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Championship · Regular Season - 45 April 25, 2026 18:00
Sheffield Utd
#15 · 57 pts
2 – 3
Final score
Preston
#12 · 60 pts
✗Model wrong — prediction Sheffield Utd, result Preston vince
G. Hamer 71' (pen.)
P. Bamford (ast. C. O'Hare) 82'
5' (ast. J. Thompson) L. Lindsay
20' (ast. A. Devine) L. Lindsay
76' (ast. A. Devine) L. Dobbin
Match statistics
8
Total shots
8
3
Shots on target
6
2.00
Actual xG
2.80
3
Saves
1
69%
Possession
31%
8
Corners
5
9
Tackles
18
0
🟨 Yellow cards
3
Match Events
5'
ast. J. Thompson · L. Lindsay⚽
16'
J. Thompson
20'
ast. A. Devine · L. Lindsay⚽
32'
A. Vukcevic
↕ L. F. Hjelde / H. Burrows
46'
↕ T. Chong / D. Ings
54'
63'
R. Brady / T. Small ↕
63'
B. Potts / P. Valentin ↕
⚽G. Hamer (pen.)
71'
76'
ast. A. Devine · L. Dobbin⚽
↕ O. Arblaster / J. Rothwell
81'
⚽P. Bamford · ast. C. O'Hare
82'
83'
D. Iversen
87'
L. Gibson / A. Vukcevic ↕
90'+3
M. Smith / D. Jebbison ↕
↕ C. O'Hare / T. Cannon
90'+3
↕ F. Seriki / K. Hoever
90'+3
Pre-match prediction
55.94%
Sheffield
24.22%
X
19.84%
Preston ←
✗ Wrong prediction — we assigned to the actual result (Preston) 19.84% (low confidence)
Expected vs actual xG
Exp.
Actual
Δ
Sheffield
1.76
2.00
+0.24
Preston
0.93
2.80
+1.87
Preston dominated by xG (2.80 vs 2.00). The final result reflects the playing dominance. The model's xG estimates diverged from reality.
League Table
#Team GPts
1 Coventry Coventry 45 92
2 Ipswich Ipswich 45 81
3 Millwall Millwall 45 80
4 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 45 79
5 Southampton Southampton 45 77
6 Wrexham Wrexham 45 70
7 Hull City Hull City 45 70
8 Derby Derby 45 69
9 Norwich Norwich 45 65
10 Birmingham Birmingham 45 63
11 Swansea Swansea 45 61
12 Preston Preston 45 60
13 Bristol City Bristol City 45 59
14 QPR QPR 45 58
15 Sheffield Utd Sheffield Utd 45 57
16 Watford Watford 45 57
17 Stoke City Stoke City 45 55
18 Portsmouth Portsmouth 45 54
19 Charlton Charlton 45 53
20 Blackburn Blackburn 45 52
21 West Brom West Brom 45 51
22 Oxford United Oxford United 45 47
23 Leicester Leicester 45 43
24 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 45 -3
Lineups
Sheffield Utd Sheffield Utd 4-2-3-1
17 Adam Davies Adam Davies G 6.90
5 Leo Fuhr Hjelde Leo Fuhr Hjelde 45' D 6.30
25 Mark McGuinness Mark McGuinness D 7.30
2 Japhet Tanganga Japhet Tanganga D 6.70
38 Femi Seriki Femi Seriki D 6.90
4 Oliver Arblaster Oliver Arblaster 81' M 6.70
42 Sydie Peck Sydie Peck M 8.30
10 Callum O'Hare Callum O'Hare 1 👟 M 6.90
8 Gustavo Hamer Gustavo Hamer 1 ⚽ M 7.00
24 Tahith Chong Tahith Chong 54' M 6.60
45 Patrick Bamford Patrick Bamford 1 ⚽ F 6.90
Bench
19 Chiedozie Ogbene Chiedozie Ogbene F
9 Danny Ings Danny Ings 40' F 6.90
14 Harrison Burrows Harrison Burrows 49' D 6.20
44 Jairo Riedewald Jairo Riedewald M
48 Joe Rothwell Joe Rothwell 13' M 6.90
12 Ki-Jana Hoever Ki-Jana Hoever 1' D
31 Luke Faxon Luke Faxon G
7 Thomas Cannon Thomas Cannon 1' F
22 Tom Davies Tom Davies M
Preston Preston 4-4-2
1 Daniel Iversen Daniel Iversen G 6.30
3 Andrija Vukcevic Andrija Vukcevic 87' D 5.70
6 Liam Lindsay Liam Lindsay 2 ⚽ D 8.90
14 Jordan Storey Jordan Storey D 6.20
2 Pol Valentín Pol Valentín 63' D 6.60
26 Thierry Small Thierry Small 63' M 6.70
21 Alfie Devine Alfie Devine 2 👟 M 7.90
15 Jordan Thompson Jordan Thompson 1 👟 M 7.20
23 Andrew Moran Andrew Moran M 7.30
17 Lewis Dobbin Lewis Dobbin 1 ⚽ F 7.90
9 Daniel Jebbison Daniel Jebbison F 6.50
Bench
44 Brad Potts Brad Potts 31' M 6.30
13 David Cornell David Cornell G
36 Ed Nolan Ed Nolan D
12 Jack Walton Jack Walton G
34 Kitt Nelson Kitt Nelson M
19 Lewis Gibson Lewis Gibson 7' D
24 Michael Smith Michael Smith 1' F
22 Miloš Luković Miloš Luković F
11 Robbie Brady Robbie Brady 31' M 6.50
Best on the pitch
Liam Lindsay
Liam Lindsay
D · Preston
8.90
2 ⚽
2 shots · 14 pass
Sydie Peck
Sydie Peck
M · Sheffield
8.30
1 shots · 82 pass
Lewis Dobbin
Lewis Dobbin
F · Preston
7.90
1 ⚽
3 shots · 16 pass
Alfie Devine
Alfie Devine
M · Preston
7.90
2 👟
· 33 pass
Mark McGuinness
Mark McGuinness
D · Sheffield
7.30
1 shots · 42 pass
Andrew Moran
Andrew Moran
M · Preston
7.30
2 shots · 17 pass
Sheffield Utd Sheffield Utd — Player statistics
Team PosMinRating ⚽👟 ShotsPassAcc% TckYCRC
Adam Davies G 94 6.90 — — — 26 14% — — —
Leo Fuhr Hjelde D 45 6.30 — — — 14 10% 1 — —
Mark McGuinness D 94 7.30 — — 1 42 36% 1 — —
Japhet Tanganga D 94 6.70 — — — 42 36% 2 — —
Femi Seriki D 93 6.90 — — — 42 34% 3 — —
Oliver Arblaster M 81 6.70 — — — 39 37% — — —
Sydie Peck M 94 8.30 — — 1 82 69% — — —
Callum O'Hare M 93 6.90 — 1 2 29 22% 2 — —
Gustavo Hamer M 94 7.00 1 — 1 45 37% — — —
Tahith Chong M 54 6.60 — — — 13 10% — — —
Patrick Bamford F 94 6.90 1 — 2 12 9% — — —
Danny Ings F 40 6.90 — — 1 12 12% — — —
Harrison Burrows D 49 6.20 — — — 30 26% — — —
Joe Rothwell M 13 6.90 — — — 19 18% — — —
Ki-Jana Hoever D 1 — — — — 1 1% — — —
Thomas Cannon F 1 — — — — — — — — —
Preston Preston — Player statistics
Team PosMinRating ⚽👟 ShotsPassAcc% TckYCRC
Daniel Iversen G 94 6.30 — — — 32 4% — 1 —
Andrija Vukcevic D 87 5.70 — — — 9 5% — 1 —
Liam Lindsay D 94 8.90 2 — 2 14 4% 1 — —
Jordan Storey D 94 6.20 — — — 10 5% 2 — —
Pol Valentín D 63 6.60 — — — 7 3% 1 — —
Thierry Small M 63 6.70 — — 1 8 5% 1 — —
Alfie Devine M 94 7.90 — 2 — 33 21% 2 — —
Jordan Thompson M 94 7.20 — 1 — 25 13% 4 1 —
Andrew Moran M 94 7.30 — — 2 17 11% 3 — —
Lewis Dobbin F 94 7.90 1 — 3 16 15% 1 — —
Daniel Jebbison F 93 6.50 — — — 12 8% — — —
Brad Potts M 31 6.30 — — — 8 6% 2 — —
Lewis Gibson D 7 — — — — 1 — — — —
Michael Smith F 1 — — — — — — — — —
Robbie Brady M 31 6.50 — — — 9 5% 1 — —