Burnley is coming into this match with no recent trend to the over in their matches as their last 3 straight have all stayed under 2.5 goals, but prior to that they had actually gone over 2.5 goals in 3 straight as well as 8 of their last 9 matches. When playing away from home, this trend to the over has stayed true as they have gone over 2.5 goals in 5 of their last 6 matches. They are going up against a Sheffield United side that has been trending heavily to the over in their recent matches. They have gone over 2.5 goals in 5 of their last 6 as well as 12 of their last 14 matches. Their defense has been awful in these matches as they have allowed at least 2 goals in each of their last 6 straight as well as 7 of their last 8 matches, averaging well over 2 goals allowed per match in that span, but their attack has also been finding the net as they have scored at least 1 goal in 4 of their last 5 as well as scoring at least 2 goals in 3 of their last 5 matches. When playing at home, they have gone over 2.5 goals in their last 8 straight matches there. Their defense has been awful as they have allowed at least 2 goals in each of those 8 matches at home, but their attack has been much better there as they have scored 5 goals in their last 2 matches at home. This is a classic relegation scrap with these two sides being the 2 teams at the very bottom of the table. Neither team has officially been relegated yet so both teams need the 3 points badly here and since they were both newly promoted sides this year as well as being the 2 teams at the bottom of the table, both teams are going to be pushing for the win as they will both view this match as winnable. Even 2 of the last 3 meetings between these two have seen over 2.5 goals with 1 of the teams scoring at least 5 goals themselves in 2 of those 3 matches. Between these two sides, there will be enough goals in this match to push it over 2.5 goals.
England Premier League: Sheffield United/Burnley over 2.5 goals, Rot. 200133