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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bramall Lane (31844 seats)

Premier League: Sheffield United are 11 points short of Manchester United, but fully intend to go all in. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • Sheffield United have the most conceded goals (22) in Premier League
  • Manchester United have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Premier League

Both squads have had plentiful rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an enthusiastic match!

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Sheffield United form and stats

Sheffield United, who have the most conceded goals (22) in Premier League, have collected 1 point from their Premier League home games so far after 0-1-3. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Sheffield United with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Everton game, 49 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Sheffield United lost their last game at Fulham (placed 12th) after a 1-3 scoreline. Trusty was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.05 out of 10. The defender Trusty hit one key pass and won 7 of 10 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at West Ham United.

Sheffield United have scored {3 league goals} here from 4 matches, not a lot. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Sheffield have let the opposition score 13 times, an average of more than three per game.

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Manchester United form and stats

Things could have gone better for Manchester United in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.

Manchester United are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the fixture against Brentford (placed 15th). McTominay came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Brentford last time out, making the manager ten Hag feel like a tactical genius. Midfielder Fernandes was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.84. Fernandes hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 63 successful passes (of 75 total).

A rough loss as clear favourites in the match before that, the Champions League fixture home hosting Galatasaray.

A quick return to home after this game, as Manchester United are hosting København in the Champions League only three days away.

The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, United have conceded 5 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Sheffield United one win, one draw and Manchester United five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SheffieldG. Hamer
G. Hamer
2 goals
Manchester UnitedS. McTominay
S. McTominay
2 goals
Manchester UnitedB. Fernandes
B. Fernandes
2 goals

Sheffield United missing players

Manchester United missing players

Sheffield United Manchester United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 1 3 8
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 4
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
7 3 2 Lost L 0 2 4
6 3 0 Scored S 1 2 9
22 13 9 Conceded C 0 5 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 62%
75% 75% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 50%
38% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 38%
12% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
62% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 25%
38% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 25%
 
3.6 3 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.7 7.2
8.1 7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 8.7 5.8
3.1 3 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.9 9 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 14.3 16.2
3.1 3.2 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.3 5.1
24% 23% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 15% 22%
 
22 23 23 Shots against (avg) S A 12 15.3 13.4
8.4 9.5 11.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.3 4.9
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Manchester United have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Premier League
  • Manchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Manchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sheffield United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • 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 the most conceded goals (22) in Premier League
  • Sheffield United have the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in Premier League
  • Sheffield United have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Premier League
  • Sheffield United have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Sheffield United have yet to win a game.
  • Sheffield United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sheffield United is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tottenham Hotspur 8 6 2 0 18 8 3 3 0 0 6 2 5 3 2 0 12 6 10 20
2 Arsenal 8 6 2 0 16 6 5 3 2 0 10 6 3 3 0 0 6 0 10 20
3 Manchester City 8 6 0 2 17 6 3 3 0 0 8 1 5 3 0 2 9 5 11 18
4 Liverpool 8 5 2 1 18 9 3 3 0 0 9 2 5 2 2 1 9 7 9 17
5 Aston Villa 8 5 1 2 19 12 3 3 0 0 13 2 5 2 1 2 6 10 7 16
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 8 5 1 2 21 16 5 3 1 1 13 8 3 2 0 1 8 8 5 16
7 West Ham United 8 4 2 2 15 12 4 2 1 1 8 6 4 2 1 1 7 6 3 14
8 Newcastle United 8 4 1 3 20 9 4 3 0 1 9 3 4 1 1 2 11 6 11 13
9 Crystal Palace 8 3 3 2 7 7 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 12
10 Manchester United 8 4 0 4 9 12 5 3 0 2 7 7 3 1 0 2 2 5 -3 12
11 Chelsea 8 3 2 3 11 7 4 1 1 2 4 3 4 2 1 1 7 4 4 11
12 Fulham 8 3 2 3 8 13 4 2 0 2 4 6 4 1 2 1 4 7 -5 11
13 Nottingham Forest 8 2 3 3 8 10 3 1 2 0 4 3 5 1 1 3 4 7 -2 9
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 8 2 2 4 9 14 4 1 1 2 5 9 4 1 1 2 4 5 -5 8
15 Brentford 8 1 4 3 11 12 4 0 3 1 6 8 4 1 1 2 5 4 -1 7
16 Everton 8 2 1 5 9 12 5 1 0 4 4 5 3 1 1 1 5 7 -3 7
17 Luton Town 8 1 1 6 6 15 4 0 1 3 3 6 4 1 0 3 3 9 -9 4
18 Burnley 8 1 1 6 7 20 5 0 0 5 4 16 3 1 1 1 3 4 -13 4
19 AFC Bournemouth 8 0 3 5 5 18 4 0 2 2 1 7 4 0 1 3 4 11 -13 3
20 Sheffield United 8 0 1 7 6 22 4 0 1 3 3 13 4 0 0 4 3 9 -16 1

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.