Match Report
14 points and 10 places separated them: Sheffield United 13th with 60, Leicester City 23rd with 46. The last five rounds placed Leicester City 16th in the league for form — higher than their 23rd in the standings. Per game in the league, Sheffield United were scoring 1.43 and conceding 1.43, Leicester City 1.26 and 1.48, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 11 games: 1 Sheffield United win, 8 for Leicester City, 2 draws, at 3.09 goals per meeting. Only 36% of these meetings ended in a home win. The fixture leans high-scoring: 64% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 64%.
Bramall Lane staged the fixture, a ground that holds 32,702. With 100 matches recorded and 2.1 yellow cards per game, F. Hallam was the man in the middle. Sheffield United led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 3-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Sheffield United: Japhet Tanganga (36'), Tom Cannon (52'), Callum O'Hare (88') · Leicester City: Jordan James (90')
Key stats
Possession: Sheffield United 56% · Leicester City 44% · Total shots: 13-6 · On target: 5-1 · Corners: 7-3