Match Report
Brentford, 16th with 39 points, sat 23 points above Sheffield United (20th, 16). The last five rounds placed Brentford 8th in the league for form — higher than their 16th in the standings. Per game in the league, Brentford were scoring 1.47 and conceding 1.71, Sheffield United 0.92 and 2.74, against a competition average of 1.64 goals per team per game.
Brentford had drawn their last three. Sheffield United were winless in 7.
11 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Brentford 2, draws 3, Sheffield United 6, at 2.27 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 27% of the meetings went over two goals.
Brentford Community Stadium in Brentford, capacity 12,763, hosted the game. The referee was S. Barrott, with 100 matches in our database and 2.1 yellows per game on average. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.