Premier League

Premier League | Gameweek 18

Jan 12, 2021 at 6pm UK

Bramall Lane

Sheff Utd
1 - 0
Newcastle

Sharp (73' pen.)
Sharp (80'), McGoldrick (90')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Fraser (42'), Darlow (69'), Schar (86'), Hayden (90+5')
Fraser (45')

Steve Bruce 'not in danger of being sacked by Newcastle United'

The Magpies are without a win in eight games.

Jan 13, 11:16

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder pictured on January 2, 2021

Chris Wilder: 'We must build on Premier League win'

The Blades are still bottom - and nine points from safety - and host Tottenham on Sunday.

Jan 13, 11:15

Chris Wilder: 'Sheffield United have rediscovered their identity'

Newcastle boss Steve Bruce took responsibility for a lacklustre defeat at Bramall Lane.

Jan 12, 22:16

The Match

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Sheffield United win with a probability of 37.55%. A win for Newcastle United had a probability of 34.95% and a draw had a probability of 27.5%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sheffield United win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.97%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.06%) and 2-0 (6.8%). The likeliest Newcastle United win was 0-1 (10.49%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 11% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Sheffield United in this match.

Result
Sheffield United	Draw	Newcastle United
37.55%	27.49%	34.95%

Both teams to score 49.31%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

43.64%

56.35%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

22.62%

77.38%

Sheffield United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

71.02%

28.98%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

35.13%

64.87%

Newcastle United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.42%

30.58%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.19%

66.81%

Score Analysis

Sheffield United 37.55%

Newcastle United 34.95%

Draw 27.49%

Sheffield United	Draw	Newcastle United
1-0 @ 10.97% 2-1 @ 8.06% 2-0 @ 6.8% 3-1 @ 3.33% 3-0 @ 2.81% 3-2 @ 1.97% 4-1 @ 1.03% Other @ 2.59% Total : 37.55%	1-1 @ 13% 0-0 @ 8.86% 2-2 @ 4.77% Other @ 0.85% Total : 27.49%	0-1 @ 10.49% 1-2 @ 7.7% 0-2 @ 6.22% 1-3 @ 3.04% 0-3 @ 2.46% 2-3 @ 1.89% 1-4 @ 0.9% Other @ 2.25% Total : 34.95%