Today s highlights, British League Cup: Birmingham vs. Sheffield United

Offense and Defensive Quality: Birmingham is stable, Sheffield United has a big loophole

As a newly promoted team, Birmingham drew 1-1 with Ipswich in his first home game in the Championship, and won 3 games in the last 4 friendly matches, and performed steadily on both offense and defense. He conceded only 0.5 goals per game, and his defensive system is relatively strict. In contrast, Sheffield United has only achieved a bad record of 0 wins, 1 draw and 9 losses in the last 10 games. In the last game, it was a 1-4 defeat to Bristol City, conceded 7 goals in 2 games, and had a lot of loopholes in defense. The offensive end averaged 0.9 goals per game, making it difficult to create a continuous threat.

Ball control ability: Birmingham has a slightly superior position

Birmingham has an average ball possession rate of 63%, and controls the rhythm of the game through effective transmission in the midfield. Sheffield United's ball possession rate is 60%. Facing the opponent's high-level pressing, the midfield's ability to shoot is often limited, making it difficult to form a continuous attack.

Key Opportunity Capability: Birmingham is more efficient

Although Birmingham's offense is not sharp, his ability to seize opportunities is acceptable. Sheffield United is inefficient, averaging 19 shots per game but only 6 shots on the right side, missing out on opportunities many times. For example, in the match against Bristol City, Sheffield United scored several excellent shots but failed to translate into goals.

Stop-time kill and turnaround ability: Birmingham is more resilient

Birmingham shows strong resilience in home games, and can create threats through intensive defense and rapid counterattack when facing strong enemies. Although Sheffield United has certain ability to turn the tables against the wind, its status has been sluggish recently and its psychological resilience has been set. In past games, Sheffield United has been unable to adjust its tactics in time when lagging behind many times, resulting in a final defeat.

Predictive result: Birmingham may win a small victory to advance to

Overall, Birmingham's lineup strength has been steadily improved, with balanced performance on both ends of offense and defense, and has psychological advantages in home games. Although Sheffield United has good overall strength, it has serious defensive problems recently and has low offensive efficiency. In this game, Birmingham is expected to beat Sheffield United by a 2-1 or 1-1 score with a steady defense and efficient counterattack.

Direction: Win, draw

Score: 2-1, 1-1

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