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Sheffield United v Sunderland, EFL Championship, Tue, 26 Dec 2017: statistics and head to head

2017-18. Tue, 26 Dec 2017

Sheffield UnitedHome
30Full time, half-time 1–0
SunderlandAway

Sheffield United won by 3 goals.

WDLLWLeague form, oldest to newestDDLLW

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 11 scored home results and Sunderland 11 scored away results stored in 2017-18. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Sheffield United at home: 2.00 points per match (11 measured matches); Sunderland away: 1.00 points per match (11 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Sheffield United scored 1.82 per home match (11 measured matches); Sunderland scored 1.36 away (11). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.29 per club appearance across 552 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 13 of 22 pooled club appearances (59.1%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 1. Sheffield United: 1 wins; Sunderland: 0 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 half10
Second half20

The match in numbers

Sheffield UnitedSunderland
  • 10Shots7
  • 4Shots on target0
  • 6Corners0
  • 12Fouls11
  • 1Yellow cards2
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Sheffield United

  • Shots10
  • On target4
  • Goals3

40% of shots on target, 75% of those scored.

Sunderland

  • Shots7
  • On target0
  • Goals0

0% of shots on target.

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.

1
Sheffield United wins
0
Draws
0
Sunderland 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
Sheffield United clean sheets
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Sunderland clean sheets
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Corners / meeting
6.00
1 with corner data · small sample
Cards / meeting
3.00
1 with card data · small sample
  1. Sunderland v Sheffield UnitedSat, 9 Sept 2017 · EFL Championship 2017-181–2HT 0–1

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
Sunderland awayLDWLDL

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, Sunderland away
  • 54%
    Both teams scored
    League 50%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 94%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 91%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 70%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 73%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 48%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 48%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 26%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 25%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 13%
    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
  • 24%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 32%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 10.4
    Corners per match
    League 10.29
    23 + 23 matches
  • 67%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 70%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 61%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 57%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 46%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 45%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 4.0
    Cards per match
    League 3.63
    23 + 23 matches
  • 59%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 49%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 41%
    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
Sheffield United at home, Sunderland away
Sheffield United (home)Sunderland (away)
10Position24
DDWDLLast 5, oldest to newestLWDDL
23Played23
1.78Points per match0.91
52%Win %17%
1.43Scored / match1.26
0.87Conceded / match1.78
2.30Avg total goals3.04
48%Both scored61%
35%Clean sheets13%
26%Failed to score30%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

Sheffield UnitedSunderland
  • 0.701st half scored / match0.57
  • 0.351st half conceded / match0.74
  • 0.742nd half scored / match0.70
  • 0.522nd half conceded / match1.04
  • 48%Leading at half-time35%
  • 74%1st half over 0.578%
  • 17%1st half over 1.530%
  • 74%2nd half over 0.583%
  • 35%2nd half over 1.557%
  • 30%Scored in both halves17%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Sheffield United at home, Sunderland away, this season.

Goals

Sheffield UnitedSunderland
  • 1.43Scored / match1.26
  • 0.87Conceded / match1.78
  • 2.30Match total / match3.04
  • 74%Scored 1+70%
  • 44%Scored 2+35%
  • 65%Conceded 1+87%
  • 9%Conceded 2+48%
  • 61%Match over 1.578%
  • 39%Match over 2.557%
  • 13%Match over 3.539%

Shots and xG

Sheffield UnitedSunderland
  • 13.09Shots for9.96
  • 9.35Shots against14.04
  • 4.43On target for3.13
  • 2.96On target against4.87
  • 11%Shot conversion13%

Corners

Sheffield UnitedSunderland
  • 7.70Corners for4.35
  • 3.30Corners against5.52
  • 11.00Match total9.87
  • 87%Over 7.570%
  • 70%Over 8.565%
  • 65%Over 9.557%
  • 52%Over 10.539%
  • 44%Over 11.526%

Cards

Sheffield UnitedSunderland
  • 1.83Cards for2.26
  • 2.39Cards against1.52
  • 4.22Match total3.78
  • 83%Over 2.574%
  • 61%Over 3.557%
  • 48%Over 4.535%
  • 22%Over 5.526%
  • 10.39Fouls committed11.83
Referee this season
P Bankes
Matches
31
Cards / match
3.97
31 matches
Over 3.5 cards
55%
31 matches
Over 4.5 cards
42%
31 matches
Fouls / match
25.29
31 matches

The table, 2017-18

#ClubPGDPts
8Millwall461172
9Brentford461069
10Sheffield United46769
11Bristol City46967
12Ipswich46-360
22Barnsley46-2441
23Burton46-4341
24Sunderland46-2837
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