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Championship · Matchweek 1

Sheffield United

SHU

00Full time

Birmingham City

BIR

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

40%Possession45%
38%Territory40%
26%From set plays29%
0.09Chance quality0.12
6.8%Directness6.3%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Sheff Utd, 4 for Birmingham. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 39 of 83 matches, not the full season.