Championship match prediction: Little separates Hull City and Sheffield United in quality

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: KCOM Stadium (25400 seats)

Here's every little thing you should learn, and a little bit more, before the Hull City - Sheffield United match!

Insights:
  • Hull City have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Championship
  • Sheffield United have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Championship

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

Three Championship home games done for Hull City, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches.

Hull haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 540 minutes ago. A. Cannon scored that one.

Hull are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Blackburn Rovers. Lewie Coyle, defender, was given a rating of 7.6/10 in that game, top of the team. Coyle hit three key passes and won 5 of 5 duels.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Swansea City the opponent.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hull have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost seven.

The lack of attacking qualities in Hull City means that they have only scored 0 goals in 3 league home games, less than half a goal per match. 4 goals have been conceded.

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Sheffield United form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Championship for Sheffield United with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.

Sheffield delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Preston North End (placed 13th) in their previous match; a Championship game. Midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.23. Gibbs-White scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 42 successful passes (of 50 total). The draw against Preston North End came from a losing position. The Sheffield United manager S. Jokanović brought on Sander Berge as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Before that, Sheffield United secured a home win against Peterborough United with the score 6-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sheffield playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were zero Sheffield United wins, three draws and three defeats.

A new game in only three days for Sheffield, the Carabao Cup home match versus Southampton. Busy days.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Sheffield United's away games in the league this season with only 0 goals from 3 matches. 4 goals have been conceded by Sheffield in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Hull victories, one draw and five Sheffield United 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. Osborn
B. Osborn
2 goals
Sheffield UnitedI. Ndiaye
I. Ndiaye
2 goals
Sheffield UnitedM. Gibbs-White
M. Gibbs-White
2 goals

Hull City missing players

Sheffield United missing players

Hull City Sheffield United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 1 3 7
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 0 Drew D 1 2 3
4 2 1 Lost L 0 1 3
4 0 0 Scored S 0 0 9
9 4 1 Conceded C 0 4 11
71% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 33% 71%
57% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 57%
29% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 57%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 43%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
14% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 43%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 29%
86% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 57%
 
4 4.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.3 6.1
5 3.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 1 2.7 3.3
1.3 0.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.3 1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.9 7.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8 13
2.4 1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2 3.9
24% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Hull City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Hull City have failed to score a single goal at home.
  • Hull City have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in Championship
  • Hull City have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Championship
  • Hull City have yet to win a game at home.
  • Sheffield United have failed to score a single goal away.
  • Sheffield United have scored more than double the goals of Hull City.
  • Sheffield United have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Championship
  • Sheffield United have yet to win a game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AFC Bournemouth 7 4 3 0 13 6 4 2 2 0 9 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 7 15
2 West Bromwich Albion 7 4 3 0 13 6 4 2 2 0 8 3 3 2 1 0 5 3 7 15
3 Fulham 6 4 1 1 13 4 3 2 1 0 6 1 3 2 0 1 7 3 9 13
4 Huddersfield Town 7 4 1 2 13 9 3 2 0 1 6 5 4 2 1 1 7 4 4 13
5 Stoke City 6 4 1 1 9 7 3 3 0 0 6 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 13
6 Queens Park Rangers 7 3 3 1 15 10 3 1 2 0 5 3 4 2 1 1 10 7 5 12
7 Blackburn Rovers 7 3 3 1 11 8 4 2 1 1 7 5 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 12
8 Coventry City 6 4 0 2 7 5 3 3 0 0 6 2 3 1 0 2 1 3 2 12
9 Birmingham City 6 3 2 1 9 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 7 1 6 11
10 Cardiff City 6 3 2 1 11 7 3 1 1 1 5 4 3 2 1 0 6 3 4 11
11 Bristol City 6 2 2 2 7 7 3 0 2 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 6 5 0 8
12 Luton Town 6 2 2 2 8 10 3 1 1 1 3 5 3 1 1 1 5 5 -2 8
13 Preston North End 7 2 2 3 8 10 3 2 0 1 5 5 4 0 2 2 3 5 -2 8
14 Derby County 7 1 4 2 4 6 3 0 3 0 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 4 -2 7
15 Reading 7 2 1 4 13 17 4 2 1 1 10 8 3 0 0 3 3 9 -4 7
16 Sheffield United 7 1 3 3 9 11 4 1 1 2 9 7 3 0 2 1 0 4 -2 6
17 Millwall 6 1 3 2 7 9 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 0 2 1 3 5 -2 6
18 Middlesbrough 6 1 3 2 6 8 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 6
19 Barnsley 6 1 3 2 5 8 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 0 2 1 3 6 -3 6
20 Swansea City 6 1 2 3 4 8 3 0 2 1 1 3 3 1 0 2 3 5 -4 5
21 Hull City 7 1 2 4 4 9 3 0 1 2 0 4 4 1 1 2 4 5 -5 5
22 Blackpool 7 1 2 4 5 11 4 1 0 3 1 6 3 0 2 1 4 5 -6 5
23 Peterborough United 7 1 1 5 7 17 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 0 4 3 13 -10 4
24 Nottingham Forest 6 0 1 5 5 10 3 0 0 3 3 6 3 0 1 2 2 4 -5 1

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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.