Stoke City have had trouble finding points this league season. Will the gang get something to cheer about when Sheffield United visit Bet365 Stadium?
- Stoke City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sheffield United have the the best goal difference (+13) 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 Stoke and Sheffield United.
Stoke City form and stats
Stoke City have collected 5 points from their Championship home games so far after 1-2-2.
Stoke City travelled for their previous game, a trip to Burnley that ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Neil made a successful contribution in the game against Burnley, bringing on Clarke who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Wilmot, defender, was given a rating of 7.61/10 in that game, top of the team. Wilmot won 9 of 11 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Watford that was lost 0-4.Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Sheffield United form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Sheffield United playing as the away team in the Championship this season. Sheffield United have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Sheffield's previous game was their home loss versus Queens Park Rangers (0-1). That loss stopped this club's string of league fixtures in a row without losing; ten games in total! Norwood got a match rating of 8.61 in that game, top player of the team. Norwood hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 84 successful passes (of 95 total).
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Birmingham City.Considering a bet on a low-scoring game? 5 league games in a row with this team have had at most two goals.
Sheffield United have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 8 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Sheffield as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Stoke City two wins, three draws and Sheffield United four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. McBurnie 5 goals |  I. Ndiaye 5 goals |   L. Baker 4 goals |
Stoke City missing players
Sheffield United missing players
| Stoke City | Sheffield United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 42% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 17% | 33% |
| 25% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 42% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 5.2 | 6.8 | 9.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| 6.8 | 5 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.2 | 14 | 18.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11 | 14.4 |
| 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 5.1 |
| 29% | 29% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 33% | 33% |
| 12.6 | 11 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.8 | 9.1 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
- Sheffield United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sheffield United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Championship
- Sheffield United have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in Championship
- Sheffield United have the the best goal difference (+13) in Championship
- Sheffield United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sheffield United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stoke City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Stoke City 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 | Sheffield United | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | Reading | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Burnley | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | Watford | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Wigan Athletic | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | Rotherham United | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | Millwall | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 17 | Hull City | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 14 |
| 18 | Middlesbrough | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 19 | Birmingham City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 20 | Stoke City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 21 | Blackpool | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 22 | West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 8 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 7 |
- Stoke City
- StokeonTrent Live - (local newspaper)
- Sheffield United FC
- The Star - (local newspaper)
- The Yorkshire Post - (local newspaper)
