Sit down for a show! Today's leading roles are Sheffield United and Reading, 3 points is the target and 1 1/2 hours the duration.
- Sheffield United have won all their matches at home so far.
- Reading is in the best form (4-0-2) in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Sheffield nor Reading 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.
Sheffield United form and stats
Perfect Championship season at home so far for Sheffield United 3 wins from 3 appearances. Sheffield United has recorded two wins in a row here at Bramall Lane, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Sheffield shared the glory with Luton Town in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfield player Lowe got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, the max score being 10. Lowe hit two key passes.
Before that, Sheffield United had a home game versus Blackburn Rovers which ended with a victory 3-0.The Sheffield manager Heckingbottom has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league. Defensively Sheffield United have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Reading form and stats
Things could have gone better for Reading in their Championship away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
The Reading goalkeeper Joe Lumley is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 315 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's the second away game in a row for Reading, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Millwall (placed 16th) last time out. Defender Sarr was the best team player with a rating of 8.1. Sarr scored one goal and won 4 of 8 duels.
Before that, Reading secured a home win against Middlesbrough with the score 1-0.Goals are few and far between in Reading's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels. As for defending, Reading rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 5 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sheffield seven wins, one draw and Reading two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Ndiaye 3 goals |  S. Berge 2 goals |  O. Norwood 1 goals |
Sheffield United missing players
Reading missing players
| Sheffield United | Reading | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 33% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 7.3 | 9 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6 | 5.2 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.3 | 18.3 | 25 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 9.3 | 9.5 |
| 5.3 | 7 | 11 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| 31% | 33% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 9% | 33% |
| 7.5 | 4.7 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11 | 10.3 |
| 2.8 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 2.5 |
- All of Sheffield United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Reading is in the best form (4-0-2) in Championship
- Sheffield United have won all their matches at home so far.
- Sheffield United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Sheffield United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sheffield United 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 | Reading | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Hull City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | Norwich City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Rotherham United | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Burnley | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Watford | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | Preston North End | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Queens Park Rangers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Sunderland | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 14 | Cardiff City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 15 | West Bromwich Albion | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 16 | Millwall | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 18 | Middlesbrough | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 19 | Luton Town | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 6 |
| 21 | Birmingham City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 22 | Swansea City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 5 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 1 |
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