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Match report · Championship

Bristol City 0:1 Sheffield United

Bristol City Home 0.50 xG · 7 shots
Sheffield United Away 1.18 xG · 16 shots
01 The scoreline reflected the chances

Bristol City were the model's likeliest winner before kick-off at 48%. Sheffield United won 1–0. The biggest difference was Bristol City's attack: 0.50 xG against 1.52 projected (−1.02).

Goals

  1. 5' Oliver Arblaster Sheffield United · 0.02 xG chance 0–1

The model against the result

priced before kick-off
Bristol City
48%
Draw
30%
Sheffield United
22% What happened

Data coverage Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Projected vs produced

Expected goals
Bristol City The model projected 1.52 Produced 0.50 Difference -1.02
Sheffield United The model projected 0.98 Produced 1.18 Difference +0.20

Bristol City produced 1.02 xG less than projected

Projected before kick-off Produced on the night

The shots behind it

Bristol City Sheffield United
Shots
7
16
On target
1
2
Inside the box
5
13
xG per shot
0.07
0.07
Open play xG
0.30
0.43
Set-piece xG
0.21
0.77
Penalties
—
—
Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 0.50 for Bristol City and 1.20 for Sheffield United.

Shot map

Both teams shown attacking the same goal for comparison.

Sheffield United · Japhet Tanganga · 76' · No goal · 5 m · 0.31 xG Bristol City · Yu Hirakawa · 4' · No goal · 11 m · 0.23 xG Sheffield United · Liam Kitching · 8' · No goal · 8 m · 0.15 xG Sheffield United · Thomas Cannon · 87' · No goal · 11 m · 0.15 xG Bristol City · Dominic Ballard · 66' · No goal · 9 m · 0.11 xG Sheffield United · Liam Kitching · 9' · No goal · 8 m · 0.10 xG Bristol City · Gibson Yah · 38' · No goal · 11 m · 0.10 xG Sheffield United · Japhet Tanganga · 76' · No goal · 5 m · 0.08 xG Sheffield United · Ryan One · 87' · No goal · 14 m · 0.08 xG Sheffield United · Liam Kitching · 27' · No goal · 15 m · 0.06 xG Sheffield United · Thomas Cannon · 75' · No goal · 11 m · 0.06 xG Sheffield United · Japhet Tanganga · 75' · No goal · 12 m · 0.05 xG Sheffield United · Ryan One · 90' · No goal · 13 m · 0.04 xG Bristol City · Jed Wallace · 65' · No goal · 15 m · 0.03 xG Sheffield United · Mark McGuinness · 9' · No goal · 9 m · 0.03 xG Sheffield United · Oliver Arblaster · 5' · Goal · 21 m · 0.02 xG Sheffield United · Thomas Cannon · 8' · No goal · 14 m · 0.02 xG Bristol City · Sam Bell · 90' · No goal · 24 m · 0.02 xG Sheffield United · Thomas Cannon · 59' · No goal · 14 m · 0.02 xG Sheffield United · Sam McCallum · 75' · No goal · 19 m · 0.02 xG Sheffield United · Thomas Cannon · 34' · No goal · 28 m · 0.01 xG Bristol City · Jed Wallace · 61' · No goal · 7 m · 0.01 xG Bristol City · Rio Cardines · 64' · No goal · 21 m · 0.01 xG

All shots

23 shots · 1.71 xG

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  • Bristol City
  • Sheffield United
  • Filled = goal
  • Dot area = xG (the smallest chances drawn at a minimum size)

Recent form

Last 6 · xG per match
Bristol City

1.61 xG created 0.83 xGA

  • W 1.06 created, 0.26 conceded against Burnley
  • L 2.24 created, 1.71 conceded against Southampton
  • L 1.53 created, 0.53 conceded against Lincoln City
  • W 1.47 created, 0.57 conceded against Watford
  • D 1.47 created, 1.78 conceded against Charlton Athletic
  • L 1.89 created, 0.15 conceded against Blackburn Rovers
Sheffield United

0.88 xG created 1.73 xGA

  • L 0.79 created, 3.04 conceded against Norwich City
  • W 0.66 created, 1.62 conceded against Blackburn Rovers
  • L 0.63 created, 1.57 conceded against Wolverhampton
  • L 0.48 created, 0.54 conceded against Stoke City
  • W 0.68 created, 1.39 conceded against Lincoln City
  • L 2.01 created, 2.22 conceded against Portsmouth

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Head to head

Bristol City: 2 won · 0 drawn · 0 lost

Pre-match model & market record

1 qualified edge flagged0 won1 lost

  • Lost
View pre-match record
The outcomes the model flagged on Bristol City against Sheffield United before kick-off, in the order they ranked, with the price, the edge and what became of each.
Selection Price Edge Result
Draw 3.50 +5.2% Lost

Pre-match model vs market

Outcome Model Market Difference Fair odds
Bristol City 48.4% 49.8% −1.4 pp 2.06
Draw 30.1% 27.1% +3.0 pp 3.33
Sheffield United 21.5% 23.1% −1.6 pp 4.65

Other markets

Outcome Model Market Difference Fair odds
Bristol City to score 80.7% 78.3% +2.4 pp 1.24
Bristol City not to score 19.3% 21.7% −2.4 pp 5.19
Sheffield United to score 65.3% 64.5% +0.8 pp 1.53
Sheffield United not to score 34.7% 35.5% −0.8 pp 2.88
Both teams to score 54.5% 53.7% +0.8 pp 1.84
Both teams not to score 45.5% 46.3% −0.8 pp 2.20
Bristol City 2+ goals 46.2% 46.3% −0.1 pp 2.16
Bristol City at most 1 goal 53.8% 53.7% +0.1 pp 1.86
Sheffield United 2+ goals 25.6% 29.1% −3.5 pp 3.90
Sheffield United at most 1 goal 74.4% 70.9% +3.5 pp 1.34
Over 1.5 goals 75.5% 72.9% +2.6 pp 1.33
Under 1.5 goals 24.5% 27.1% −2.6 pp 4.08
Over 2.5 goals 46.6% 47.4% −0.7 pp 2.14
Under 2.5 goals 53.4% 52.6% +0.7 pp 1.87

Prices and probabilities are the ones stored before kick-off; nothing here is recalculated. Edge is the model's probability times the price, minus one, so a flagged outcome that lost is the ordinary case rather than a contradiction.

Model details

Show
Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Bristol City sample
20 matches
Sheffield United sample
20 matches
Computed
29 minutes before kick-off
Prices taken
59 minutes before kick-off

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.