Nottingham Forest 2–1 Sheffield United — Premier League 2023/24 Match Stats

Premier League · 2023Fri, 18 Aug 2023, 18:45 UTC

Nottingham Forest

2–1Historical match

Sheffield United

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Nottingham Forest won 2–1.

Shots: 167
Shots on target: 43
Expected goals: 1.390.5
Possession: 50%50%

Full time

What the match recorded

Nottingham Forest beat Sheffield United 2–1. Recorded in this match (Nottingham Forest – Sheffield United): shots 16–7, shots on target 4–3, expected goals 1.39–0.5, possession 50%–50%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots16 shots7 shotsNottingham Forest 16 shots, Sheffield United 7 shots
Shots on target4 shots3 shotsNottingham Forest 4 shots, Sheffield United 3 shots
Expected goals1.39 xG0.5 xGNottingham Forest 1.39 xG, Sheffield United 0.5 xG
Possession50%50%Nottingham Forest 50%, Sheffield United 50%
Corners6 corners7 cornersNottingham Forest 6 corners, Sheffield United 7 corners
Fouls5 fouls9 foulsNottingham Forest 5 fouls, Sheffield United 9 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Nottingham Forest: 16 shots, 4 on target, 1.35 xG. Sheffield United: 7 shots, 3 on target, 0.50 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Nottingham Forest 1.35 xG · Sheffield United 0.50 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Nottingham Forest

2Draws

1Sheffield United

17 May 2022Nottingham Forest — Sheffield United · Championship1–2

14 May 2022Sheffield United — Nottingham Forest · Championship1–2

4 Mar 2022Sheffield United — Nottingham Forest · Championship1–1

2 Nov 2021Nottingham Forest — Sheffield United · Championship1–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

6.28 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/16.2 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Fri, 18 Aug 2023, 22:45 UTC · analysis-v4