An important duel in the bottom section of the Premier League, with both West Bromwich Albion and Sheffield United experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 18th and the visitors in 20th place.
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!
West Bromwich Albion form and stats
West Bromwich Albion, who have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Premier League, have played 4 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). All in all it has been a very rough period for WBA who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 13 attempts. Their previous win was against Derby County, 143 days ago.
WBA are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 277 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by K. Ahearne-Grant).
No payout for West Bromwich Albion in their previous match, an away game at Manchester United that ended in defeat 0-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to Tottenham Hotspur (0-1).
West Bromwich Albion's goalkeeper Sam Johnstone was extremely busy against Manchester United, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
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 West Bromwich Albion have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won zero, drawn five and lost three.
WBA aren't scoring a lot here at The Hawthorns in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.
Sheffield United form and stats
Sheffield United, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premier League, are still without points from their Premier League away games. 4 games, 4 defeats. Bitter travels for Sheffield as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Aston Villa match. With the Sheffield United losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
The manager C. Wilder was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League match played at their home ground Bramall Lane (Sheffield). Sheffield United suffered a 0-1 loss to West Ham United (placed 8th). Prior to that match, the Sheffield manager C. Wilder faced defeat when travelling to Chelsea and losing 1-4.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Sheffield in our archives, and the results are: one win for Sheffield United, four draws and one defeat.
The attacking power of Sheffield when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. The Sheffield manager C. Wilder has some worries about the defense as 9 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - two - two (West Bromwich Albion wins - draws - Sheffield United wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Robinson 2 goals |   D. McGoldrick 2 goals |  K. Bartley 1 goals |
West Bromwich Albion missing players
Sheffield United missing players
| West Bromwich Albion | Sheffield United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| 89% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 56% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 33% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 44% |
| 11% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 56% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | 38 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 30 | 73 |
| 22 | 8 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 9 | 24 |
| 27% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 17% |
- Sheffield United has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premier League
- Sheffield United has the fewest points (0) away in Premier League
- Sheffield United has the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Premier League
- 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 lost all their away matches so far.
- Sheffield United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sheffield United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sheffield United is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- West Bromwich Albion has the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Premier League
- West Bromwich Albion has the the worst goal difference (-12) in Premier League
- West Bromwich Albion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- West Bromwich Albion have yet to win a 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 | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| 4 | Leicester City | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 5 | Southampton | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Everton | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 8 | West Ham United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Manchester United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 11 | Arsenal | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Manchester City | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 14 | Leeds United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Newcastle United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 17 | Fulham | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 4 |
| 18 | West Bromwich Albion | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 3 |
| 19 | Burnley | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 2 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 1 |
- West Bromwich Albion
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- Boing - (supporter site)
- Sheffield United FC
- The Star - (local newspaper)
- The Yorkshire Post - (local newspaper)