Sheffield United welcome Manchester City for another interesting Premier League fixture here at Bramall Lane.
The visiting Manchester City played their last game only four days ago, a Champions League match. That game, against Olympique Marseille, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Manchester City.
Sheffield United form and stats
Sheffield United have played three Premier League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Sheffield faced defeat in their previous match, away at Liverpool (1-2). Before that, Sheffield drew at home versus Fulham.
The lack of attacking qualities in Sheffield means that they have only scored 1 goal in 3 league home games, less than half a goal per match. 4 goals have been conceded.
Manchester City form and stats
Things could have gone better for Manchester City in their Premier League away matches, but 5 points from 3 games is all right. Two points from the last two away games for Manchester, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Manchester City play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Olympique Marseille. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to West Ham United.
After this away game Manchester City return home for a Champions League game against Olympiakos Piraeus. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Manchester City's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. As opposed to that, Manchester have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last five meetings between the teams: Sheffield won one, Manchester City won three and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Foden 2 goals |  R. Sterling 2 goals |   S. Berge 1 goals |
Sheffield United missing players
Manchester City missing players
| Sheffield United | Manchester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | 30 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 50 | 79 |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 17 | 27 |
| 20% | 11% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 30% |
- All of Manchester City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Manchester City have not yet lost a game away.
- Manchester City have scored in all their matches so far.
- Manchester City have scored more than double the goals of Sheffield United.
- Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sheffield United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sheffield United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sheffield United have yet to win a game.
- Sheffield United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Everton | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | Aston Villa | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Leicester City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | Leeds United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Southampton | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Crystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | West Ham United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | Manchester City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Newcastle United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Manchester United | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 3 |
| 18 | Burnley | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 1 |
| 19 | Sheffield United | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 20 | Fulham | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 1 |
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