Premier League match preview and statistics: Burnley fight Sheffield United

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 05.July
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Turf Moor (21401 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Burnley in 10th and Sheffield United in 7th place.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premier League.

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Burnley form and stats

Burnley have collected 26 points from their Premier League home games so far after 8-2-6.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Burnley, as their goalkeeper Nick Pope has completely shut out the opponents for 207 minutes in the Premier League.

It's back home for Burnley, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Crystal Palace away with the result 1-0. Ben Mee found the net in that victory. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Watford.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Burnley as they are travelling to their away game against West Ham United in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.

Burnley has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Sheffield United form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Sheffield United have produced an overall stat of 4-8-4 so far. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Sheffield have lost on their last two travels.

Impressive finishing from Sander Berge, Lys Mousset and Oliver McBurnie secured the home win 3-1 against Tottenham Hotspur in their previous game. A loss against Arsenal was the result prior to that, in a FA Cup home game.

After this away game Sheffield return home for a Premier League game against Wolverhampton Wanderers. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sheffield as they have only managed to score 13 times from 16 away games in the league. 18 goals have been conceded by Sheffield in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Sheffield United - Burnley 3-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Burnley four wins, two draws and Sheffield United four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BurnleyC. Wood
C. Wood
11 goals
BurnleyA. Barnes
A. Barnes
6 goals
BurnleyJ. Rodriguez
J. Rodriguez
6 goals

Burnley missing players

Sheffield United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Burnley Sheffield United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
13 8 2 Won W 2 4 12
6 2 2 Drew D 2 8 11
13 6 1 Lost L 1 4 9
36 21 3 Scored S 5 13 33
45 19 3 Conceded C 5 18 32
94% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
75% 75% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 66%
53% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 25% 28%
16% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 9%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
34% 31% 20% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 41%
41% 50% 60% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 34%
31% 25% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 38% 31%
 
4.4 5.2 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4 5.6
5.8 5.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 7 5.9
1.9 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.9 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
309 182 67 Total Shots T S 44 126 304
101 63 20 Shots on Target S O 12 39 99
36% 33% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 33% 33%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Sheffield United has the fewest matches over the total-line (9)
  • Sheffield United has the most matches under the total-line (23)
  • Sheffield United have won significantly less corners away then 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 Liverpool 32 28 2 2 70 25 16 16 0 0 44 12 16 12 2 2 26 13 45 86
2 Manchester City 32 21 3 8 81 33 16 12 2 2 45 12 16 9 1 6 36 21 48 66
3 Leicester City 33 17 7 9 63 31 17 10 4 3 33 15 16 7 3 6 30 16 32 58
4 Manchester United 33 15 10 8 56 33 17 10 5 2 37 14 16 5 5 6 19 19 23 55
5 Chelsea 32 16 6 10 57 44 16 8 3 5 24 16 16 8 3 5 33 28 13 54
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 13 13 6 45 34 16 6 7 3 22 17 16 7 6 3 23 17 11 52
7 Sheffield United 32 12 11 9 33 32 16 8 3 5 20 14 16 4 8 4 13 18 1 47
8 Arsenal 32 11 13 8 47 41 16 8 5 3 30 20 16 3 8 5 17 21 6 46
9 Tottenham Hotspur 32 12 9 11 51 44 16 9 3 4 30 16 16 3 6 7 21 28 7 45
10 Burnley 32 13 6 13 36 45 16 8 2 6 21 19 16 5 4 7 15 26 -9 45
11 Everton 32 12 8 12 40 47 16 8 5 3 21 16 16 4 3 9 19 31 -7 44
12 Newcastle United 32 11 9 12 33 43 16 6 7 3 16 13 16 5 2 9 17 30 -10 42
13 Crystal Palace 33 11 9 13 28 40 16 6 4 6 12 14 17 5 5 7 16 26 -12 42
14 Southampton 32 12 4 16 41 55 16 4 2 10 16 33 16 8 2 6 25 22 -14 40
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 8 12 13 35 44 16 5 6 5 19 19 17 3 6 8 16 25 -9 36
16 West Ham United 32 8 6 18 38 56 16 5 3 8 26 30 16 3 3 10 12 26 -18 30
17 Watford 32 6 10 16 29 49 16 4 6 6 18 21 16 2 4 10 11 28 -20 28
18 Aston Villa 32 7 6 19 36 60 16 5 3 8 19 27 16 2 3 11 17 33 -24 27
19 AFC Bournemouth 33 7 6 20 32 59 16 4 5 7 18 27 17 3 1 13 14 32 -27 27
20 Norwich City 33 5 6 22 25 61 17 4 3 10 19 31 16 1 3 12 6 30 -36 21

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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 Liverpool 32 28 2 2 70 25 16 16 0 0 44 12 16 12 2 2 26 13 45 86
2 Manchester City 32 21 3 8 81 33 16 12 2 2 45 12 16 9 1 6 36 21 48 66
3 Leicester City 33 17 7 9 63 31 17 10 4 3 33 15 16 7 3 6 30 16 32 58
4 Manchester United 33 15 10 8 56 33 17 10 5 2 37 14 16 5 5 6 19 19 23 55
5 Chelsea 32 16 6 10 57 44 16 8 3 5 24 16 16 8 3 5 33 28 13 54
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 13 13 6 45 34 16 6 7 3 22 17 16 7 6 3 23 17 11 52
7 Sheffield United 32 12 11 9 33 32 16 8 3 5 20 14 16 4 8 4 13 18 1 47
8 Arsenal 32 11 13 8 47 41 16 8 5 3 30 20 16 3 8 5 17 21 6 46
9 Tottenham Hotspur 32 12 9 11 51 44 16 9 3 4 30 16 16 3 6 7 21 28 7 45
10 Burnley 32 13 6 13 36 45 16 8 2 6 21 19 16 5 4 7 15 26 -9 45
11 Everton 32 12 8 12 40 47 16 8 5 3 21 16 16 4 3 9 19 31 -7 44
12 Newcastle United 32 11 9 12 33 43 16 6 7 3 16 13 16 5 2 9 17 30 -10 42
13 Crystal Palace 33 11 9 13 28 40 16 6 4 6 12 14 17 5 5 7 16 26 -12 42
14 Southampton 32 12 4 16 41 55 16 4 2 10 16 33 16 8 2 6 25 22 -14 40
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 8 12 13 35 44 16 5 6 5 19 19 17 3 6 8 16 25 -9 36
16 West Ham United 32 8 6 18 38 56 16 5 3 8 26 30 16 3 3 10 12 26 -18 30
17 Watford 32 6 10 16 29 49 16 4 6 6 18 21 16 2 4 10 11 28 -20 28
18 Aston Villa 32 7 6 19 36 60 16 5 3 8 19 27 16 2 3 11 17 33 -24 27
19 AFC Bournemouth 33 7 6 20 32 59 16 4 5 7 18 27 17 3 1 13 14 32 -27 27
20 Norwich City 33 5 6 22 25 61 17 4 3 10 19 31 16 1 3 12 6 30 -36 21

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