Both West Bromwich Albion and Sheffield United are desperate for points in this fixture, despite the visitors having a 12 point edge in the standings.
- West Bromwich Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sheffield United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
West Bromwich Albion form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. West Bromwich Albion have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 3 losses from their games here at The Hawthorns.
The supporters are hoping that West Bromwich Albion will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Millwall (placed 5th). Bartley was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.65 out of 10. The defender Bartley won 14 of 17 duels.
Ahead of that match, West Bromwich Albion lost 0-2 at home to Bristol City.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how WBA have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 5 and lost 0.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Blackpool in only three days. This game is also played here at The Hawthorns.
West Bromwich Albion are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Sheffield United form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Sheffield United playing as the away team in the Championship this season. Sheffield seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Sheffield United's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Norwich City that finished 2-2. A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Norwich City. Sheffield United were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with McBurnie scoring the equalizer. The draw against Norwich City came from a losing position. The Sheffield manager Heckingbottom brought on McBurnie as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfield player Osborn was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.91/10. Osborn scored one goal, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that match, the Sheffield United manager Heckingbottom faced defeat when travelling to Coventry City and losing 0-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Sheffield in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Sheffield United, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Sheffield United have another match that requires travelling in just three nights, a Championship match versus Bristol City. A gruelling itinerary for them!
Sheffield United have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 9 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
WBA-Sheffield United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: West Bromwich Albion five wins, Sheffield United three wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  O. McBurnie 6 goals |  I. Ndiaye 6 goals |   K. Ahearne-Grant 3 goals |
West Bromwich Albion missing players
Sheffield United missing players
| West Bromwich Albion | Sheffield United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 26 |
| 22 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 88% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 75% |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 25% | 44% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 25% | 31% |
| 19% | 38% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 69% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 38% | 44% |
| 19% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 25% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 19% |
| 7 | 9.5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.2 | 6.5 |
| 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 1.7 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.9 | 16.2 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11 | 14.6 |
| 3.9 | 4.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.6 | 5.1 |
| 32% | 28% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 31% | 32% |
| 9.6 | 7.1 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 11.5 | 9.3 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
- Sheffield United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sheffield United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- West Bromwich Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- West Bromwich Albion have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 3 | Burnley | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Sheffield United | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Millwall | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 6 | Norwich City | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | Reading | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 8 | Luton Town | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 9 | Swansea City | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 24 |
| 10 | Preston North End | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 22 |
| 11 | Rotherham United | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 21 |
| 13 | Sunderland | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 15 | Watford | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 16 | Hull City | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 18 | Blackpool | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 22 | Coventry City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
- West Bromwich Albion
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- Boing - (supporter site)
- Sheffield United FC
- The Star - (local newspaper)
- The Yorkshire Post - (local newspaper)
