Championship: First-class versus modest, at least that's what the table says. Sheffield United - Blackpool. Home victory or a surprise result?
- Sheffield United have the most scored goals (21) in Championship
- Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sheffield United form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Bramall Lane as Sheffield United have scored 12 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Sheffield faced defeat in their previous match, away at Stoke City (1-3). McAtee (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.3/10. McAtee served one assist and hit two key passes.
Preceding that match was the home game against Queens Park Rangers that was lost 0-1.There will be little rest for Sheffield United after this match as they are travelling to Coventry City for a Championship game in only four days.
Sheffield United are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bramall Lane in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 6 matches.
Blackpool form and stats
Playing away, Blackpool have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Championship this season.
Impressive finishing from Madine and Yates (2) secured the home win 3-1 against Watford in their previous game. That victory felt nice as this team had gone four league fixtures without victory. The attacker Yates got a match rating of 8.65 in that game. Yates scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A 0-0 draw at Sunderland's stadium before that.After this away game Blackpool return home for a Championship game against Hull City. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Blackpool as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Blackpool in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Sheffield wins - draws - Blackpool wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. McBurnie 5 goals |  I. Ndiaye 5 goals |   J. Yates 4 goals |
Sheffield United missing players
Blackpool missing players
| Sheffield United | Blackpool | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 21 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 92% |
| 77% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 46% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 38% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 14% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 15% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 31% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 46% |
| 5.8 | 7.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.1 | 5.6 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.9 | 17.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 8.4 | 10.8 |
| 4.8 | 6.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 33% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 30% |
| 9.5 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.1 | 14 |
| 2.7 | 1.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
- Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sheffield United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sheffield United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sheffield United have the most scored goals (21) in Championship
- Sheffield United have the the best goal difference (+11) in Championship
- Sheffield United have the the best goal difference (+9) at home in Championship
- Sheffield United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sheffield United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 24 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Burnley | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Reading | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -3 | 22 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Preston North End | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Sunderland | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 12 | Watford | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Millwall | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | Stoke City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 16 | Wigan Athletic | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -3 | 16 |
| 17 | Rotherham United | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 15 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 20 | Hull City | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 14 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 13 |
| 22 | West Bromwich Albion | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 8 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 7 |
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