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Reading v Sheffield United, EFL Championship, Tue, 27 Feb 2018: statistics and head to head

2017-18. Tue, 27 Feb 2018

ReadingHome
13Full time, half-time 0–2
Sheffield UnitedAway

Sheffield United won by 2 goals.

LDLLDLeague form, oldest to newestWDLLW

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

Madejski Stadium. Photo: TheSportsDB, CC0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Reading have 16 scored home results and Sheffield United 16 scored away results stored in 2017-18. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Reading at home: 0.88 points per match (16 measured matches); Sheffield United away: 1.25 points per match (16 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Reading scored 1.06 per home match (16 measured matches); Sheffield United scored 1.19 away (16). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.25 per club appearance across 812 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 17 of 32 pooled club appearances (53.1%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 1. Reading: 0 wins; Sheffield United: 1 wins; draws: 0.

This fixture has no recorded kickoff time. All results on its calendar date are excluded from this statistical brief.

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 half02
Second half11

The match in numbers

ReadingSheffield United
  • 11Shots15
  • 4Shots on target6
  • 6Corners4
  • 10Fouls18
  • 3Yellow cards2
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Reading

  • Shots11
  • On target4
  • Goals1

36% of shots on target, 25% of those scored.

Sheffield United

  • Shots15
  • On target6
  • Goals3

40% of shots on target, 50% 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. This match has no recorded kickoff time, so meetings on its date are excluded.

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

0
Reading wins
0
Draws
1
Sheffield United wins
Goals / meeting
3.00
3 goals in 1 meeting · small sample
Both scored
100%
1 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 1.5
100%
1 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 2.5
100%
1 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 3.5
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Reading clean sheets
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Sheffield United clean sheets
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Corners / meeting
8.00
1 with corner data · small sample
Cards / meeting
3.00
1 with card data · small sample
  1. Sheffield United v ReadingSat, 21 Oct 2017 · EFL Championship 2017-182–1HT 2–0

Latest stored form

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

Home and awayAll matches
Reading at homeDWWLWD
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
Reading at home, Sheffield United away
  • 57%
    Both teams scored
    League 50%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 96%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 91%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 76%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 73%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 54%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 48%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 30%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 25%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 9%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 11%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.7
    Avg total goals
    League 2.55
    23 + 23 matches
  • 76%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 70%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 39%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 32%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 9.5
    Corners per match
    League 10.29
    23 + 23 matches
  • 57%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 70%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 48%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 57%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 39%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 45%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 3.5
    Cards per match
    League 3.63
    23 + 23 matches
  • 48%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 49%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 28%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 33%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2017-18

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, 2017-18

Home and awayOverall
Reading at home, Sheffield United away
Reading (home)Sheffield United (away)
20Position10
DWWDLLast 5, oldest to newestDDLLW
23Played23
1.00Points per match1.22
22%Win %35%
1.09Scored / match1.26
1.52Conceded / match1.52
2.61Avg total goals2.78
52%Both scored61%
17%Clean sheets9%
35%Failed to score35%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

ReadingSheffield United
  • 0.571st half scored / match0.78
  • 0.521st half conceded / match0.78
  • 0.522nd half scored / match0.48
  • 1.002nd half conceded / match0.74
  • 26%Leading at half-time30%
  • 70%1st half over 0.583%
  • 30%1st half over 1.548%
  • 83%2nd half over 0.574%
  • 48%2nd half over 1.535%
  • 22%Scored in both halves26%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Reading at home, Sheffield United away, this season.

Goals

ReadingSheffield United
  • 1.09Scored / match1.26
  • 1.52Conceded / match1.52
  • 2.61Match total / match2.78
  • 65%Scored 1+65%
  • 30%Scored 2+39%
  • 83%Conceded 1+91%
  • 52%Conceded 2+44%
  • 78%Match over 1.574%
  • 48%Match over 2.561%
  • 30%Match over 3.530%

Shots and xG

ReadingSheffield United
  • 11.57Shots for10.22
  • 12.87Shots against11.57
  • 3.78On target for3.83
  • 4.48On target against3.65
  • 9%Shot conversion12%

Corners

ReadingSheffield United
  • 5.83Corners for4.91
  • 4.39Corners against3.96
  • 10.22Match total8.87
  • 74%Over 7.552%
  • 70%Over 8.544%
  • 61%Over 9.535%
  • 52%Over 10.526%
  • 30%Over 11.526%

Cards

ReadingSheffield United
  • 1.65Cards for1.96
  • 1.74Cards against1.57
  • 3.39Match total3.52
  • 57%Over 2.574%
  • 48%Over 3.548%
  • 35%Over 4.522%
  • 26%Over 5.513%
  • 10.83Fouls committed12.65
Referee this season
A Davies
Matches
24
Cards / match
3.71
24 matches
Over 3.5 cards
50%
24 matches
Over 4.5 cards
38%
24 matches
Fouls / match
21.38
24 matches

The table, 2017-18

#ClubPGDPts
8Millwall461172
9Brentford461069
10Sheffield United46769
11Bristol City46967
12Ipswich46-360
18Hull46049
19Birmingham46-3046
20Reading46-2244
21Bolton46-3543
22Barnsley46-2441
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