Sheffield United 3:0 Birmingham City: xG & match report · Championship

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Match report · Championship

Sheffield United Home 2.80 xG · 20 shots

Birmingham City Away 0.65 xG · 7 shots

30 The scoreline reflected the chances

Goals

5' Tyler Bindon Sheffield United · 0.11 xG chance 1–0
28' Gustavo Hamer Sheffield United · 0.64 xG chance 2–0
51' Patrick Bamford Sheffield United · 0.85 xG chance 3–0

The shots behind it

Sheffield United Birmingham City

Shots: 20; 7
On target: 9; 1
Inside the box: 13; 5
xG per shot: 0.14; 0.11
Open play xG: 2.37; 0.22
Set-piece xG: 0.49; 0.56
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: 2.80 for Sheffield United and 0.80 for Birmingham City.

Shot map

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All shots

27 shots · 3.64 xG

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Last 6 · xG per match

Sheffield United

2.00 xG created 0.91 xGA

W 2.27 created, 0.29 conceded against Sheffield Wednesday
W 2.27 created, 0.08 conceded against Portsmouth
W 0.97 created, 0.98 conceded against Leicester City
W 2.43 created, 0.27 conceded against Stoke City
D 2.90 created, 1.26 conceded against Norwich City
L 1.15 created, 2.57 conceded against West Bromwich Albion

Birmingham City

1.56 xG created 1.30 xGA

W 3.56 created, 1.28 conceded against Norwich City
D 0.99 created, 0.77 conceded against West Bromwich Albion
W 1.26 created, 1.03 conceded against Watford
L 2.01 created, 2.08 conceded against Southampton
L 0.31 created, 1.51 conceded against Queens Park Rangers
D 1.24 created, 1.12 conceded against Charlton Athletic

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

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Limitations

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