HUDDERSFIELD. Huddersfield Town and Sheffield United didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..

The match was played at the The John Smith’s Stadium stadium in Huddersfield on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was James Linington who had the assistance of Rob Smith and Robert Hyde. The 4th official was Geoff Eltringham. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.1 degrees Celsius or 43.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Huddersfield Town was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Sheffield United that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sheffield United had a more offensive attitude with 60 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Sheffield United to win the match​.

Huddersfield Town shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Sheffield United shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Huddersfield Town received 1 yellow card (J. Hogg). On the opposite side, Sheffield United received 4 yellow cards (S. Berge, J. Robinson, O. McBurnie and J. Fleck).

Standings

After this contest, Huddersfield Town will have 50 points to remain in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Sheffield United will have 46 points to hold in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Huddersfield Town will play away with Fulham on the 19th of February with a 8-1 head to head stats in favor of Fulham (2 draws).

Sheffield United will host Swansea City on the 19th of February with a 5-3 head to head stats in favor of Swansea City (2 draws).

Huddersfield Town – Formation

Huddersfield Town started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Carlos Corberán Vallet decided to play with the following team: Lee Nicholls (8.3), Pipa (7.1), Matthew Pearson (7.2), Tom Lees (7.4), Josh Ruffels (6.8), Jon Russell (7.1), Jonathan Hogg (7.2), Lewis O’Brien (6.7), Sorba Thomas (7.1), Daniel Ward (7.4) and Josh Koroma (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Oliver Turton, Duane Holmes (7.0), Harry Toffolo, Jordan Rhodes, Carel Eiting, Jamal Blackman and Danel Sinani (6.7).

Substitutions

Huddersfield Town made 3 changes: J. Koroma for D. Holmes (66′), J. Ruffels for D. Sinani (76′) and D. Ward for H. Toffolo (88′).

Best player: Lee Nicholls​

The most impressive player for Huddersfield Town was the goalkeeper: Lee Nicholls. His rating is 8.30. He performed 5 saves.

Sheffield United – Formation

Sheffield United started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Paul Heckingbottom played with: Wes Foderingham (7.5), Chris Basham (7.6), John Egan (7.2), Jack Robinson (7.4), Jayden Bogle (7.2), Sander Berge (7.3), John Fleck (7.4), George Baldock (6.5), Morgan Gibbs-White (6.8), Oliver McBurnie (7.7) and Billy Sharp (7.0).

They had on the bench: Daniel Jebbison, Oliver Norwood (6.8), Ben Davies, Charlie Goode, Adam Davies, Iliman Ndiaye (6.6) and Conor Hourihane.

Substitutions

Sheffield United made 2 changes: M. Gibbs-White for O. Norwood (72′) and O. McBurnie for I. Ndiaye (86′).

Best player: Oliver McBurnie​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sheffield United was Oliver McBurnie.

His rating is (7.7) with 21 passes (52% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Barnsley – Queens Park Rangers – 1-0
• Birmingham City – Luton Town – 3-0
• Blackpool – AFC Bournemouth – 1-2
• Huddersfield Town – Sheffield United – 0-0
• Hull City – Fulham – 0-1
• Millwall – Cardiff City – 2-1
• Nottingham Forest – Stoke City – 2-2
• Peterborough United – Preston North End – 0-1
• Reading – Coventry City – 2-3