Week 11 brings us a match on Sep 17th, where Preston North End and Sheffield United will play a match in Preston in a clash of these two mismatched Championship teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Preston North End recorded a 1-1 draw against Burnley. Taylor Harwood-Bellis scored the first goal for Burnley in the 10th minute, then in the 15th minute, Brad Potts sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Jordan Storey squeezing out at least the one point for Preston North End. Preston North End is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while 1st placed Sheffield United is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Swansea City. Reda Jousef Khadra struck first for Sheffield United in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Rhian Brewster, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Swansea City couldn’t manage to score, and Sheffield United took the shutout win. Sheffield United should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws apiece.
Both Ndiaye and Oliver McBurnie have been the hottest scorers for Sheffield United in the last five each having scored 3 goals. Emil Riis and Jordan Storey are the top scorers for Preston North End in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.