Welcome to the show! Today's leading roles are Sheffield United and Middlesbrough, 3 points is the main plot and 90 minutes the length.
- Sheffield United have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Championship
- Middlesbrough have the most matches over the total-line (19) 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 United and Middlesbrough.
Sheffield United form and stats
Sheffield United are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Bramall Lane. 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games. days ago.
The Sheffield United goalkeeper Wesley Foderingham is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 315 minutes without conceding a goal in the Championship.
Sheffield's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Swansea City (placed 13th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfield player Norwood got a match rating of 8.61 in that game, the max score being 10. Norwood hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes and had 47 successful passes (of 56 total).
A home win before that one, as anticipated. The team were huge favourites against Wrexham and won 3-1. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sheffield United handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sheffield United as they are travelling to their away game against Millwall in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Sheffield are scoring many of them at home; 30 on target from 14 league matches. 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 13 from 14 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Middlesbrough form and stats
6 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses. That’s the product of Middlesbrough playing as the away team in the Championship this season.
Two away matches in a row for Middlesbrough, whose manager Carrick could celebrate last time after the win against Cardiff City. Midfield player Hackney was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.75/10. Hackney served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 70 successful passes (of 78 total).
Before that, Middlesbrough secured a home win against Blackpool with the score 3-0.We have checked recent matches where Middlesbrough have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 0 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this team's 12 most recent league games have ended with three goals or more.
A new game in only three days for Middlesbrough, the Championship home match versus Queens Park Rangers. Busy days.
Middlesbrough has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 24 goals from 15 games. Middlesbrough struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Sheffield United and Middlesbrough have faced each other already this season: Middlesbrough - Sheffield United 2-2. Statistics for the former ten meetings involving these two squads are: four wins for Sheffield United, one draw and five wins for Middlesbrough. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  O. McBurnie 10 goals |  I. Ndiaye 10 goals |  S. Berge 5 goals |
Sheffield United missing players
Middlesbrough missing players
| Sheffield United | Middlesbrough | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 31 |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| 51 | 33 | 10 | Scored | S | 4 | 27 | 50 |
| 24 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 24 | 36 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 67% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 77% |
| 43% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 75% | 61% |
| 27% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 44% | 32% |
| 7% | 13% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 43% | 47% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 69% | 61% |
| 43% | 40% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 6% | 26% |
| 17% | 13% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 19% |
| 5.9 | 7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
| 5.1 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.8 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.5 | 16.2 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 12.2 | 12.4 |
| 5 | 6.4 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 34% | 34% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 47% | 41% |
| 9.8 | 7.9 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 11.2 | 10 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
- Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Middlesbrough have the most matches over the total-line (19) in Championship
- Middlesbrough haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 fewest conceded goals (24) in Championship
- Sheffield United have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Championship
- Sheffield United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 58 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 32 | 65 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 24 | 58 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 47 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 12 | 48 |
| 4 | Luton Town | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 48 |
| 5 | Watford | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 45 |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 44 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 29 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 31 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -4 | 44 |
| 8 | Millwall | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 43 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 42 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 42 |
| 10 | Norwich City | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 42 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | -6 | 40 |
| 12 | Hull City | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 44 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -7 | 40 |
| 13 | Swansea City | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 39 |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -6 | 39 |
| 15 | Coventry City | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 38 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -2 | 38 |
| 17 | Reading | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 28 | -11 | 38 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 36 |
| 19 | Stoke City | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -5 | 33 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -7 | 32 |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | -12 | 29 |
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -10 | 28 |
| 23 | Blackpool | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 45 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -15 | 27 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 49 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -22 | 26 |
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- The Star - (local newspaper)
- The Yorkshire Post - (local newspaper)
- Middlesbrough FC
- Teesside Live - (local newspaper)
- The Northern Echo - (local newspaper)
