Sheffield United supporters put their faith in manager P. Heckingbottom to deliver victory against Queens Park Rangers

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 13.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Bramall Lane (32702 seats)

There's been nine days and nights since Sheffield United faced Cardiff City and the scoreline was 3-2. How will it end against Queens Park Rangers?

Insights:
  • Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

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Sheffield United form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Sheffield United have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 10 games.

Sheffield enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Cardiff City's place. The match ended 3-2 with Morgan Gibbs-White, Billy Sharp and David McGoldrick scoring. The striker Morgan Gibbs-White edged out all the other footballers in that fixture and managed a match rating of 9.33 out of 10. Gibbs-White scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Before that, Sheffield United had a home game versus Bristol City which ended with a victory 2-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sheffield 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 three wins, four draws and two defeats.

Sheffield have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bramall Lane with 15 goals in 10 league matches. On the other hand, Sheffield have conceded 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Queens Park Rangers form and stats

4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Queens Park Rangers playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

QPR might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Stoke City proved too strong as Queens Park Rangers slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Loftus Road Stadium. Attacker Christopher Willock got a player rating of 7.7 in the game. "Man of the match" Willock hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 45 successful passes (of 51 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Derby County.

Queens Park Rangers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, four draws and three defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

The travelling fans enjoy QPR's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 10 league matches away. Queens Park Rangers have conceded 17 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sheffield United five wins, two draws and Queens Park Rangers three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SheffieldB. Sharp
B. Sharp
6 goals
Queens Park RangersI. Chair
I. Chair
6 goals
Queens Park RangersL. Dykes
L. Dykes
6 goals

Sheffield United missing players

Queens Park Rangers missing players

Sheffield United Queens Park Rangers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 2 10 21
8 4 1 Won W 1 4 10
5 2 1 Drew D 1 2 5
8 4 1 Lost L 0 4 6
28 15 3 Scored S 4 17 33
28 11 3 Conceded C 3 17 27
86% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 86%
52% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 80% 52%
33% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 24%
14% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 30% 19%
52% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 62%
29% 30% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 33%
33% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 5%
 
5.6 6.3 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4.3 5.6
4 3.7 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 5.1 5.2
1.8 1.6 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2 1.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
13 16.1 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 10.8 13.5
4 4.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.5 4.9
33% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 38% 32%
 
9.1 8.6 11 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 12.1 12.1
3.5 3.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.2 3.9
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Queens Park Rangers have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Queens Park Rangers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Queens Park Rangers 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 Fulham 21 13 5 3 50 17 11 7 3 1 24 7 10 6 2 2 26 10 33 44
2 AFC Bournemouth 21 12 7 2 37 17 10 6 3 1 23 11 11 6 4 1 14 6 20 43
3 West Bromwich Albion 21 10 7 4 29 17 10 6 4 0 16 5 11 4 3 4 13 12 12 37
4 Blackburn Rovers 21 10 6 5 35 27 11 7 2 2 24 16 10 3 4 3 11 11 8 36
5 Queens Park Rangers 21 10 5 6 33 27 11 6 3 2 16 10 10 4 2 4 17 17 6 35
6 Stoke City 21 10 4 7 26 21 10 6 2 2 15 9 11 4 2 5 11 12 5 34
7 Coventry City 21 9 6 6 28 25 11 7 2 2 20 10 10 2 4 4 8 15 3 33
8 Millwall 21 7 9 5 23 22 11 5 4 2 14 11 10 2 5 3 9 11 1 30
9 Middlesbrough 21 8 5 8 24 23 11 5 2 4 15 12 10 3 3 4 9 11 1 29
10 Sheffield United 21 8 5 8 28 28 10 4 2 4 15 11 11 4 3 4 13 17 0 29
11 Huddersfield Town 21 8 5 8 24 24 10 6 1 3 14 11 11 2 4 5 10 13 0 29
12 Luton Town 21 7 7 7 30 26 10 4 3 3 16 12 11 3 4 4 14 14 4 28
13 Nottingham Forest 21 7 7 7 26 23 11 3 3 5 12 15 10 4 4 2 14 8 3 28
14 Swansea City 21 7 6 8 25 27 10 4 4 2 13 8 11 3 2 6 12 19 -2 27
15 Blackpool 21 7 6 8 20 25 11 4 2 5 7 12 10 3 4 3 13 13 -5 27
16 Birmingham City 21 7 5 9 20 24 10 4 2 4 10 12 11 3 3 5 10 12 -4 26
17 Bristol City 21 7 5 9 22 30 11 3 5 3 9 10 10 4 0 6 13 20 -8 26
18 Preston North End 21 6 7 8 22 27 10 4 4 2 13 11 11 2 3 6 9 16 -5 25
19 Hull City 21 6 4 11 17 24 10 3 2 5 9 12 11 3 2 6 8 12 -7 22
20 Reading 21 8 3 10 27 33 11 4 3 4 16 16 10 4 0 6 11 17 -6 21
21 Cardiff City 21 6 3 12 23 37 11 2 1 8 9 18 10 4 2 4 14 19 -14 21
22 Peterborough United 21 4 4 13 17 40 10 3 4 3 12 10 11 1 0 10 5 30 -23 16
23 Barnsley 21 2 7 12 14 32 11 2 3 6 8 15 10 0 4 6 6 17 -18 13
24 Derby County 21 4 10 7 17 21 10 3 5 2 12 11 11 1 5 5 5 10 -4 1

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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.