Match Report
Sheffield United (3rd, 90 pts) visited Burnley (2nd, 100 pts) with 10 points between them. Sheffield United ranked just 11th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Per game in the league, Burnley were scoring 1.5 and conceding 0.35, Sheffield United 1.37 and 0.78, against a competition average of 1.23 goals per team per game.
Burnley carried a 9-game unbeaten run into this. The last-five ledger: Burnley 13/15, Sheffield United 6/15.
GioScore's database holds 12 meetings between the two: 6 for Burnley, 3 for Sheffield United and 3 drawn, at 3.5 goals per meeting.
Turf Moor in Burnley, capacity 22,546, hosted the game. Burnley led 2-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-1.
Goal scorers
Burnley: Josh Brownhill (28'), Josh Brownhill (44') · Sheffield United: Thomas Cannon (37')