Tactical overview
Although Sheffield United have struggled for goals this season, it’s not for want of trying. Interestingly, Sheffield United (16.3 xG) have a similar number of expected goals as Palace (16.5 xG), the metric which predicts the number of goals a side should have scored based on the chances they created.
However, while Palace have converted their chances to score 20 goals this season, Sheffield United have finished only eight.
Should the visitors score first, the game is still by no means over. Sheffield United have lost three of the four games in which they have been leading this season, drawing the other. Meanwhile, Palace recovered a point from a losing position against Tottenham Hotspur at Selhurst Park in December.