-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sheffield United's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won two matches, drawn zero and lost two.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as AFC Bournemouth are coming to town in four days.

A decent goal production from Sheffield in their home games so far, with 31 goals from 18 league matches. From these home matches, Sheffield United have conceded only 13 goals.

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Queens Park Rangers form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Queens Park Rangers have produced an overall stat of 8-2-8 so far. Three has not been a lucky number for Queens Park Rangers as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Luton Town match.

Queens Park Rangers might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Fulham proved too strong as QPR slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Loftus Road Stadium. Barbet was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.3. The defender Barbet won 2 of 4 duels.

A 1-3 loss hosting Peterborough United before that.

The schedule is very tough for Queens Park Rangers now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Preston North End is waiting in only four days.

Queens Park Rangers find the net regularly in their away games. 26 goals from 18 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Queens Park Rangers struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 28 goals conceded from these games. More than 50 percent of these were let in from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Sheffield victories, two draws and three Queens Park Rangers wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sheffield UnitedB. Sharp
B. Sharp
14 goals
Sheffield UnitedM. Gibbs-White
M. Gibbs-White
9 goals
Queens Park RangersI. Chair
I. Chair
8 goals

Sheffield United missing players

Queens Park Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sheffield United Queens Park Rangers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
39 18 7 Played P 6 18 39
17 10 3 Won W 2 8 17
10 4 2 Drew D 0 2 8
12 4 2 Lost L 4 8 14
52 31 11 Scored S 8 26 54
41 13 6 Conceded C 13 28 50
85% 89% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
64% 67% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 83% 79%
41% 39% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 72% 54%
28% 22% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 22% 23%
13% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 10%
41% 39% 43% BTTS BTTS 83% 72% 59%
41% 50% 43% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 26%
33% 22% 29% Failed to Score F T 17% 17% 18%
 
5.7 6.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 4.1 4.9
4 3.9 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.2 4.9
1.8 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.2 2.1
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
12.9 15.3 13 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 9.6 11.6
4.2 4.7 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 4.2
32% 37% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 38% 33%
 
9.5 9.1 10 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 12.8 12.5
3.4 3.1 3.1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.7 4.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Queens Park Rangers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Queens Park Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Queens Park Rangers is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Sheffield United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

  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 38 24 8 6 92 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 19 12 4 3 47 16 60 80
2 AFC Bournemouth 37 21 9 7 62 33 19 11 5 3 38 20 18 10 4 4 24 13 29 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 39 18 10 11 58 44 20 10 6 4 34 21 19 8 4 7 24 23 14 64
5 Middlesbrough 38 18 8 12 52 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 20 6 6 8 23 24 12 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 40 17 11 12 51 41 20 12 4 4 35 21 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 62
7 Nottingham Forest 37 17 10 10 57 36 19 9 4 6 30 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 21 61
8 Sheffield United 39 17 10 12 52 41 18 10 4 4 31 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 11 61
9 Queens Park Rangers 39 17 8 14 54 50 21 9 6 6 28 22 18 8 2 8 26 28 4 59
10 Millwall 39 15 13 11 41 38 19 10 6 3 23 13 20 5 7 8 18 25 3 58
11 Coventry City 39 15 11 13 51 48 21 10 5 6 31 21 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 56
12 West Bromwich Albion 38 14 12 12 42 36 18 9 7 2 24 12 20 5 5 10 18 24 6 54
13 Stoke City 39 14 10 15 49 44 20 9 4 7 28 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 5 52
14 Blackpool 38 14 10 14 43 45 21 10 3 8 23 23 17 4 7 6 20 22 -2 52
15 Preston North End 39 12 15 12 40 45 18 6 9 3 24 21 21 6 6 9 16 24 -5 51
16 Swansea City 38 14 9 15 45 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 20 6 4 10 22 32 -7 51
17 Cardiff City 39 13 7 19 45 60 21 7 3 11 21 27 18 6 4 8 24 33 -15 46
18 Bristol City 40 12 8 20 51 72 20 7 6 7 26 27 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 44
19 Birmingham City 39 10 12 17 42 58 19 6 5 8 21 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -16 42
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 39 11 7 21 45 74 19 6 4 9 26 36 20 5 3 12 19 38 -29 34
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 39 6 8 25 32 80 19 4 6 9 19 30 20 2 2 16 13 50 -48 26

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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 38 24 8 6 92 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 19 12 4 3 47 16 60 80
2 AFC Bournemouth 37 21 9 7 62 33 19 11 5 3 38 20 18 10 4 4 24 13 29 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 39 18 10 11 58 44 20 10 6 4 34 21 19 8 4 7 24 23 14 64
5 Middlesbrough 38 18 8 12 52 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 20 6 6 8 23 24 12 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 40 17 11 12 51 41 20 12 4 4 35 21 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 62
7 Nottingham Forest 37 17 10 10 57 36 19 9 4 6 30 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 21 61
8 Sheffield United 39 17 10 12 52 41 18 10 4 4 31 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 11 61
9 Queens Park Rangers 39 17 8 14 54 50 21 9 6 6 28 22 18 8 2 8 26 28 4 59
10 Millwall 39 15 13 11 41 38 19 10 6 3 23 13 20 5 7 8 18 25 3 58
11 Coventry City 39 15 11 13 51 48 21 10 5 6 31 21 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 56
12 West Bromwich Albion 38 14 12 12 42 36 18 9 7 2 24 12 20 5 5 10 18 24 6 54
13 Stoke City 39 14 10 15 49 44 20 9 4 7 28 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 5 52
14 Blackpool 38 14 10 14 43 45 21 10 3 8 23 23 17 4 7 6 20 22 -2 52
15 Preston North End 39 12 15 12 40 45 18 6 9 3 24 21 21 6 6 9 16 24 -5 51
16 Swansea City 38 14 9 15 45 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 20 6 4 10 22 32 -7 51
17 Cardiff City 39 13 7 19 45 60 21 7 3 11 21 27 18 6 4 8 24 33 -15 46
18 Bristol City 40 12 8 20 51 72 20 7 6 7 26 27 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 44
19 Birmingham City 39 10 12 17 42 58 19 6 5 8 21 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -16 42
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 39 11 7 21 45 74 19 6 4 9 26 36 20 5 3 12 19 38 -29 34
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 39 6 8 25 32 80 19 4 6 9 19 30 20 2 2 16 13 50 -48 26

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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.