Sheffield United travel to Preston North End and Deepdale full of confidence, but the host team is no weakling. More information on the fixture here!
- Preston North End have the fewest scored goals (3) in Championship
- Sheffield United have the most scored goals (17) in Championship
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 Preston and Sheffield United.
Preston North End form and stats
0 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Preston North End have to build on here at Deepdale in the Championship.
Preston North End drew their last game, also a home match. Burnley (placed 5th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Defender Storey got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.83/10. Storey scored one goal and won 3 of 8 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Birmingham City that was lost 0-1.Sports bettors who like gambling for low-scoring games might like to know that this team have played 9 league fixtures in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).
The lack of attacking qualities in Preston North End means that they have only scored 1 goal in 5 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Defensively Preston have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sheffield United form and stats
Playing away, Sheffield United have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Championship this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Sheffield United are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
The Sheffield United goalkeeper Wesley Foderingham is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 350 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Sheffield United play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Swansea City (placed 21st). Khadra came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Swansea City last time out, making the manager Heckingbottom feel like a tactical genius. Norwood got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, top player of the team. Norwood dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 53 successful passes (of 61 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hull City at their stadium, the result 2-0.Sheffield have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. Sheffield United are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Sheffield United have put together a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Preston North End.Top Goalscorers
  I. Ndiaye 4 goals |  S. Berge 3 goals |  O. McBurnie 3 goals |
Preston North End missing players
Sheffield United missing players
| Preston North End | Sheffield United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 44% | 40% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 11% | 20% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 78% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11% | 20% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 78% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 56% |
| 67% | 80% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 4.9 | 5.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.4 | 5.8 |
| 5.9 | 4.2 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 2.2 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.9 | 13 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10 | 13.6 |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 5.2 |
| 9% | 5% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 32% | 36% |
| 12.8 | 9 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.6 | 8.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 2.4 |
- Preston North End have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest scored goals (3) in Championship
- Preston North End have the most clean sheets (7) in Championship
- Preston North End have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Championship
- Preston North End have yet to win a game at home.
- Sheffield United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sheffield United have scored more than double the goals of Preston North End.
- Sheffield United have the most scored goals (17) in Championship
- Sheffield United have the most scored goals in the second half (10) in Championship
- Sheffield United have the the best goal difference (+12) in Championship
- Sheffield United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sheffield United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sheffield United is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 | Sheffield United | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | Reading | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 5 | Burnley | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Bristol City | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | Watford | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Wigan Athletic | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Preston North End | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Sunderland | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Queens Park Rangers | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | Stoke City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 14 | Cardiff City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Hull City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Rotherham United | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 17 | Millwall | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 18 | West Bromwich Albion | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 19 | Luton Town | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 21 | Swansea City | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 9 |
| 22 | Birmingham City | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 8 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 1 |
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