Sheffield United favourites for feisty fight facing Luton Town

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bramall Lane (32702 seats)

This league campaign has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, highs and lows giving mid-table spots so far. Let's get ready for Sheffield United - Luton Town!

Insights:
  • Luton Town have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Sheffield United nor Luton Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Sheffield United form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Sheffield United at their home stadium (Bramall Lane) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Sheffield United manager Heckingbottom and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Preston North End (placed 14th) in the Championship. Midfielder Stevens was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.72 (out of ten) in that game. Stevens hit three key passes.

Heartbreak before that as Sheffield lost 0-2 at Derby County's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sheffield United handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, three draws and two defeats.

A decent goal production from Sheffield United in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 10 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Luton Town form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Luton Town are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

It's the second away game in a row for Luton Town, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Reading (placed 21st) in the Championship last time out. Shea was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.85. The agile goalkeeper Shea topped it up with a clean sheet.

That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus AFC Bournemouth.

Luton are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and six defeats. From a total of ten matches.

A new game in only three days for Luton Town, the Championship home match versus Bristol City. Busy days.

Luton Town have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 16 goals have been scored. 14 goals have been conceded by Luton Town in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent past result featuring both these teams is the Luton Town - Sheffield United 0-0 played not long ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Sheffield United one win, two draws and Luton Town zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownE. Adebayo
E. Adebayo
10 goals
Sheffield UnitedB. Sharp
B. Sharp
7 goals
Luton TownH. Cornick
H. Cornick
7 goals

Sheffield United missing players

Luton Town missing players

Sheffield United Luton Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 10 5 Played P 5 12 24
9 4 1 Won W 2 4 9
6 2 2 Drew D 2 4 8
9 4 2 Lost L 1 4 7
31 15 5 Scored S 6 16 36
32 11 5 Conceded C 3 14 29
88% 90% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 88%
67% 60% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 83% 75%
50% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 42% 50%
33% 20% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 33%
12% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 21%
50% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 20% 42% 42%
29% 30% 40% Clean Sheets C S 60% 42% 42%
33% 30% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 25% 29%
 
5.5 6.3 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.8 4.8
4 3.7 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.4 5
1.8 1.6 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.7
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.6 16.1 14.6 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 11.5 11.9
4 4.3 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4 3.9
33% 35% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 33% 39%
 
9.2 8.6 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.4 10.9 10.5
3.5 3.3 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Luton Town have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) 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 26 16 6 4 70 23 14 9 3 2 36 12 12 7 3 2 34 11 47 54
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 27 14 7 6 44 30 14 9 3 2 30 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 14 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 Stoke City 25 11 5 9 30 25 13 6 3 4 17 13 12 5 2 5 13 12 5 38
9 Coventry City 24 10 7 7 33 28 12 7 2 3 20 11 12 3 5 4 13 17 5 37
10 Nottingham Forest 26 10 7 9 33 28 13 4 3 6 14 17 13 6 4 3 19 11 5 37
11 Luton Town 24 9 8 7 36 29 12 5 4 3 20 15 12 4 4 4 16 14 7 35
12 Sheffield United 24 9 6 9 31 32 10 4 2 4 15 11 14 5 4 5 16 21 -1 33
13 Millwall 25 8 9 8 27 28 12 5 4 3 14 12 13 3 5 5 13 16 -1 33
14 Preston North End 25 8 9 8 29 32 13 5 6 2 18 15 12 3 3 6 11 17 -3 33
15 Blackpool 26 9 6 11 27 32 14 6 2 6 12 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -5 33
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 26 7 7 12 26 39 12 4 3 5 13 16 14 3 4 7 13 23 -13 28
19 Hull City 26 7 5 14 22 31 13 4 3 6 13 16 13 3 2 8 9 15 -9 26
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 26 8 4 14 30 47 14 4 4 6 18 27 12 4 0 8 12 20 -17 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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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.