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Match report · Championship

Watford 0:2 Sheffield United

Watford Home 1.29 xG · 14 shots
Sheffield United Away 0.81 xG · 11 shots
02 The result went against the chances

Goals

  1. 50' Patrick Bamford Sheffield United · 0.07 xG chance 0–1
  2. 59' Patrick Bamford Sheffield United · 0.27 xG chance 0–2

The shots behind it

Watford Sheffield United
Shots
14
11
On target
3
5
Inside the box
6
7
xG per shot
0.07
0.07
Open play xG
0.68
0.45
Set-piece xG
0.27
0.33
Penalties
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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: 0.93 for Watford and 0.75 for Sheffield United.

Shot map

Both teams shown attacking the same goal for comparison.

Watford · Edo Kayembe · 45' · No goal · 5 m · 0.36 xG Sheffield United · Patrick Bamford · 59' · Goal · 5 m · 0.27 xG Sheffield United · Andre Brooks · 35' · No goal · 14 m · 0.22 xG Watford · Mamadou Doumbia · 39' · No goal · 8 m · 0.15 xG Watford · Saba Goglichidze · 68' · No goal · 9 m · 0.09 xG Sheffield United · Patrick Bamford · 50' · Goal · 14 m · 0.07 xG Sheffield United · Andre Brooks · 7' · No goal · 12 m · 0.07 xG Watford · Nestory Irankunda · 57' · No goal · 27 m · 0.05 xG Watford · Mamadou Doumbia · 49' · No goal · 23 m · 0.04 xG Watford · Mamadou Doumbia · 46' · No goal · 12 m · 0.04 xG Watford · James Abankwah · 43' · No goal · 22 m · 0.04 xG Watford · Othmane Maamma · 55' · No goal · 12 m · 0.04 xG Watford · Nestory Irankunda · 25' · No goal · 12 m · 0.03 xG Sheffield United · Patrick Bamford · 17' · No goal · 14 m · 0.03 xG Watford · Nestory Irankunda · 65' · No goal · 27 m · 0.03 xG Watford · Nestory Irankunda · 82' · No goal · 24 m · 0.03 xG Sheffield United · Mark McGuinness · 18' · No goal · 11 m · 0.03 xG Sheffield United · Andre Brooks · 14' · No goal · 20 m · 0.03 xG Watford · Edo Kayembe · 45' · No goal · 20 m · 0.02 xG Sheffield United · Patrick Bamford · 9' · No goal · 14 m · 0.02 xG Sheffield United · Harrison Burrows · 36' · No goal · 22 m · 0.02 xG Watford · Nampalys Mendy · 24' · No goal · 26 m · 0.02 xG Sheffield United · Gustavo Hamer · 50' · No goal · 30 m · 0.02 xG Sheffield United · Harrison Burrows · 23' · No goal · 24 m · 0.01 xG Watford · Edo Kayembe · 45' · No goal · 19 m · 0.01 xG

All shots

25 shots · 1.72 xG

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

Recent form

Last 6 · xG per match
Watford

1.07 xG created 1.73 xGA

  • L 1.83 created, 1.53 conceded against Stoke City
  • W 2.03 created, 0.35 conceded against Wrexham
  • D 0.27 created, 2.13 conceded against Leicester City
  • L 0.34 created, 2.40 conceded against Queens Park Rangers
  • D 1.13 created, 2.11 conceded against Charlton Athletic
  • L 0.81 created, 1.86 conceded against Oxford United
Sheffield United

1.70 xG created 1.27 xGA

  • L 0.74 created, 1.82 conceded against Norwich City
  • D 1.74 created, 1.01 conceded against Birmingham City
  • L 2.80 created, 1.29 conceded against Wrexham
  • D 1.04 created, 1.96 conceded against Swansea City
  • L 1.53 created, 0.36 conceded against Bristol City
  • W 2.36 created, 1.20 conceded against Hull City

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

Head to head

Watford: 0 won · 0 drawn · 1 lost

Model details

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The model never priced this match before kick-off, so there is no projection to read the result against.

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.