Football betting preview: Sheffield United with moderate expectations before welcoming Chelsea

Struggling Sheffield United will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Chelsea in the upcoming league round. It’s 20th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Sheffield United has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League
  • Chelsea have scored more than double the goals of Sheffield United.
Best bookmaker betting odds:

Chelsea could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Tottenham Hotspur. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Sheffield United form and stats

Sheffield United's struggle is real here at Bramall Lane with only 7 points collected from 11 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-8.

Sheffield United's last game was hosting West Bromwich Albion (placed 19th) and winning 2-1. Heartbreak before that as Sheffield lost 0-1 at Manchester City's place.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Bristol City are coming to town in three days.

Sheffield have scored 8 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Sheffield have conceded 16 goals.

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Chelsea form and stats

The visitors are W5-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

Chelsea have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Edouard Mendy. It's been 319 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.

Two travels in a row for Chelsea, whose manager T. Tuchel could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Tottenham Hotspur. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Burnley.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The FA Cup trip to Barnsley.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Chelsea have scored 15 goals in 11 league games away. 12 goals have been conceded by Chelsea in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Chelsea - Sheffield 4-1 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Sheffield won one game, one match ended with a draw and Chelsea has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / one

Top Goalscorers

ChelseaK. Bakumo-Abraham
K. Bakumo-Abraham
6 goals
Sheffield UnitedD. McGoldrick
D. McGoldrick
5 goals
ChelseaK. Zouma
K. Zouma
4 goals

Sheffield United missing players

Chelsea missing players

Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 07.February
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Bramall Lane (32702 seats)
Second Half
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 21 14 5 2 39 13 11 8 2 1 22 7 10 6 3 1 17 6 26 47
2 Manchester United 22 13 5 4 46
Brasil de Pelotas Juventude
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 5 16 33
10 6 2 Won W 3 5 14
15 9 1 Drew D 1 4 10
8 1 1 Lost L 1 7 9
28 16 7 Scored S 5 18 45
26 8 3 Conceded C 4 21 34
73% 69% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 91%
48% 50% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 56% 61%
30% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 45%
9% 6% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 31% 27%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
45% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 20% 50% 52%
45% 50% 25% Clean Sheets C S 60% 25% 36%
36% 38% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 31% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.4 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.5 2.4
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9 10.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.9 11.5
3.2 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.9 4.1
27% 28% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 38% 33%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Juventude has the most scored goals (45) in Serie B
  • Juventude has the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Serie B

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 America Mineiro 32 18 9 5 36 21 16 9 4 3 22 14 16 9 5 2 14 7 15 63
2 Chapecoense 32 17 12 3 36 14 16 9 6 1 14 4 16 8 6 2 22 10 22 63
3 Cuiaba 33 15 9 9 38 31 17 11 5 1 26 10 16 4 4 8 12 21 7 54
4 Juventude 33 14 10 9 45 34 17 9 6 2 27 13 16 5 4 7 18 21 11 52
5 CSA 32 15 6 11 44 31 17 12 1 4 30 14 15 3 5 7 14 17 13 51
6 Guarani 33 13 9 11 39 37 17 8 5 4 25 17 16 5 4 7 14 20 2 48
7 Ponte Preta 33 13 8 12 40 43 16 8 4 4 22 22 17 5 4 8 18 21 -3 47
8 Sampaio Correa 32 13 6 13 42 33 16 8 0 8 20 15 16 5 6 5 22 18 9 45
9 Avai 32 13 5 14 33 41 16 7 2 7 16 20 16 6 3 7 17 21 -8 44
10 Brasil de Pelotas 32 10 14 8 28 26 15 6 8 1 16 8 17 4 6 7 12 18 2 44
11 Confianca 32 11 9 12 35 38 16 7 5 4 20 18 16 4 4 8 15 20 -3 42
12 Operario PR 32 10 12 10 29 29 16 7 6 3 22 12 16 3 6 7 7 17 0 42
13 Cruzeiro 32 12 11 9 36 29 16 5 6 5 21 16 16 7 5 4 15 13 7 41
14 CRB 32 11 7 14 32 39 15 7 5 3 17 11 17 4 2 11 15 28 -7 40
15 Vitoria 32 8 13 11 39 38 17 7 5 5 21 15 15 1 8 6 18 23 1 37
16 Figueirense 32 8 11 13 27 33 16 5 6 5 16 11 16 3 5 8 11 22 -6 35
17 Nautico 32 8 11 13 28 37 15 6 7 2 18 12 17 2 4 11 10 25 -9 35
18 Parana 32 8 9 15 30 43 16 5 6 5 17 15 16 3 3 10 13 28 -13 33
19 Botafogo SP 32 6 9 17 19 32 15 4 4 7 13 15 17 2 5 10 6 17 -13 27
20 Oeste 32 5 8 19 25 52 17 4 3 10 12 24 15 1 5 9 13 28 -27 23

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 America Mineiro 32 18 9 5 36 21 16 9 4 3 22 14 16 9 5 2 14 7 15 63
2 Chapecoense 32 17 12 3 36 14 16 9 6 1 14 4 16 8 6 2 22 10 22 63
3 Cuiaba 33 15 9 9 38 31 17 11 5 1 26 10 16 4 4 8 12 21 7 54
4 Juventude 33 14 10 9 45 34 17 9 6 2 27 13 16 5 4 7 18 21 11 52
5 CSA 32 15 6 11 44 31 17 12 1 4 30 14 15 3 5 7 14 17 13 51
6 Guarani 33 13 9 11 39 37 17 8 5 4 25 17 16 5 4 7 14 20 2 48
7 Ponte Preta 33 13 8 12 40 43 16 8 4 4 22 22 17 5 4 8 18 21 -3 47
8 Sampaio Correa 32 13 6 13 42 33 16 8 0 8 20 15 16 5 6 5 22 18 9 45
9 Avai 32 13 5 14 33 41 16 7 2 7 16 20 16 6 3 7 17 21 -8 44
10 Brasil de Pelotas 32 10 14 8 28 26 15 6 8 1 16 8 17 4 6 7 12 18 2 44
11 Confianca 32 11 9 12 35 38 16 7 5 4 20 18 16 4 4 8 15 20 -3 42
12 Operario PR 32 10 12 10 29 29 16 7 6 3 22 12 16 3 6 7 7 17 0 42
13 Cruzeiro 32 12 11 9 36 29 16 5 6 5 21 16 16 7 5 4 15 13 7 41
14 CRB 32 11 7 14 32 39 15 7 5 3 17 11 17 4 2 11 15 28 -7 40
15 Vitoria 32 8 13 11 39 38 17 7 5 5 21 15 15 1 8 6 18 23 1 37
16 Figueirense 32 8 11 13 27 33 16 5 6 5 16 11 16 3 5 8 11 22 -6 35
17 Nautico 32 8 11 13 28 37 15 6 7 2 18 12 17 2 4 11 10 25 -9 35
18 Parana 32 8 9 15 30 43 16 5 6 5 17 15 16 3 3 10 13 28 -13 33
19 Botafogo SP 32 6 9 17 19 32 15 4 4 7 13 15 17 2 5 10 6 17 -13 27
20 Oeste 32 5 8 19 25 52 17 4 3 10 12 24 15 1 5 9 13 28 -27 23

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, or just Série B, is the second highest level of Brazilian football on a national level. It has changed format frequently, but currently holds 20 teams playing a double round-robin format. Top four are promoted to Série A while bottom four face relegation.