Early odds line movement imply Sheffield United edge against Swansea City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bramall Lane (32702 seats)

The league table shows that 9 points split the pair of opponents in this Championship match. Sheffield United hold both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

These are hectic days for the hometeam, as they played only four days ago in the Championship. Thankfully the previous game, versus Hull City, was also a home game here at Bramall Lane. The away team is better rested.

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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 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 190 minutes without scoring a league goal. Sharp was the last player to find the net. Sheffield United are confident in defense, having played 299 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Sheffield, who played 0-0 against Hull City. That match was also played at this venue (Bramall Lane). Midfielder Norwood was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.6 (out of ten) in that game. Norwood hit six key passes and had 90 successful passes (of 105 total).

0-0 away at Huddersfield Town before that.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Blackburn Rovers are coming to town in four days.

The Sheffield United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 13 matches. From these home matches, Sheffield United 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.

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Swansea City form and stats

There's been little loot from Swansea City's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 15 away games in the Championship. Swansea City only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 4 draws. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Swansea City have lost on their last two travels.

Impressive finishing from Christie, Piroe and Obafemi secured the home win 3-1 against Bristol City in their previous game. Christie got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, top player of the team. Christie scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 41 total).

Prior to that match, the Swansea manager Martin faced defeat when travelling to Stoke City and losing 0-3.

A quick return to home after this game, as Swansea City are hosting AFC Bournemouth in the Championship only three days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Swansea as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Swansea City have conceded 25 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The sides have met each other before in this season, with the result Swansea City - Sheffield United 0-0 written in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sheffield three wins, two draws and Swansea City five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Swansea CityJ. Piroe
J. Piroe
12 goals
Sheffield UnitedB. Sharp
B. Sharp
11 goals
Swansea CityJ. Paterson
J. Paterson
8 goals

Sheffield United missing players

Swansea City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sheffield United Swansea City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 13 7 Played P 6 15 30
13 6 3 Won W 0 3 10
8 3 2 Drew D 2 4 8
9 4 2 Lost L 4 8 12
39 19 9 Scored S 3 13 32
33 11 6 Conceded C 11 25 39
83% 85% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 87% 83%
67% 62% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 63%
43% 38% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 53% 50%
27% 15% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 27% 27%
10% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
43% 38% 43% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 43%
40% 46% 43% Clean Sheets C S 17% 27% 40%
33% 31% 29% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 33%
 
5.7 6.6 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4 4.2
3.7 3.3 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.1 4.3
1.7 1.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
13.5 16.9 14.9 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 10.1 10.6
4.1 4.4 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.3 3.5
31% 33% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 27% 30%
 
9 8.8 9.9 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 11.3 10.1
3.3 3.1 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.7 3.9
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 30 19 7 4 78 26 16 10 4 2 40 13 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 31 15 7 9 46 36 16 8 5 3 23 13 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 52
5 Huddersfield Town 32 13 11 8 40 34 16 8 5 3 22 16 16 5 6 5 18 18 6 50
6 Middlesbrough 30 14 7 9 38 29 16 10 2 4 25 14 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 49
7 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
8 Sheffield United 30 13 8 9 39 33 13 6 3 4 19 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 6 47
9 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 10 9 34 26 15 8 6 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 46
10 Luton Town 30 12 9 9 41 36 15 7 5 3 24 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 5 45
11 Preston North End 32 11 12 9 35 35 15 5 8 2 20 17 17 6 4 7 15 18 0 45
12 Coventry City 30 12 8 10 39 36 15 8 3 4 23 14 15 4 5 6 16 22 3 44
13 Stoke City 30 12 7 11 38 32 15 7 3 5 22 16 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 43
14 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 31 11 8 12 34 37 17 8 2 7 17 18 14 3 6 5 17 19 -3 41
16 Swansea City 30 10 8 12 32 39 15 7 4 4 19 14 15 3 4 8 13 25 -7 38
17 Bristol City 32 10 7 15 42 58 16 6 5 5 20 20 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 37
18 Birmingham City 32 9 9 14 37 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -12 36
19 Cardiff City 31 10 5 16 38 50 15 5 1 9 17 20 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 35
20 Hull City 32 9 6 17 26 36 16 5 3 8 15 18 16 4 3 9 11 18 -10 33
21 Reading 30 8 4 18 36 60 16 4 4 8 23 34 14 4 0 10 13 26 -24 22
22 Peterborough United 29 5 5 19 23 60 14 4 4 6 15 18 15 1 1 13 8 42 -37 20
23 Derby County 31 9 12 10 32 35 15 7 6 2 21 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 18
24 Barnsley 30 3 8 19 19 45 15 3 4 8 9 17 15 0 4 11 10 28 -26 17

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  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 30 19 7 4 78 26 16 10 4 2 40 13 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 31 15 7 9 46 36 16 8 5 3 23 13 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 52
5 Huddersfield Town 32 13 11 8 40 34 16 8 5 3 22 16 16 5 6 5 18 18 6 50
6 Middlesbrough 30 14 7 9 38 29 16 10 2 4 25 14 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 49
7 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
8 Sheffield United 30 13 8 9 39 33 13 6 3 4 19 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 6 47
9 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 10 9 34 26 15 8 6 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 46
10 Luton Town 30 12 9 9 41 36 15 7 5 3 24 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 5 45
11 Preston North End 32 11 12 9 35 35 15 5 8 2 20 17 17 6 4 7 15 18 0 45
12 Coventry City 30 12 8 10 39 36 15 8 3 4 23 14 15 4 5 6 16 22 3 44
13 Stoke City 30 12 7 11 38 32 15 7 3 5 22 16 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 43
14 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 31 11 8 12 34 37 17 8 2 7 17 18 14 3 6 5 17 19 -3 41
16 Swansea City 30 10 8 12 32 39 15 7 4 4 19 14 15 3 4 8 13 25 -7 38
17 Bristol City 32 10 7 15 42 58 16 6 5 5 20 20 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 37
18 Birmingham City 32 9 9 14 37 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -12 36
19 Cardiff City 31 10 5 16 38 50 15 5 1 9 17 20 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 35
20 Hull City 32 9 6 17 26 36 16 5 3 8 15 18 16 4 3 9 11 18 -10 33
21 Reading 30 8 4 18 36 60 16 4 4 8 23 34 14 4 0 10 13 26 -24 22
22 Peterborough United 29 5 5 19 23 60 14 4 4 6 15 18 15 1 1 13 8 42 -37 20
23 Derby County 31 9 12 10 32 35 15 7 6 2 21 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 18
24 Barnsley 30 3 8 19 19 45 15 3 4 8 9 17 15 0 4 11 10 28 -26 17

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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.