A total of 22 rounds of fixtures are done and Sheffield United are 9 points ahead of Hull City. What will happen?
- Hull City have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Championship
Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's have faith in that this will be an active game!
Sheffield United form and stats
4 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Sheffield United have to build on here at Bramall Lane in the Championship. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Sheffield has won their last four matches.
A strong away win for Sheffield United against Fulham the last match, as Ndiaye were on target. Egan was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.42 out of 10. The defender Egan won 2 of 7 duels.
In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Cardiff City.The match schedule is unforgiving for Sheffield United as they have a new game in only three days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Middlesbrough are visiting.
Sheffield have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bramall Lane with 15 goals in 10 league matches. Sheffield United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Hull City form and stats
Hull City have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Championship, after 3-2-7 (12 played).
Two away games in a row for Hull, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Nottingham Forest in the Championship. McLoughlin was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.43. The defender McLoughlin served one assist, hit one key pass and won 4 of 5 duels.
A draw for Hull before that, at their own venue hosting Bristol City (2-2).There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Hull manager McCann as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Blackpool.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Hull have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent past scoreline featuring both these participants is the Hull City - Sheffield United 1-3 played not long ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Sheffield victories, one draw and three Hull City wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Sharp 6 goals |  M. Gibbs-White 5 goals |   K. Lewis-Potter 5 goals |
Sheffield United missing players
Hull City missing players
| Sheffield United | Hull City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 29 | 15 | 9 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 20 |
| 28 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 86% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 91% |
| 64% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 70% |
| 50% | 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 17% | 30% |
| 32% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 8% | 13% |
| 14% | 10% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 4% |
| 50% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 35% |
| 32% | 30% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 32% | 30% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 58% | 48% |
| 5.5 | 6.3 | 9.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.5 | 16.1 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.1 | 11.3 |
| 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 34% | 35% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 27% | 29% |
| 9.2 | 8.6 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 13.5 | 12.6 |
| 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
- Hull City have the most matches under the total-line (16) 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 | Fulham | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 32 | 45 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 43 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 42 |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 36 |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 36 |
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 35 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 35 |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 34 |
| 10 | Coventry City | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 34 |
| 11 | Sheffield United | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 32 |
| 12 | Millwall | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 30 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 30 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 29 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 28 |
| 16 | Swansea City | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 27 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -9 | 27 |
| 19 | Hull City | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 23 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | -14 | 22 |
| 21 | Reading | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 21 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 33 | -24 | 19 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -19 | 14 |
| 24 | Derby County | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 4 |
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