Stoke City — Sheffield United 2:1, 19 September: match result

match finished Championship · Matchday 8 Saturday 19 September · 11:30 UTC

Stoke City 7th · 13 pts DWLWW

2 : 1 1st half 0:0

Sheffield United 17th · 9 pts DWLWL

Bet365 Stadium · referee T. Robinson

Match predictionSafe

No show from Sheffield United: under three

90% · Sheffield United games average 2 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “No show from Sheffield United: under three”, and the match finished 2:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Stoke City 43% draw 26% Sheffield United 31%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Stoke City win, and the match finished 2:1. Fans backed Stoke City win — they got it right.

fans 38 votes

Stoke City 53% draw 13% Sheffield United 34%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

K. Phillips 10'

J. Devenny 32'

M. Talovierov 43'

K. Phillips 0-1 51'

O. Arblaster 54'

E. Galbraith 63'

E. Bocat 63'

L. Kitching 63'

R. Norrington-Davies 69'

J. McGlynn assist: J. Tchamadeu 1-1 78'

S. Gallagher assist: E. Galbraith 2-1 86'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Stoke City 3-4-3 · Mark Robins 3-4-2-1 · Chris Wilder Sheffield United

Viktor Johansson  
Ben Wilmot  40 Maksym Talovierov  5 Luke Graham  
Ben Johnson  27 Djibril Soumaré  8 Ethan Galbraith  17 Eric Bocat  
Jack McGlynn  11 Lamine Cissé  13 Justin Devenny  

Patrick Bamford  
Oliver Arblaster  22 Ben Brereton Díaz  
Hamza Choudhury  27 Kalvin Phillips  42 Sydie Peck  30 Rhys Norrington-Davies  
Jamal Baptiste  5 Japhet Tanganga  15 Liam Kitching  
Michael Cooper  

Stoke City bench

23Ben Gibson
4Ben Pearson
15George Hirst
24Joshua Griffiths
22Junior Tchamadeu
21Luca Bombino
42Million Manhoef
20Sam Gallagher
19Tomáš Rigo

Sheffield United bench

17Adam Davies
16Jamie Shackleton
7Joe Rothwell
10Jordan Ayew
25Mark McGuinness
2Matt Doherty
11Romelle Donovan
19Tahith Chong
9Thomas Cannon

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

62%Possession38%

12Shots7

5Shots on target2

5Shots off target3

2Blocked shots2

6Shots inside box2

6Shots outside box5

84Attacks88

35Dangerous attacks23

8Corners1

2Offsides0

12Fouls15

4Yellow cards4

1Saves3

466Passes291

382Accurate passes198

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Stoke City

Sheffield UnitedThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Stoke City and Sheffield United met on matchday 8 of the Championship on 19 September at Bet365 Stadium. Final score — 2:1.

Stoke City sit 7th on 13 points after 6 matches (4 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss). Sheffield United sit 17th on 9 points after 6 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses).

Season form

all competitions of the season

Stoke City last five Sheffield United

DWLWW form DWLWL

6 Matches 6

4 — 1 — 1 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 1 — 3

9 — 6 Scored — conceded 8 — 7

2.17 Points per game 1.17

1.5 Goals scored per game 1.33

2 Clean sheets 2

1 Failed to score 1

unbeaten in 2 Current streak unbeaten in 2

Stoke City at home: 3 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 4—4, 1.33 points per match.

Sheffield United away: 3 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 4—5, 1 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
5	West Bromwich Albion	11	6	2	3	15—12	20
6	Stoke City	11	6	1	4	18—16	19
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	5	3	3	19—16	18
…
10	Queens Park Rangers	11	4	5	2	15—12	17
11	Sheffield United	12	4	4	4	16—15	16
12	Blackburn Rovers	11	4	3	4	17—16	15

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