Sheffield United have performed good football so far this season, sitting at 7th place in the table. Nottingham Forest have a view both ways from their 9th spot.
- Sheffield United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Championship
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
8 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Sheffield United have to build on here at Bramall Lane in the Championship. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Bramall Lane.
Sheffield United lost their last game at Millwall (placed 11th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Midfield player Norwood got a match rating of 7.22 in that game, the max score being 10. Norwood dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Sheffield had a home game versus Blackburn Rovers which ended with a victory 1-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sheffield United handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, three draws and two defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Sheffield United as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Middlesbrough are visiting.
Sheffield United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bramall Lane with 24 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, Sheffield have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 7 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
182 minutes! That's how long the Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Ethan Horvath and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The fans enjoyed Nottingham Forest's previous fixture versus Bristol City (placed 16th), a 2-0 win played at home. Garner got a match rating of 8.11 in that game, top player of the team. Garner scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A 0-0 draw at Preston North End's stadium before that.We have checked recent matches where Nottingham have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were two victories, two draws and five defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Huddersfield Town in just three days.
The visiting Nottingham Forest have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 22 goals from 16 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).
Head 2 Head
Nottingham Forest - Sheffield United 1-1 was the scoreline in these teams' previous H2H fixture, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Sheffield victories, four draws and three Nottingham Forest wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Sharp 12 goals |   L. Grabban 12 goals |  B. Johnson 10 goals |
Sheffield United missing players
Nottingham Forest missing players
| Sheffield United | Nottingham Forest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 15 | 7 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 44 | 24 | 9 | Scored | S | 5 | 22 | 45 |
| 34 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 33 |
| 85% | 87% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 91% |
| 64% | 60% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 82% |
| 42% | 40% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 48% |
| 27% | 20% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 9% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 3% |
| 39% | 33% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 52% |
| 42% | 53% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 33% |
| 33% | 27% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 24% |
| 5.6 | 6.5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5 | 5.4 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13.2 | 16.3 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.8 | 11.5 |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 32% | 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | 38% |
| 9 | 8.8 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 12.1 | 10.7 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
- Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Championship
- Sheffield United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Fulham | 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 82 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 53 | 70 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 31 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 24 | 61 |
| 3 | Huddersfield Town | 35 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 46 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 59 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 57 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 49 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 56 |
| 6 | Luton Town | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 37 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 54 |
| 7 | Sheffield United | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 53 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 52 |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 51 |
| 10 | Coventry City | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 51 |
| 11 | Millwall | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 49 |
| 12 | Preston North End | 35 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 38 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 19 | -1 | 47 |
| 13 | West Bromwich Albion | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 46 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 41 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -1 | 45 |
| 15 | Stoke City | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 38 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 44 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 35 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 45 | 63 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 40 | -18 | 40 |
| 17 | Swansea City | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -11 | 38 |
| 18 | Hull City | 35 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 19 | -9 | 37 |
| 19 | Birmingham City | 35 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 55 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 32 | -15 | 37 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 40 | 54 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 32 | -14 | 36 |
| 21 | Reading | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 42 | 67 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 35 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 32 | -25 | 29 |
| 22 | Barnsley | 33 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 48 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 29 | -24 | 23 |
| 23 | Derby County | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -4 | 21 |
| 24 | Peterborough United | 33 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 66 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 45 | -42 | 21 |
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