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Sheffield United v Preston, EFL Championship, Sat, 29 Apr 2023: statistics and head to head

2022-23. Sat, 29 Apr 2023

Sheffield UnitedHome
41Full time, half-time 1–0
PrestonAway

Sheffield United won by 3 goals.

WWWLWLeague form, oldest to newestLLDLL

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

Bramall Lane. Photo: Arne Müseler / arne-mueseler.com / Original source, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Sheffield United have 22 scored home results and Preston 22 scored away results stored in 2022-23. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Sheffield United at home: 2.18 points per match (22 measured matches); Preston away: 1.59 points per match (22 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Sheffield United scored 1.95 per home match (22 measured matches); Preston scored 1.09 away (22). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.21 per club appearance across 1056 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 17 of 44 pooled club appearances (38.6%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 7. Sheffield United: 3 wins; Preston: 2 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 half10
Second half31

The match in numbers

Sheffield UnitedPreston
  • 18Shots10
  • 10Shots on target4
  • 10Corners5
  • 9Fouls5
  • 2Yellow cards1
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Sheffield United

  • Shots18
  • On target10
  • Goals4

56% of shots on target, 40% of those scored.

Preston

  • Shots10
  • On target4
  • Goals1

40% of shots on target, 25% 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.

7 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.

3
Sheffield United wins
2
Draws
2
Preston wins
Goals / meeting
2.57
18 goals in 7 meetings
Both scored
43%
3 of 7 meetings
Over 1.5
57%
4 of 7 meetings
Over 2.5
43%
3 of 7 meetings
Over 3.5
43%
3 of 7 meetings
Sheffield United clean sheets
29%
2 of 7 meetings
Preston clean sheets
29%
2 of 7 meetings
Corners / meeting
12.00
7 with corner data
Cards / meeting
3.86
7 with card data
  1. Preston v Sheffield UnitedSat, 17 Sept 2022 · EFL Championship 2022-230–2HT 0–1
  2. Preston v Sheffield UnitedTue, 18 Jan 2022 · EFL Championship 2021-222–2HT 0–2
  3. Sheffield United v PrestonTue, 14 Sept 2021 · EFL Championship 2021-222–2HT 1–1
  4. Preston v Sheffield UnitedSat, 6 Apr 2019 · EFL Championship 2018-190–1HT 0–1
  5. Sheffield United v PrestonSat, 22 Sept 2018 · EFL Championship 2018-193–2HT 1–0
  6. Sheffield United v PrestonSat, 28 Apr 2018 · EFL Championship 2017-180–1HT 0–0
  7. 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
Sheffield United at homeLDWLLW
Preston awayLWLLLD

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
Sheffield United at home, Preston away
  • 41%
    Both teams scored
    League 48%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 89%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 91%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 63%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 70%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 50%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 44%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 33%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 22%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 20%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 10%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.7
    Avg total goals
    League 2.43
    23 + 23 matches
  • 63%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 68%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 28%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 29%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 10.4
    Corners per match
    League 10.01
    23 + 23 matches
  • 63%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 66%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 57%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 54%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 48%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 41%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 4.5
    Cards per match
    League 3.91
    23 + 23 matches
  • 67%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 56%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 52%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 37%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2022-23

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, 2022-23

Home and awayOverall
Sheffield United at home, Preston away
Sheffield United (home)Preston (away)
2Position12
WWWWWLast 5, oldest to newestLWLLL
23Played23
2.22Points per match1.52
70%Win %43%
2.04Scored / match1.09
0.83Conceded / match1.35
2.87Avg total goals2.43
44%Both scored39%
44%Clean sheets44%
13%Failed to score39%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

Sheffield UnitedPreston
  • 0.831st half scored / match0.35
  • 0.431st half conceded / match0.48
  • 1.222nd half scored / match0.74
  • 0.392nd half conceded / match0.87
  • 48%Leading at half-time17%
  • 74%1st half over 0.552%
  • 35%1st half over 1.522%
  • 78%2nd half over 0.570%
  • 52%2nd half over 1.544%
  • 44%Scored in both halves13%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Sheffield United at home, Preston away, this season.

Goals

Sheffield UnitedPreston
  • 2.04Scored / match1.09
  • 0.83Conceded / match1.35
  • 2.87Match total / match2.43
  • 87%Scored 1+61%
  • 57%Scored 2+35%
  • 57%Conceded 1+57%
  • 17%Conceded 2+39%
  • 65%Match over 1.561%
  • 52%Match over 2.548%
  • 39%Match over 3.526%

Shots and xG

Sheffield UnitedPreston
  • 16.70Shots for9.04
  • 8.65Shots against13.35
  • 6.26On target for3.26
  • 2.70On target against3.96
  • 12%Shot conversion12%

Corners

Sheffield UnitedPreston
  • 6.52Corners for4.09
  • 4.26Corners against5.87
  • 10.78Match total9.96
  • 83%Over 7.570%
  • 65%Over 8.561%
  • 57%Over 9.557%
  • 48%Over 10.548%
  • 44%Over 11.526%

Cards

Sheffield UnitedPreston
  • 2.26Cards for2.65
  • 2.35Cards against1.83
  • 4.61Match total4.48
  • 87%Over 2.583%
  • 74%Over 3.561%
  • 57%Over 4.548%
  • 26%Over 5.535%
  • 10.26Fouls committed10.78
Referee this season
S Martin
Matches
25
Cards / match
4.60
25 matches
Over 3.5 cards
64%
25 matches
Over 4.5 cards
44%
25 matches
Fouls / match
21.24
25 matches

The table, 2022-23

#ClubPGDPts
1Burnley4652101
2Sheffield United463491
3Luton461880
4Middlesbrough462875
10Swansea46466
11Watford46363
12Preston46-1463
13Norwich46362
14Bristol City46-159
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