This is match day, this is Championship and this is Preston North End - Sheffield United. Read our complete guide!
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 North End and Sheffield United.
Preston North End form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Preston North End have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 12 games.
The spoils were shared in Preston North End's previous game, also at home. Visiting Birmingham City (placed 18th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Bauer, defender, was given a rating of 8.33/10 in that game, top of the team. Bauer scored one goal and won 12 of 16 duels.
A FA Cup defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Cardiff City (after extra-time).Preston North End are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Swansea City awaits in four days.
Preston North End are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games. 13 goals have been conceded.
Sheffield United form and stats
5-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sheffield United in their Championship matches away.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Sheffield, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Derby County (placed 23rd). Robinson was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.13. The defender Robinson hit two key passes and won 8 of 10 duels.
A 0-3 defeat away at Wolverhampton Wanderers before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Luton Town in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sheffield United have scored 14 goals in 13 league games away. As opposed to that, Sheffield United have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The sides have faced each other previously this season, with the result Sheffield United - Preston North End 2-2 written in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Preston North End victories, three draws and four Sheffield United wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Riis Jakobsen 8 goals |   B. Sharp 6 goals |
Preston North End missing players
Sheffield United missing players
| Preston North End | Sheffield United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 23 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 27 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 29 |
| 30 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 19 | 30 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 85% | 87% |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 65% |
| 50% | 42% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 46% | 48% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 30% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 13% |
| 62% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 46% | 48% |
| 21% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 31% | 30% |
| 29% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 35% |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| 5 | 4.9 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.2 | 11.8 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.6 | 12.4 |
| 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 34% | 32% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 30% | 33% |
| 12.1 | 12.7 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fulham | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 64 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 43 | 51 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 49 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 49 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 44 |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 42 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 42 |
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 41 |
| 8 | Coventry City | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 37 |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 37 |
| 10 | Stoke City | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 35 |
| 11 | Millwall | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 33 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 33 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 32 |
| 14 | Sheffield United | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -1 | 32 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 32 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 28 | -13 | 30 |
| 17 | Swansea City | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -5 | 28 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -9 | 28 |
| 19 | Hull City | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 23 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 25 | -18 | 23 |
| 21 | Reading | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 22 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 48 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 33 | -27 | 19 |
| 23 | Derby County | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 24 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 14 |
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