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Preston v Sheffield United, EFL Championship, Fri, 24 Oct 2025: statistics and head to head

2025-26. Fri, 24 Oct 2025

PrestonHome
32Full time, half-time 1–2
Sheffield UnitedAway

Preston won by 1 goal.

WLLWLLeague form, oldest to newestWWLLW

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Deepdale. Photo: Hudson6dogs, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Preston have 6 scored home results and Sheffield United 6 scored away results stored in 2025-26. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Preston at home: 1.83 points per match (6 measured matches); Sheffield United away: 1.00 points per match (6 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Preston scored 1.17 per home match (6 measured matches); Sheffield United scored 0.67 away (6). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.23 per club appearance across 262 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 3 of 12 pooled club appearances (25.0%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 10. Preston: 2 wins; Sheffield United: 6 wins; draws: 2.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half12
Second half20

The match in numbers

PrestonSheffield United
  • 15Shots12
  • 3Shots on target3
  • 2Corners4
  • 14Fouls11
  • 4Yellow cards1
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Preston

  • Shots15
  • On target3
  • Goals3

20% of shots on target, 100% of those scored.

Sheffield United

  • Shots12
  • On target3
  • Goals2

25% of shots on target, 67% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

10 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

2
Preston wins
2
Draws
6
Sheffield United wins
Goals / meeting
2.60
26 goals in 10 meetings
Both scored
40%
4 of 10 meetings
Over 1.5
60%
6 of 10 meetings
Over 2.5
40%
4 of 10 meetings
Over 3.5
40%
4 of 10 meetings
Preston clean sheets
20%
2 of 10 meetings
Sheffield United clean sheets
40%
4 of 10 meetings
Corners / meeting
11.90
10 with corner data
Cards / meeting
3.60
10 with card data
  1. Sheffield United v PrestonSat, 8 Mar 2025 · EFL Championship 2024-251–0HT 0–0
  2. Preston v Sheffield UnitedFri, 9 Aug 2024 · EFL Championship 2024-250–2HT 0–1
  3. Sheffield United v PrestonSat, 29 Apr 2023 · EFL Championship 2022-234–1HT 1–0
  4. Preston v Sheffield UnitedSat, 17 Sept 2022 · EFL Championship 2022-230–2HT 0–1
  5. Preston v Sheffield UnitedTue, 18 Jan 2022 · EFL Championship 2021-222–2HT 0–2
  6. Sheffield United v PrestonTue, 14 Sept 2021 · EFL Championship 2021-222–2HT 1–1
  7. Preston v Sheffield UnitedSat, 6 Apr 2019 · EFL Championship 2018-190–1HT 0–1
  8. Sheffield United v PrestonSat, 22 Sept 2018 · EFL Championship 2018-193–2HT 1–0
  9. Sheffield United v PrestonSat, 28 Apr 2018 · EFL Championship 2017-180–1HT 0–0
  10. Preston v Sheffield UnitedSat, 16 Dec 2017 · EFL Championship 2017-181–0HT 0–0

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and awayAll matches
Preston at homeLLLWLL
Sheffield United awayDWDWLL

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and awayOverall
Preston at home, Sheffield United away
  • 50%
    Both teams scored
    League 57%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 98%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 94%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 72%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 76%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 46%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 51%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 26%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 25%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 11%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 10%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.6
    Avg total goals
    League 2.61
    23 + 23 matches
  • 70%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 72%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 24%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 35%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 11.5
    Corners per match
    League 10.35
    23 + 23 matches
  • 74%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 68%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 72%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 55%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 61%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 45%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 3.8
    Cards per match
    League 3.81
    23 + 23 matches
  • 57%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 52%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 33%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 33%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2025-26

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2025-26

Home and awayOverall
Preston at home, Sheffield United away
Preston (home)Sheffield United (away)
14Position13
LWDLLLast 5, oldest to newestLDLWW
23Played23
1.35Points per match1.26
35%Win %39%
1.22Scored / match1.22
1.30Conceded / match1.43
2.52Avg total goals2.65
57%Both scored44%
22%Clean sheets22%
26%Failed to score35%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

PrestonSheffield United
  • 0.481st half scored / match0.65
  • 0.521st half conceded / match0.48
  • 0.742nd half scored / match0.57
  • 0.782nd half conceded / match0.96
  • 30%Leading at half-time30%
  • 74%1st half over 0.565%
  • 22%1st half over 1.526%
  • 83%2nd half over 0.574%
  • 57%2nd half over 1.552%
  • 30%Scored in both halves4%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Preston at home, Sheffield United away, this season.

Goals

PrestonSheffield United
  • 1.22Scored / match1.22
  • 1.30Conceded / match1.43
  • 2.52Match total / match2.65
  • 74%Scored 1+65%
  • 35%Scored 2+39%
  • 78%Conceded 1+78%
  • 39%Conceded 2+30%
  • 78%Match over 1.565%
  • 48%Match over 2.544%
  • 26%Match over 3.526%

Shots and xG

PrestonSheffield United
  • 11.26Shots for11.39
  • 13.91Shots against14.00
  • 3.39On target for3.74
  • 3.87On target against4.57
  • 11%Shot conversion11%

Corners

PrestonSheffield United
  • 5.26Corners for5.78
  • 6.22Corners against5.74
  • 11.48Match total11.52
  • 83%Over 7.587%
  • 74%Over 8.574%
  • 70%Over 9.574%
  • 57%Over 10.565%
  • 48%Over 11.557%

Cards

PrestonSheffield United
  • 2.13Cards for2.09
  • 1.61Cards against1.83
  • 3.74Match total3.91
  • 61%Over 2.578%
  • 57%Over 3.557%
  • 35%Over 4.530%
  • 17%Over 5.517%
  • 10.09Fouls committed10.87
Referee this season
F Hallam
Matches
21
Cards / match
3.86
21 matches
Over 3.5 cards
48%
21 matches
Over 4.5 cards
38%
21 matches
Fouls / match
21.10
21 matches

The table, 2025-26

#ClubPGDPts
11Swansea46-264
12Bristol City46062
13Sheffield United46060
14Preston46-760
15QPR46-1258
16Watford46-1257
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