Premier League match preview and statistics: Sheffield United fight Leicester City

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Competition: England Premier League
Date: Sat 24.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bramall Lane (32702 seats)

The Sheffield United manager C. Wilder attacks this game with the team placed 8th so far. In the visitors dressing room Leicester City and their manager B. Rodgers are in 12th place before this match.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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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.

The Sheffield United supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Crystal Palace in Premier League and win 1-0. Before that, Sheffield United played out a draw 1-1 when visiting AFC Bournemouth.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Sheffield United as they have a new game in only three days, a Carabao Cup match thankfully also at home. Blackburn Rovers are visiting.

Early season goal statistics from Sheffield United's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.

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Leicester City form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first away game of the season. During their previous season 19 away games resulted in 7 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats.

Leicester City are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Chelsea. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Carabao Cup trip to Newcastle United.

As for goals scored and conceded in away games so far, Leicester City has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Sheffield United victories, 2 draws and 5 Leicester City wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

B. Sharp
1 goals
J. Lundstram
1 goals
W. Ndidi
1 goals

Sheffield United missing players

Leicester City missing players

Sheffield United Leicester City
Total Home Home vs mid 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 1 2
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
2 1 0 Scored 0 1 1
1 0 0 Conceded 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 50%
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% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 50%
 
6 8 0 Corners For (avg) 0 5 8.5
3.5 4 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 4 3.5
2 3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Sheffield United Last season Leicester City
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
46 23 0 Played 0 19 38
26 15 0 Won 0 7 15
11 4 0 Drew 0 4 7
9 4 0 Lost 0 8 16
78 42 0 Scored 0 27 51
41 17 0 Conceded 0 28 48
93% 91% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 95%
72% 74% 0% Over 1.5 0% 74% 74%
48% 43% 0% Over 2.5 0% 53% 50%
26% 26% 0% Over 3.5 0% 32% 24%
15% 17% 0% Over 4.5 0% 16% 11%
43% 43% 0% BTTS 0% 68% 58%
46% 52% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 21% 26%
17% 13% 0% Failed To Score 0% 11% 21%
 
6.8 7.1 0 Corners For (avg) 0 5.4 5.5
4.5 4.2 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 6.2 5.3
1.7 1.7 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1.5 1.7
3 3 0 Red Cards 0 3 5
Key stats last season:
  • Leicester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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
Leicester City
All Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
23-07-19 CF Cambridge United 0 - 3 Leicester City
27-07-19 CF Stoke City 2 - 2 Leicester City
03-08-19 CF Leicester City 8 - 1 Nice
11-08-19 PL Leicester City 0 - 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
18-08-19 PL Chelsea 1 - 1 Leicester City
24-08-19 PL Sheffield United 14:00 Leicester City
28-08-19 CC Newcastle United 18:45 Leicester City
31-08-19 PL Leicester City 14:00 AFC Bournemouth
14-09-19 PL Manchester United 14:00 Leicester City
21-09-19 PL Leicester City 11:30 Tottenham Hotspur

  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 Manchester United 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 4
5 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
6 Tottenham Hotspur 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
7 AFC Bournemouth 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Sheffield United 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Everton 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
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 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
14 Crystal Palace 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
15 Chelsea 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
16 West Ham United 2 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -5 1
17 Aston Villa 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
18 Newcastle United 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
19 Southampton 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -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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