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- Bristol City have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Championship
- Sheffield United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bristol City and Sheffield United.
Bristol City form and stats
Bristol City have collected 14 points from their Championship home games so far after 4-2-3.
Bristol drew their last game, also a home match. Swansea City (placed 6th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Conway, an attacker, was the top player for the team in that match, earning a rating of 7.4 (out of 10). Conway scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Reading (0-2).There will be little rest for Bristol City after this match as they are travelling to Middlesbrough for a Championship game in only four days.
The Bristol fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches.
Sheffield United form and stats
Playing away, Sheffield United have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Championship this season.
Two travels in a row for Sheffield United, whose coach Heckingbottom could celebrate last time after the win against West Bromwich Albion. Hooray; their first victory in the league after six matches not winning. Attacker Ndiaye got a player rating of 8.4 in the game. "Man of the match" Ndiaye scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Norwich City.After this away game Sheffield United return home for a Championship game against Burnley. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sheffield have scored 11 goals in 9 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bristol City four wins, one draw and Sheffield United five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Wells 7 goals |   O. McBurnie 7 goals |  I. Ndiaye 7 goals |
Bristol City missing players
Sheffield United missing players
| Bristol City | Sheffield United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 28 |
| 27 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 76% |
| 56% | 44% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 41% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 61% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 41% |
| 28% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 41% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 18% |
| 4.9 | 5.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5 | 6.2 |
| 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.2 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.8 | 11.1 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 11 | 14.4 |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 4.9 |
| 44% | 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | 33% |
| 11.7 | 10.6 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 11.8 | 9.6 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
- Bristol City have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Championship
- Sheffield United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sheffield United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 35 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 33 |
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Sheffield United | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Watford | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Millwall | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Preston North End | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Reading | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 25 |
| 12 | Birmingham City | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 13 | Rotherham United | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 22 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 16 | Sunderland | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 21 |
| 18 | Hull City | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -12 | 20 |
| 19 | Stoke City | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -8 | 19 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 17 |
| 22 | Coventry City | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 24 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
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