Hull City vs Sheffield United: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Mon 22.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: KCOM Stadium (25504 seats)

Hull City will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 22 points behind Sheffield United.

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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Hull City form and stats

Hull City have played 21 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 11-5-5 (wins-draws-losses). The Hull City fans aren't used to losing here at KCOM Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Hull City has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.

In their previous game, the manager N. Adkins led his Hull City to a defeat in the Championship match away at West Bromwich Albion. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at KCOM Stadium. Heartbreak before that as Hull City lost 0-1 at Middlesbrough's place.

Hull City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at KCOM Stadium with 36 goals in 21 matches. Hull City are not conceding a lot of goals here at KCOM Stadium, averaging less than one per game. The total is 20 from 21 matches.

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Sheffield United form and stats

The visitors are W10-D6-L5 on the road this term. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Swansea City game have they lost an away game, meaning Sheffield United has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Sheffield United are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Championship against Nottingham Forest. A draw for Sheffield United before that, at their own venue hosting Millwall (1-1).

Sheffield United have scored 31 goals on their travels this season, 21 away games. Sheffield United have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Sheffield United - Hull City 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Hull City, 2 draws and 4 wins for Sheffield United.

Top Goalscorers

B. Sharp
23 goals / 3 assists
J. Bowen
21 goals / 4 assists
D. McGoldrick
13 goals / 4 assists

Hull City missing players

Sheffield United missing players

Hull City Sheffield United
Total Home Statistic Away Total
43 21 Played 21 43
63 36 Scored 31 71
62 20 Conceded 22 39
98% 95% Over 0.5 95% 93%
81% 81% Over 1.5 67% 70%
53% 48% Over 2.5 48% 47%
33% 29% Over 3.5 24% 26%
19% 10% Over 4.5 14% 16%
49% 48% Both teams to score 43% 44%
26% 38% Clean Sheet 38% 44%
28% 19% Failed To Score 24% 19%
 
4.6 5 Corners For (avg) 6.7 6.9
5 4 Corners Against (avg) 4.7 4.5
1.5 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.8 1.8
1 0 Red Cards (total) 0 3
Key stats this season:
  • Sheffield United is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 43 25 12 6 87 53 22 14 4 4 49 33 21 11 8 2 38 20 34 87
2 Sheffield United 43 24 10 9 71 39 22 14 4 4 40 17 21 10 6 5 31 22 32 82
3 Leeds United 43 25 7 11 70 44 22 14 3 5 37 20 21 11 4 6 33 24 26 82
4 West Bromwich Albion 43 22 10 11 84 58 22 11 7 4 51 30 21 11 3 7 33 28 26 76
5 Aston Villa 43 19 15 9 79 58 21 10 8 3 48 34 22 9 7 6 31 24 21 72
6 Middlesbrough 43 18 13 12 45 36 22 9 6 7 21 16 21 9 7 5 24 20 9 67
7 Bristol City 42 18 12 12 56 47 22 8 8 6 28 24 20 10 4 6 28 23 9 66
8 Derby County 42 17 13 12 61 52 21 11 7 3 35 19 21 6 6 9 26 33 9 64
9 Preston North End 43 16 12 15 64 59 22 8 9 5 38 27 21 8 3 10 26 32 5 60
10 Hull City 43 17 9 17 63 62 21 11 5 5 36 20 22 6 4 12 27 42 1 60
11 Sheffield Wednesday 43 15 15 13 54 57 21 9 8 4 31 25 22 6 7 9 23 32 -3 60
12 Swansea City 42 17 8 17 59 57 21 12 4 5 39 25 21 5 4 12 20 32 2 59
13 Nottingham Forest 43 14 15 14 56 54 21 11 4 6 30 21 22 3 11 8 26 33 2 57
14 Blackburn Rovers 43 15 11 17 59 65 21 9 6 6 28 19 22 6 5 11 31 46 -6 56
15 Brentford 43 14 13 16 67 59 21 12 4 5 45 23 22 2 9 11 22 36 8 55
16 Stoke City 43 11 19 13 41 48 21 8 7 6 22 20 22 3 12 7 19 28 -7 52
17 Queens Park Rangers 43 13 9 21 51 67 22 9 3 10 33 30 21 4 6 11 18 37 -16 48
18 Birmingham City 43 13 17 13 60 56 22 7 10 5 30 23 21 6 7 8 30 33 4 47
19 Reading 43 10 15 18 48 64 21 8 4 9 29 31 22 2 11 9 19 33 -16 45
20 Wigan Athletic 43 11 12 20 47 63 21 9 8 4 26 20 22 2 4 16 21 43 -16 45
21 Millwall 42 10 13 19 47 60 21 7 8 6 25 25 21 3 5 13 22 35 -13 43
22 Rotherham United 43 8 16 19 49 76 21 7 8 6 30 33 22 1 8 13 19 43 -27 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 43 8 8 27 29 74 22 4 4 14 13 34 21 4 4 13 16 40 -45 32
24 Ipswich Town 43 4 16 23 33 72 21 2 11 8 19 28 22 2 5 15 14 44 -39 28

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