The midweek EFL Championship will see Sheffield United take on Queens Park Rangers this Tuesday at Bramall Lane in their 40th fixture of the campaign. Kickoffs at 21:45 EAT.
With 61 points in the bag Sheffield United occupies the eighth place on the leader board; they are just a few points from the Promotion Play-Off zone. The team’s campaign is made of 17 wins against 12 losses and 10 draws. Since the return of Paul Heckingbottom to Sheffield United in November, they have improved their quality to not only sustain a playoff bid, but also earn a return to the Premier League.
Sheffield United will be hoping to make amends following the 1-0 Championship defeat to Stoke City in their last game. In that match, Sheffield United managed 58% possession, 10 shots with only one of them on target and an own goal by John Egan (78′). Stoke City got nine shots with only one of them on target.
Queens Park Rangers head into this meeting in the ninth place with 59 points in the standings. In their campaign, they have picked up 17 wins against 14 losses and eight draws. Five of QPR’s seven remaining games will be played away from home, although that should not necessarily be regarded as a negative with eight wins coming from 18 matches on their travels this season. The visitors are on a three game losing streak and will be aiming for better results here.
QPR and their travelling fans are hoping for improved results coming off 2-0 Championship defeat to Fulham in their last encounter. In that game, Queens Park Rangers managed 48% possession and eight shots with two of them on target. Fulham got 13 shots with seven of them on target and goals by Aleksandar Mitrović (14′, 78′).
Sheffield United vs Queens Park Rangers head to head
These two teams have had 32 head to head meetings since 1993 in which the home side claims 12 wins, the visiting side nine wins and 11 other occasions’ ended draws.
- Sheffield 1-0 QPR 2/01/19
- QPR 1-2 Sheffield 11/08/18
- Sheffield 2-1 QPR 20/02/18
- QPR 1-0 Sheffield 31/10/17
- QPR 0-3 Sheffield 04/01/15
Home
- Stoke 1-0 Sheffield
- Sheffield 2-0 Barnsley
- Blackpool 0-0 Sheffield
- Coventry 4-1 Sheffield
- Sheffield 4-1 Middlesbrough
Away
- QPR 0-2 Fulham
- QPR 1-3 Peterborough
- Nottingham 3-1 QPR
- Luton 1-2 QPR
- QPR 1-2 Cardiff
Sheffield United team news
David McGoldrick, Jayden Bogle, Oliver McBurnie, George Baldock, Chris Basham, Rhian Brewster, Jack O’Connell and Enda Stevens will not be available for Coach Paul Heckingbottom’s selection.
Queens Park Rangers team news
Mark Warburton is grateful to have a clean bill of health in his ranks.
Prediction and odds
Paul Heckingbottom’s men have been really solid at home; they have no losses in their last 10 home games, with seven wins and three draws while QPR has lost their last three, and seven of their last 10 games. With both sides underperforming recently we are backing a narrow home win.
- Sheffield United Win
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
