Delightful dogfight as daring Sheffield United duel with determined Blackburn Rovers

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bramall Lane (32702 seats)

Blackburn Rovers have come here for an exciting fight versus the home side Sheffield United. Get smart on the fixture with this full Championship preview!

Insights:
  • Blackburn Rovers is in the best form (3-0-1) 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 Sheffield and Blackburn Rovers.

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Sheffield United form and stats

As mentioned below, Sheffield United are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Championship games.

Sheffield United's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Sunderland (placed 11th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfielder Norwood was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.01 (out of ten) in that game. Norwood served one assist, hit seven key passes and had 73 successful passes (of 83 total).

2-2 away at Middlesbrough before that.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sheffield's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 4 matches, drawn 0 and lost 2.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sheffield United at home in the league. 4 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

Things could have gone better for Blackburn Rovers in their Championship away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

Two away games in a row for Blackburn Rovers, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Reading. Until that loss this team had taken at least one point from six league fixtures in a row. Defender Ayala was the best team player with a rating of 7.23. Ayala won 9 of 13 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs West Bromwich Albion.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Carabao Cup trip to Bradford City.

Blackburn Rovers have the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Sheffield four wins, one draw and Blackburn Rovers two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last seven encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Sheffield UnitedS. Berge
S. Berge
2 goals
Blackburn RoversL. Travis
L. Travis
2 goals
Blackburn RoversB. Brereton
B. Brereton
2 goals

Sheffield United missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sheffield United Blackburn Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 4
2 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
6 4 2 Scored S 0 3 6
4 1 0 Conceded C 3 3 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 75%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
25% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 25%
 
6 8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.5 3.5
4.5 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6 4.2
2.5 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 15 8 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6 7.2
4.5 5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.5 2.8
33% 40% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 60% 55%
 
6.8 5 6 Shots against (avg) S A 12 6 7.2
2.8 1.5 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 2.5 2.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers is in the best form (3-0-1) in Championship
Sheffield United Last season Blackburn Rovers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
48 24   Played P   23 46
22 13   Won W   7 19
12 5   Drew D   7 12
14 6   Lost L   9 15
66 39   Scored S   23 59
48 17   Conceded C   24 50
85% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 89%
65% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 65%
44% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 43%
27% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   13% 24%
10% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 9%
44% 38%   BTTS BTTS   48% 43%
42% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 33%
29% 21%   Failed to Score F T   39% 35%
 
5.9 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.9
4 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.4
2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.5
2 2   Red cards R C   3 5
 
13.1 14.2   Shots (avg) S (   10 10.8
4.2 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.9
33% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 33%
 
9.5 9.1   Shots against (avg) S A   11.1 10.8
3.4 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Blackburn Rovers 4 3 0 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 9
2 Hull City 4 2 2 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 8
3 Watford 4 2 2 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 8
4 Sheffield United 4 2 1 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 7
5 Millwall 4 2 1 1 7 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 7
6 Cardiff City 4 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 7
7 Preston North End 4 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 6
8 Reading 4 2 0 2 5 6 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 -1 6
9 Blackpool 4 2 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 -1 6
10 Rotherham United 3 1 2 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 5
11 Sunderland 4 1 2 1 7 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 5
12 Birmingham City 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 5
13 Burnley 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 5
14 Swansea City 4 1 2 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 -2 5
15 Bristol City 4 1 1 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
16 Queens Park Rangers 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 4
17 Norwich City 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -1 4
18 Stoke City 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 -2 4
19 Wigan Athletic 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
20 Middlesbrough 4 0 3 1 7 8 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 4 5 -1 3
21 Huddersfield Town 4 1 0 3 5 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -1 3
22 West Bromwich Albion 4 0 3 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 3
23 Luton Town 4 0 2 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -3 2
24 Coventry City 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 1
Last season 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 46 27 9 10 106 43 23 14 4 5 56 20 23 13 5 5 50 23 63 90
2 AFC Bournemouth 46 25 13 8 74 39 23 13 7 3 41 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 35 88
3 Huddersfield Town 46 23 13 10 64 47 23 13 6 4 35 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 17 82
4 Nottingham Forest 46 23 11 12 73 40 23 13 4 6 43 22 23 10 7 6 30 18 33 80
5 Sheffield United 46 21 12 13 63 45 23 13 5 5 38 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 18 75
6 Luton Town 46 21 12 13 63 55 23 12 7 4 37 22 23 9 5 9 26 33 8 75
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 10 16 59 50 23 14 2 7 34 21 23 6 8 9 25 29 9 70
8 Blackburn Rovers 46 19 12 15 59 50 23 12 5 6 36 26 23 7 7 9 23 24 9 69
9 Millwall 46 18 15 13 53 45 23 13 6 4 32 16 23 5 9 9 21 29 8 69
10 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 13 15 52 45 23 12 8 3 33 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 7 67
11 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 9 18 60 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 23 9 3 11 30 34 1 66
12 Coventry City 46 17 13 16 60 59 23 10 5 8 32 26 23 7 8 8 28 33 1 64
13 Preston North End 46 16 16 14 52 56 23 9 10 4 33 28 23 7 6 10 19 28 -4 64
14 Stoke City 46 17 11 18 57 52 23 10 5 8 30 23 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 62
15 Swansea City 46 16 13 17 58 68 23 9 8 6 30 27 23 7 5 11 28 41 -10 61
16 Blackpool 46 16 12 18 54 58 23 11 3 9 29 26 23 5 9 9 25 32 -4 60
17 Bristol City 46 15 10 21 62 77 23 8 8 7 33 29 23 7 2 14 29 48 -15 55
18 Cardiff City 46 15 8 23 50 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 23 8 4 11 28 39 -18 53
19 Hull City 46 14 9 23 41 54 23 7 4 12 22 28 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 51
20 Birmingham City 46 11 14 21 50 75 23 7 6 10 27 33 23 4 8 11 23 42 -25 47
21 Reading 46 13 8 25 54 87 23 7 5 11 33 44 23 6 3 14 21 43 -33 41
22 Peterborough United 46 9 10 27 43 87 23 6 7 10 27 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -44 37
23 Derby County 46 14 13 19 45 53 23 11 7 5 30 22 23 3 6 14 15 31 -8 34
24 Barnsley 46 6 12 28 33 73 23 5 7 11 18 29 23 1 5 17 15 44 -40 30

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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 Blackburn Rovers 4 3 0 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 9
2 Hull City 4 2 2 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 8
3 Watford 4 2 2 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 8
4 Sheffield United 4 2 1 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 7
5 Millwall 4 2 1 1 7 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 7
6 Cardiff City 4 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 7
7 Preston North End 4 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 6
8 Reading 4 2 0 2 5 6 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 -1 6
9 Blackpool 4 2 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 -1 6
10 Rotherham United 3 1 2 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 5
11 Sunderland 4 1 2 1 7 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 5
12 Birmingham City 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 5
13 Burnley 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 5
14 Swansea City 4 1 2 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 -2 5
15 Bristol City 4 1 1 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
16 Queens Park Rangers 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 4
17 Norwich City 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -1 4
18 Stoke City 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 -2 4
19 Wigan Athletic 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
20 Middlesbrough 4 0 3 1 7 8 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 4 5 -1 3
21 Huddersfield Town 4 1 0 3 5 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -1 3
22 West Bromwich Albion 4 0 3 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 3
23 Luton Town 4 0 2 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -3 2
24 Coventry City 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 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.