The Blades put Hull City to the sword in the Yorkshire derby on Sunday afternoon as they beat the Tigres 2-0. Oli McBurnie opened the scoresheet in the first half, with Sander Berge cementing 3pts for United in the second half with the help of a deflection.
United’s number 9 broke a 43-league game goal drought during the 1-1 draw at Kenilworth Road a couple of weeks ago, now fast forward and McBurnie has scored 3 goals in his last 3 games, helping United claim the top spot at this early stage in the Championship season.
This is his first time since 2019 (for Swansea City) where Oli McBurnie has managed to string goals together in back-to-back games.
The Scottish international has averaged 63 minutes per game this season, finding the net 3 times in his 8 shots on target so far. United’s number 9 has registered an xG of 0.75 per game.
Comparing this to previous seasons, in the last Championship campaign McBurnie registered an xG of 0.25 per game. Overall, McBurnie should’ve scored 3 goals last season, however, he failed to find the net.
In the 20/21 Premier League season, McBurnie had an xG of 0.19 per game, and he was expected to score 4 goals in his 12 starts that season, on which he scored once.
To conclude, McBurnie has had terrible service in the two previous campaigns, and it is no surprise that this season he is scoring goals now that he has quality chances falling his way. In the two previous seasons combined, he had an expectancy of 7 goals, this season he has had an expectancy of 3 and has scored 3.