The John Smith's Stadium: Huddersfield Town vs Sheffield United Championship preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Thu 04.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium (24500 seats)

Preview: 41 points split the participants ahead of this match, Sheffield United the superior team. Will Huddersfield Town pull off a surprise?

Insights:
  • Sheffield United is in the best form (5-0-1) in Championship

Huddersfield Town are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Sheffield have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 2nd place no matter what happens.

Huddersfield Town have less rest than Sheffield United in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Cardiff City.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

7 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats. That’s what Huddersfield Town have to build on here at The John Smith's Stadium in the Championship.

A strong away win for Huddersfield against Cardiff City the last match, as Hungbo were on target. At last, a league win after three fixtures without. Midfield player Hogg got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Hogg had 36 successful passes (of 44 total).

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Sunderland the opponent.

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

The Huddersfield Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 23 in 21 matches. 25 goals have been conceded.

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Sheffield United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 11 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. The fact that Sheffield have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Sheffield United go into this game after a win, the home game against Preston North End that ended 4-1. The attacker Ndiaye got a match rating of 8.62 in that game. Ndiaye scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 8 times and had 28 successful passes (of 32 total).

Before that, Sheffield secured a home win against West Bromwich Albion with the score 2-0.

Low on goals? 9 of this side's most recent 12 league rounds have contained two goals or less.

The schedule is very tough for Sheffield United now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Birmingham City is waiting in only four days.

The visiting Sheffield United have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 24 goals from 21 games. It's not easy to score on Sheffield United as they have only conceded 18 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the contenders faced each other earlier this campaign; Sheffield United - Huddersfield 1-0. Previous seven meetings involving these teams: Huddersfield Town won two, Sheffield United triumphed in three and we saw two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Sheffield UnitedI. Ndiaye
I. Ndiaye
14 goals
Sheffield UnitedO. McBurnie
O. McBurnie
12 goals
Sheffield UnitedJ. Mcatee
J. Mcatee
8 goals

Huddersfield Town missing players

Sheffield United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Huddersfield Town Sheffield United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
44 21 7 Played P 6 21 44
12 7 2 Won W 4 11 27
11 6 1 Drew D 2 4 7
21 8 4 Lost L 0 6 10
44 23 8 Scored S 7 24 71
62 25 13 Conceded C 3 18 37
93% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 95% 98%
68% 67% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 61%
45% 38% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 29% 41%
23% 24% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 27%
7% 5% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 11%
48% 43% 43% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 41%
18% 29% 14% Clean Sheets C S 50% 43% 43%
41% 38% 43% Failed to Score F T 17% 24% 18%
 
4.4 4.7 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.9 5.8
5.6 4.9 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.4 4.8
2 1.8 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 2.3 2.2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.4 10.3 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.3 13.2
3.1 3.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.6 5
32% 34% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 32% 33%
 
13.9 12.6 12.4 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.5 9.9
4.6 4.3 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.3 3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Sheffield United is in the best form (5-0-1) 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 Burnley 45 28 14 3 84 35 22 15 6 1 46 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 49 98
2 Sheffield United 44 27 7 10 71 37 23 16 3 4 47 19 21 11 4 6 24 18 34 88
3 Luton Town 44 21 15 8 56 38 22 10 8 4 31 21 22 11 7 4 25 17 18 78
4 Middlesbrough 44 22 8 14 83 54 22 13 6 3 45 18 22 9 2 11 38 36 29 74
5 Coventry City 45 18 15 12 57 45 23 11 7 5 30 24 22 7 8 7 27 21 12 69
6 Millwall 45 19 11 15 54 46 22 11 6 5 31 18 23 8 5 10 23 28 8 68
7 Sunderland 45 17 15 13 65 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 22 10 6 6 32 22 10 66
8 West Bromwich Albion 45 18 12 15 57 50 23 11 7 5 31 20 22 7 5 10 26 30 7 66
9 Blackburn Rovers 44 19 8 17 47 50 22 13 3 6 26 18 22 6 5 11 21 32 -3 65
10 Swansea City 45 17 12 16 65 62 22 10 4 8 35 30 23 7 8 8 30 32 3 63
11 Preston North End 45 17 12 16 45 56 22 7 7 8 20 25 23 10 5 8 25 31 -11 63
12 Norwich City 45 17 11 17 57 53 22 8 5 9 27 26 23 9 6 8 30 27 4 62
13 Watford 45 15 15 15 54 53 22 10 6 6 33 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 1 60
14 Hull City 45 14 15 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 22 5 9 8 27 34 -10 57
15 Bristol City 45 14 14 17 53 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 22 5 7 10 23 32 -3 56
16 Stoke City 45 14 11 20 55 52 23 6 5 12 25 27 22 8 6 8 30 25 3 53
17 Birmingham City 45 14 11 20 46 56 22 7 6 9 23 22 23 7 5 11 23 34 -10 53
18 Queens Park Rangers 45 13 11 21 44 69 22 6 5 11 21 33 23 7 6 10 23 36 -25 50
19 Cardiff City 45 13 10 22 41 55 23 6 7 10 20 24 22 7 3 12 21 31 -14 49
20 Huddersfield Town 44 12 11 21 44 62 21 7 6 8 23 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -18 47
21 Rotherham United 44 10 16 18 48 60 22 8 6 8 36 30 22 2 10 10 12 30 -12 46
22 Reading 45 13 11 21 46 66 23 10 8 5 31 24 22 3 3 16 15 42 -20 44
23 Blackpool 45 10 11 24 47 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 22 4 5 13 19 38 -25 41
24 Wigan Athletic 45 10 14 21 38 65 22 5 6 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 41

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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 Burnley 45 28 14 3 84 35 22 15 6 1 46 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 49 98
2 Sheffield United 44 27 7 10 71 37 23 16 3 4 47 19 21 11 4 6 24 18 34 88
3 Luton Town 44 21 15 8 56 38 22 10 8 4 31 21 22 11 7 4 25 17 18 78
4 Middlesbrough 44 22 8 14 83 54 22 13 6 3 45 18 22 9 2 11 38 36 29 74
5 Coventry City 45 18 15 12 57 45 23 11 7 5 30 24 22 7 8 7 27 21 12 69
6 Millwall 45 19 11 15 54 46 22 11 6 5 31 18 23 8 5 10 23 28 8 68
7 Sunderland 45 17 15 13 65 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 22 10 6 6 32 22 10 66
8 West Bromwich Albion 45 18 12 15 57 50 23 11 7 5 31 20 22 7 5 10 26 30 7 66
9 Blackburn Rovers 44 19 8 17 47 50 22 13 3 6 26 18 22 6 5 11 21 32 -3 65
10 Swansea City 45 17 12 16 65 62 22 10 4 8 35 30 23 7 8 8 30 32 3 63
11 Preston North End 45 17 12 16 45 56 22 7 7 8 20 25 23 10 5 8 25 31 -11 63
12 Norwich City 45 17 11 17 57 53 22 8 5 9 27 26 23 9 6 8 30 27 4 62
13 Watford 45 15 15 15 54 53 22 10 6 6 33 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 1 60
14 Hull City 45 14 15 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 22 5 9 8 27 34 -10 57
15 Bristol City 45 14 14 17 53 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 22 5 7 10 23 32 -3 56
16 Stoke City 45 14 11 20 55 52 23 6 5 12 25 27 22 8 6 8 30 25 3 53
17 Birmingham City 45 14 11 20 46 56 22 7 6 9 23 22 23 7 5 11 23 34 -10 53
18 Queens Park Rangers 45 13 11 21 44 69 22 6 5 11 21 33 23 7 6 10 23 36 -25 50
19 Cardiff City 45 13 10 22 41 55 23 6 7 10 20 24 22 7 3 12 21 31 -14 49
20 Huddersfield Town 44 12 11 21 44 62 21 7 6 8 23 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -18 47
21 Rotherham United 44 10 16 18 48 60 22 8 6 8 36 30 22 2 10 10 12 30 -12 46
22 Reading 45 13 11 21 46 66 23 10 8 5 31 24 22 3 3 16 15 42 -20 44
23 Blackpool 45 10 11 24 47 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 22 4 5 13 19 38 -25 41
24 Wigan Athletic 45 10 14 21 38 65 22 5 6 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 41

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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.