Burton Albion and Sheffield United meet at Pirelli Stadium, in a match for the 17th round of the Championship. Unlike what would be expected, the record of direct confrontations is favorable to Burton Albion, since in the last 3 games between these two teams recorded 2 wins and 1 draw.
Burton :
After 3 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses, the home team is currently in the 21 st position, with 13 points won. In their last match, they won at Millwall out by (0-1), after in the previous match they lost by (2-4) at home, against Barnsley. In the last 8 home league matches Burton Albion has a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses, so they have won 7 points out of 24 possible.
For this competition, record a sequence of 4 losses in their last home matches. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency for goals, since 6 of the last 8 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. This is a team that usually scores a few times first: it only opened the scoring in 3 of its last 16 matches for the Championship, and never reached halftime advantage. In 16 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 10 times and only managed 1 comeback. In the last 9 away matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 3 of their 8 goals between minutes (46′-60 ‘).
The Burton Albion comes to this game with a victory in the land of Millwall, by 0-1, placing a final point to the seven games in a row without tasting the taste of victory in this competition: Sordell scored the only goal of the match. In this home game, coach Nigel Clough must act in 4-2-3-1, with Sordell being the reference in the team’s attack. It is important to emphasize that the locals are going through a complicated phase inside their house, since they register four consecutive defeats in that condition. Liam Boyce is out of this game, due to an injury.
Sheffield Utd :
After 11 wins and 5 losses, the away team is currently in the 2 nd position, with 33 points won. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Queens Park Rangers, by (1-0). In the last match, they won in a home match against Hull City, by (4-1). For the league, Sheffield United won 12 points out of 24 possible points, after 4 wins and 4 losses in the last 8 away matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 1-0 (3 out of 8 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 16 matches in this competition, they only won 1 comeback in the 5 matches they suffered the first goal. In the last 9 away matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 4 of their 10 goals between minutes (0’-15 ‘).
Sheffield United comes into this game with a home win against Hull City, 4-1, recording the seventh win in the last ten matches played in this competition: the four goals were scored by Clarke. In this away game, coach Chris Wilder must line up in the usual 3-5-2, with Mark Duffy being responsible for organizing and creating the offensive process. However, the best finisher of Sheffield United is spearhead Leon Clarke, with 8 goals scored. For this game the coach can not count on Richard Stearman, injured.
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