Football betting preview: Tottenham Hotspur favourites when Sheffield United visits

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 02.May
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (62000 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Tottenham Hotspur are in the 7th position while the guesting Sheffield United worry at 20th.

Insights:
  • Tottenham Hotspur haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sheffield United have the fewest scored goals (18) in Premier League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Sheffield United are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

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Tottenham Hotspur form and stats

Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Tottenham Hotspur are 8-3-5 (wins-draw-losses).

Before that, Spurs had a Premier League home game versus Southampton which ended with a victory 2-1.

The Tottenham Hotspur fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 28 goals in 16 league matches. On the other hand, Spurs have conceded 18 goals.

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Sheffield United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sheffield United, who have the fewest scored goals (18) in Premier League, so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-14 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Sheffield as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Manchester United match.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Wolverhampton Wanderers's place.

The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Sheffield we find six games. Results are one Sheffield United win, zero draws and five defeats.

Sheffield are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 7 goals from 16 away games. Sheffield struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 31 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Sheffield United - Tottenham Hotspur 1-3, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Spurs three wins, two draws and Sheffield United two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SpursH. Kane
H. Kane
21 goals
Tottenham HotspurH. Son
H. Son
15 goals
Sheffield UnitedD. McGoldrick
D. McGoldrick
7 goals

Tottenham Hotspur missing players

Sheffield United missing players

Tottenham Hotspur Sheffield United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 5 16 33
15 8 4 Won W 0 1 5
8 3 2 Drew D 0 1 2
10 5 0 Lost L 5 14 26
56 28 12 Scored S 2 7 18
38 18 4 Conceded C 8 31 56
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 62% 61%
52% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 42%
30% 31% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 12%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
55% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 38% 36%
30% 31% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
18% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 62% 55%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.4 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
11.1 11.5 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 7.4 8.4
4.4 4.8 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.4 2.8
39% 36% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 18% 20%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • 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 away matches.
  • Sheffield United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sheffield United have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premier League
  • Sheffield United have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Premier League
  • Sheffield United have the fewest points (4) away in Premier League
  • Sheffield United have the fewest scored goals (18) in Premier League
  • Sheffield United have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Premier League
  • Sheffield United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Premier League
  • Sheffield United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Premier League
  • Sheffield United have the the worst goal difference (-24) away in Premier League
  • Sheffield United have the the worst goal difference (-38) in Premier League
  • Sheffield United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sheffield United is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Tottenham Hotspur have scored more than double the goals of Sheffield United.
  • Tottenham Hotspur haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Manchester City 33 24 5 4 69 24 17 12 2 3 37 15 16 12 3 1 32 9 45 77
2 Manchester United 33 19 10 4 64 35 16 9 3 4 34 21 17 10 7 0 30 14 29 67
3 Leicester City 32 18 5 9 58 37 16 8 1 7 28 21 16 10 4 2 30 16 21 59
4 Chelsea 33 16 10 7 51 31 16 7 6 3 27 16 17 9 4 4 24 15 20 58
5 West Ham United 33 16 7 10 53 43 17 9 4 4 29 21 16 7 3 6 24 22 10 55
6 Liverpool 33 15 9 9 55 39 17 8 3 6 25 20 16 7 6 3 30 19 16 54
7 Tottenham Hotspur 33 15 8 10 56 38 16 8 3 5 28 18 17 7 5 5 28 20 18 53
8 Everton 32 15 7 10 44 40 16 5 4 7 22 25 16 10 3 3 22 15 4 52
9 Leeds United 33 14 5 14 50 50 17 6 5 6 22 19 16 8 0 8 28 31 0 47
10 Arsenal 33 13 7 13 44 37 17 6 4 7 19 20 16 7 3 6 25 17 7 46
11 Aston Villa 31 13 5 13 44 35 15 6 2 7 24 21 16 7 3 6 20 14 9 44
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 11 8 14 32 45 17 6 4 7 18 22 16 5 4 7 14 23 -13 41
13 Crystal Palace 31 10 8 13 33 52 16 5 5 6 16 25 15 5 3 7 17 27 -19 38
14 Burnley 33 9 9 15 30 45 16 4 6 6 13 18 17 5 3 9 17 27 -15 36
15 Southampton 32 10 6 16 40 58 15 6 2 7 21 20 17 4 4 9 19 38 -18 36
16 Newcastle United 33 9 9 15 36 54 16 5 5 6 22 27 17 4 4 9 14 27 -18 36
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 7 13 13 33 39 16 2 8 6 16 19 17 5 5 7 17 20 -6 34
18 Fulham 33 5 12 16 25 43 17 2 4 11 9 24 16 3 8 5 16 19 -18 27
19 West Bromwich Albion 32 5 9 18 28 62 16 3 5 8 12 33 16 2 4 10 16 29 -34 24
20 Sheffield United 33 5 2 26 18 56 17 4 1 12 11 25 16 1 1 14 7 31 -38 17

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