Premier League match prediction: Little separates Sheffield United and Crystal Palace in quality

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Competition: England Premier League
Date: Sun 18.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bramall Lane (32702 seats)

It's still early in the Premier League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Sheffield United - Crystal Palace preview!

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 Sheffield United and Crystal Palace.

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Sheffield United form and stats

The hosts won their first game here at Bramall Lane, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Sheffield United last season were 15 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from 23 games. Sheffield United are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Sheffield United's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Crystal Palace. The home side are looking to build on that result. A 1-1 draw away before that, with AFC Bournemouth the opponent.

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 Sheffield United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 2 Lost 4.

Sheffield United has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game.

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Crystal Palace form and stats

Crystal Palace have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats were 9 victories, 2 draws and 8 defeats from 19 fixtures.

Two away games in a row for Crystal Palace, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Sheffield United in the Premier League. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Everton.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Crystal Palace playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were 4 Crystal Palace wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in away games so far, Crystal Palace has managed 0 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Sheffield United - Crystal Palace 1-0 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Sheffield United, 2 draws and 4 wins for Crystal Palace. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 7 games.

Top Goalscorers

B. Sharp
1 goals
J. Lundstram
1 goals

Sheffield United missing players

Crystal Palace missing players

Sheffield United Crystal Palace
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 1 1
2 1 0 Scored 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 100%
 
6 8 0 Corners For (avg) 0 4 5
3.5 4 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 8 5
2 3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Sheffield United Last season Crystal Palace
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
46 23 0 Played 0 19 38
26 15 0 Won 0 9 14
11 4 0 Drew 0 2 7
9 4 0 Lost 0 8 17
78 42 0 Scored 0 32 51
41 17 0 Conceded 0 30 53
93% 91% 0% Over 0.5 0% 95% 89%
72% 74% 0% Over 1.5 0% 84% 74%
48% 43% 0% Over 2.5 0% 58% 45%
26% 26% 0% Over 3.5 0% 47% 34%
15% 17% 0% Over 4.5 0% 32% 18%
43% 43% 0% BTTS 0% 63% 50%
46% 52% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 26% 32%
17% 13% 0% Failed To Score 0% 16% 29%
 
6.8 7.1 0 Corners For (avg) 0 3.9 5.4
4.5 4.2 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 6.8 5.7
1.7 1.7 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1.8 1.6
3 3 0 Red Cards 0 1 2
Key stats last season:
  • Crystal Palace have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Crystal Palace have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sheffield United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

Sheffield United
All Championship Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
20-07-19 CF Northampton Town 0 - 2 Sheffield United
23-07-19 CF Chesterfield 0 - 5 Sheffield United
27-07-19 CF Barnsley 1 - 4 Sheffield United
10-08-19 PL AFC Bournemouth 1 - 1 Sheffield United
18-08-19 PL Sheffield United 1 - 0 Crystal Palace
24-08-19 PL Sheffield United 14:00 Leicester City
27-08-19 CC Sheffield United 18:45 Blackburn Rovers
31-08-19 PL Chelsea 14:00 Sheffield United
14-09-19 PL Sheffield United 14:00 Southampton
21-09-19 PL Everton 14:00 Sheffield United
Crystal Palace
All Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
27-07-19 CF Bristol City 0 - 5 Crystal Palace
30-07-19 CF AFC Wimbledon 2 - 2 Crystal Palace
03-08-19 CF Crystal Palace 0 - 4 Hertha BSC
10-08-19 PL Crystal Palace 0 - 0 Everton
18-08-19 PL Sheffield United 1 - 0 Crystal Palace
24-08-19 PL Manchester United 14:00 Crystal Palace
27-08-19 CC Crystal Palace 18:45 Colchester United
31-08-19 PL Crystal Palace 14:00 Aston Villa
14-09-19 PL Tottenham Hotspur 14:00 Crystal Palace
21-09-19 PL Crystal Palace 14:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Liverpool 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
2 Arsenal 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Manchester City 2 1 1 0 7 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 5 0 5 4
4 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
5 Tottenham Hotspur 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
6 AFC Bournemouth 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Sheffield United 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
8 Everton 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 Manchester United 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
10 Burnley 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
11 Norwich City 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 -1 3
12 Leicester City 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Crystal Palace 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
15 West Ham United 2 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -5 1
16 Aston Villa 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
17 Newcastle United 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
18 Southampton 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
19 Chelsea 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
20 Watford 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 46 27 13 6 93 57 23 15 4 4 51 34 23 12 9 2 42 23 36 94
2 Sheffield United 46 26 11 9 78 41 23 15 4 4 42 17 23 11 7 5 36 24 37 89
3 Leeds United 46 25 8 13 73 50 23 14 4 5 38 21 23 11 4 8 35 29 23 83
4 West Bromwich Albion 46 23 11 12 87 62 23 12 7 4 53 31 23 11 4 8 34 31 25 80
5 Aston Villa 46 20 16 10 82 61 23 11 8 4 50 36 23 9 8 6 32 25 21 76
6 Derby County 46 20 14 12 69 54 23 13 7 3 40 20 23 7 7 9 29 34 15 74
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 13 13 49 41 23 10 6 7 23 17 23 10 7 6 26 24 8 73
8 Bristol City 46 19 13 14 59 53 23 8 8 7 28 26 23 11 5 7 31 27 6 70
9 Nottingham Forest 46 17 15 14 61 54 23 13 4 6 34 21 23 4 11 8 27 33 7 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 11 17 65 62 23 12 6 5 42 28 23 6 5 12 23 34 3 65
11 Brentford 46 17 13 16 73 59 23 14 4 5 50 23 23 3 9 11 23 36 14 64
12 Sheffield Wednesday 46 16 16 14 60 62 23 10 8 5 34 27 23 6 8 9 26 35 -2 64
13 Hull City 46 17 11 18 66 68 23 11 6 6 37 24 23 6 5 12 29 44 -2 62
14 Preston North End 46 16 13 17 67 67 23 8 10 5 41 30 23 8 3 12 26 37 0 61
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 16 12 18 64 69 23 10 7 6 32 21 23 6 5 12 32 48 -5 60
16 Stoke City 46 11 22 13 45 52 23 8 9 6 26 24 23 3 13 7 19 28 -7 55
17 Birmingham City 46 14 19 13 64 58 23 7 11 5 31 24 23 7 8 8 33 34 6 52
18 Wigan Athletic 46 13 13 20 51 64 23 11 8 4 29 20 23 2 5 16 22 44 -13 52
19 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 9 23 53 71 23 9 3 11 33 31 23 5 6 12 20 40 -18 51
20 Reading 46 10 17 19 49 66 23 8 6 9 29 31 23 2 11 10 20 35 -17 47
21 Millwall 46 10 14 22 48 64 23 7 9 7 26 27 23 3 5 15 22 37 -16 44
22 Rotherham United 46 8 16 22 52 83 23 7 8 8 32 38 23 1 8 14 20 45 -31 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 46 8 8 30 29 78 23 4 4 15 13 35 23 4 4 15 16 43 -49 32
24 Ipswich Town 46 5 16 25 36 77 23 3 11 9 22 31 23 2 5 16 14 46 -41 31
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Manchester City 38 32 2 4 95 23 19 18 0 1 57 12 19 14 2 3 38 11 72 98
2 Liverpool 38 30 7 1 89 22 19 17 2 0 55 10 19 13 5 1 34 12 67 97
3 Chelsea 38 21 9 8 63 39 19 12 6 1 39 12 19 9 3 7 24 27 24 72
4 Tottenham Hotspur 38 23 2 13 67 39 19 12 2 5 34 16 19 11 0 8 33 23 28 71
5 Arsenal 38 21 7 10 73 51 19 14 3 2 42 16 19 7 4 8 31 35 22 70
6 Manchester United 38 19 9 10 65 54 19 10 6 3 33 25 19 9 3 7 32 29 11 66
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 16 9 13 47 46 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 6 5 8 19 25 1 57
8 Everton 38 15 9 14 54 46 19 10 4 5 30 21 19 5 5 9 24 25 8 54
9 Leicester City 38 15 7 16 51 48 19 8 3 8 24 20 19 7 4 8 27 28 3 52
10 West Ham United 38 15 7 16 52 55 19 9 4 6 32 27 19 6 3 10 20 28 -3 52
11 Watford 38 14 8 16 52 59 19 8 3 8 26 28 19 6 5 8 26 31 -7 50
12 Crystal Palace 38 14 7 17 51 53 19 5 5 9 19 23 19 9 2 8 32 30 -2 49
13 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 42 48 19 8 1 10 24 25 19 4 8 7 18 23 -6 45
14 AFC Bournemouth 38 13 6 19 56 70 19 8 5 6 30 25 19 5 1 13 26 45 -14 45
15 Burnley 38 11 7 20 45 68 19 7 2 10 24 32 19 4 5 10 21 36 -23 40
16 Southampton 38 9 12 17 45 65 19 5 8 6 27 30 19 4 4 11 18 35 -20 39
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 9 9 20 35 60 19 6 5 8 19 28 19 3 4 12 16 32 -25 36
18 Cardiff City 38 10 4 24 34 69 19 6 2 11 21 38 19 4 2 13 13 31 -35 34
19 Fulham 38 7 5 26 34 81 19 6 3 10 22 36 19 1 2 16 12 45 -47 26
20 Huddersfield Town 38 3 7 28 22 76 19 2 3 14 10 31 19 1 4 14 12 45 -54 16

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