Premier League

Premier League | Gameweek 17

Dec 16, 2023 at 3pm UK

Kingsmeadow

Chelsea
2 - 0
Sheff Utd

Palmer (54'), Jackson (61')
Gallagher (52')

FT(HT: 0-0)

McAtee (42'), Hamer (63'), Lowe (74')

Reaction

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Dec 16, 18:02

The Match

Form, Standings, Stats

Chelsea

All competitions

Last Game: Everton 2-0 Chelsea
Sunday, December 10 at 2pm in Premier League

Goals
for

Top scorers

Sheffield United

All competitions

Last Game: Sheff Utd 1-0 Brentford
Saturday, December 9 at 3pm in Premier League

Goals
for

Top scorers

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Chelsea win with a probability of 68.23%. A draw had a probability of 18.4% and a win for Sheffield United had a probability of 13.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Chelsea win was 2-0 with a probability of 10.92%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.74%) and 1-0 (9.67%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.63%), while for a Sheffield United win it was 1-2 (3.85%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 10.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Chelsea in this match.

Result
Chelsea	Draw	Sheffield United
68.23% ( 0.02)	18.37% ( -0)	13.4% ( -0.02)

Both teams to score 52.86% (

-0.04)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

60.97% (

-0.03)

39.02% (

0.02)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

38.65% (

-0.03)

61.34% (

0.03)

Chelsea Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

89.55% (

-0)

10.45% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

65.95% (

-0)

34.05%

Sheffield United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

59.03% (

-0.05)

40.97% (

0.05)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

22.47% (

-0.05)

77.53% (

0.04)

Score Analysis

Chelsea 68.23%

Sheffield United 13.4%

Draw 18.37%

Chelsea	Draw	Sheffield United
2-0 @ 10.92% ( 0.02) 2-1 @ 9.74% ( -0) 1-0 @ 9.67% ( 0.01) 3-0 @ 8.22% ( 0.01) 3-1 @ 7.34% ( -0) 4-0 @ 4.64% ( 0.01) 4-1 @ 4.14% 3-2 @ 3.27% ( -0) 5-0 @ 2.1% ( 0) 5-1 @ 1.87% ( -0) 4-2 @ 1.85% ( -0) Other @ 4.47% Total : 68.23%	1-1 @ 8.63% ( -0) 2-2 @ 4.35% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 4.28% ( 0) 3-3 @ 0.97% ( -0) Other @ 0.13% Total : 18.37%	1-2 @ 3.85% ( -0) 0-1 @ 3.82% ( -0) 0-2 @ 1.7% ( -0) 2-3 @ 1.29% ( -0) 1-3 @ 1.15% ( -0) Other @ 1.59% Total : 13.4%