Sheffield United vs Leicester City Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📸
Leicester have won each of their last five meetings with Sheffield United in all competitions, including both Premier League games last term.
In all competitions, Sheffield United are winless in their last eight games against Leicester (D2 L6) since a 3-0 home win in the Championship in April 2008. The Blades have also lost each of their last three at home against Leicester.
Sheffield United are one of just three teams in English top-flight history to have won one point or fewer from their opening 10 games to a season, after Manchester United (0 in 1930-31) and West Bromwich Albion (1 in 1985-86).
Sheffield United are winless in their last 13 Premier League games, losing 12 of those. They last had a longer run without a league win between December 2010-March 2011 (14 games).
No side has scored fewer Premier League goals this season than Sheffield United (4). 22% of their total shots this season came in their 0-1 defeat at West Bromwich Albion last time out (21/95).
Leicester have lost three of their last four Premier League games against sides starting the day in the relegation zone (W1), as many as they had in their previous 27 such matches. The Foxes have lost their last two against sides in the drop zone (vs Bournemouth and Fulham), last losing more consecutively between December 2000-February 2002 (8).
Leicester have lost consecutive Premier League games for the sixth time under Brendan Rodgers – they’ve not lost three in a row in the competition since their final three under Claude Puel in February 2019.
Oli McBurnie has had almost twice as many shots as any other Sheffield United player in the Premier League this season (19), though he has yet to find the net so far in 2020-21.
Since the start of last season, Sheffield United keeper Aaron Ramsdale has conceded more goals from outside the box than any other goalkeeper in the Premier League (13).
No player has scored more goals away from home in the Premier League this season than Leicester’s Jamie Vardy, with 88% of his league goals so far this term coming on the road (7/8).
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