A total of 18 sets of matches have been played and both Sheffield United and Burnley are at the right end of the league table. Let's start!
- Sheffield United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Burnley have the most scored goals (35) 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.
Sheffield United form and stats
4-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Sheffield United so far this season. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Sheffield United are confident in defense, having played 254 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for Sheffield United in their previous game, a fixture away at Bristol City (placed 15th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. The attacking player Ndiaye won the honour of being "man of the match" for Sheffield with a rating of 8.32/10. Ndiaye scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).
In the game before, an away victory match versus West Bromwich Albion with a 2-0 scoreline.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Rotherham United are coming to town in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Sheffield United are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 8 league matches.
Burnley form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Burnley, who have the most scored goals (35) in Championship, playing as the away team in the Championship this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Burnley as they haven't lost any of their last 16 games.
Rodriguez, Dervişoğlu and Benson scored in Burnley's previous match, the home game against Rotherham United that ended 3-2. The end of the last match, against Rotherham United, was very satisfying as Dervişoğlu scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player Zaroury was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.32/10. Zaroury hit four key passes.
Before that, Burnley secured a home win against Reading with the score 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Burnley playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 3 Burnley wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Take note! Both sides have scored goal(s) in 12 of this club's last 16 league matches.
After this away game Burnley return home for a Carabao Cup game against Crawley Town. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Burnley are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far. Burnley are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sheffield two wins, three draws and Burnley five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Rodriguez 9 goals |   I. Ndiaye 8 goals |  O. McBurnie 7 goals |
Sheffield United missing players
Burnley missing players
| Sheffield United | Burnley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 15 | 35 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 88% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 79% |
| 39% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 37% |
| 28% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 26% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 39% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 68% |
| 44% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 26% |
| 17% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 11% | 5% |
| 5.9 | 7.6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4 | 5.9 |
| 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.8 | 18.1 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11 | 12.8 |
| 4.8 | 6.6 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| 33% | 32% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 41% | 40% |
| 9.9 | 7.1 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 10.8 | 9.3 |
| 2.8 | 2.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
- Burnley have the most scored goals (15) away in Championship
- Burnley have the most scored goals (35) in Championship
- Burnley have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Championship
- Burnley have the the best goal difference (+17) in Championship
- Burnley have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Championship
- Burnley have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Burnley haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Burnley is in the best form (5-1-0) in Championship
- 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 at home.
- 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 | Burnley | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 38 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 33 |
| 3 | Sheffield United | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 32 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 31 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Watford | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 28 |
| 8 | Preston North End | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Millwall | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Luton Town | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 11 | Reading | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 26 |
| 12 | Sunderland | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 24 |
| 13 | Birmingham City | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 14 | Rotherham United | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -1 | 22 |
| 15 | Bristol City | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -2 | 22 |
| 16 | Blackpool | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 22 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -4 | 22 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 21 |
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 20 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 21 | Hull City | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -14 | 20 |
| 22 | Wigan Athletic | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -9 | 19 |
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 15 |
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