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Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield United : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 21st Oct, 19:45 BST, Ewood Park, Blackburn

Sheffield United, led by manager Chris Wilder, visit Valérien Ismaël and his Blackburn Rovers side at the Ewood Park on Tuesday evening in the Championship. In this preview you'll find odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for the 17 biggest betting markets as well as predictions, statistics and head to head (H2H) data for the two sides. All can be selected using the tabs below.


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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals means, quite simply that there will be a maximum of 3 goals scored by Blackburn and Sheff Utd combined during 90 mins. Latest form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) performances have led us to this prediction, and we think there's a 78% chance of it being a winning tip. The best price currently available on under 3.5 goals is 1.25.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Blackburn
40%
-8/5
4%
Draw
28%
-23/10
3%
Sheff Utd
33%
-7/4
Draw 1-1
13%
-5/1
Blackburn 1-0
12%
-6/1
Sheff Utd 1-0
10%
-13/2
Draw 0-0
9%
-13/2
6%
Blackburn 2-1
8%
-15/2
Sheff Utd 2-1
7%
-17/2
Blackburn 2-0
7%
-10/1
10%
Sheff Utd 2-0
6%
-10/1
Draw 2-2
5%
-12/1
8%
Blackburn 3-1
3%
-16/1
Blackburn 3-0
3%
-20/1
11%
Sheff Utd 3-1
3%
-16/1
Sheff Utd 3-0
2%
-20/1
Blackburn 3-2
2%
-22/1
Sheff Utd 3-2
2%
-22/1
Over 2.5 Goals
43%
-11/10
5%
Under 2.5 Goals
57%
-4/6
3%
Home 1st Goal
48%
-1/1
3%
Away 1st Goal
46%
-11/10
2%
No 1st Goal
6%
-13/2
6%
BTTS - Yes
48%
-17/20
1%
BTTS - No
52%
-17/20
3%
BTTS - Home Win
16%
-4/1
4%
BTTS - Draw
18%
-17/5
BTTS - Away Win
14%
-17/4
Home/draw
67%
-4/9
Away/draw
60%
-1/2
Home/away
72%
-1/3
2%
Over 1.5 Goals
69%
-4/11
2%
Under 1.5 Goals
31%
-19/10
6%
Over 3.5 Goals
22%
-27/10
6%
Under 3.5 Goals
78%
-1/4
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
-6/1
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
-1/12
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
-14/1
15%
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
-1/80
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
-1/14
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
-13/2
6%
Home DNB
59%
-4/5
Away DNB
52%
-10/11
Blackburn win to nil
23%
--
Sheff Utd win to nil
19%
--
Blackburn / Blackburn
19%
-3/1
3%
Blackburn / Sheff Utd
3%
-22/1
Blackburn / Draw
6%
-11/1
Draw / Blackburn
13%
-19/4
Draw / Sheff Utd
13%
-5/1
Draw / Draw
17%
-7/2
2%
Sheff Utd / Blackburn
4%
-20/1
Sheff Utd / Sheff Utd
18%
-16/5
Sheff Utd / Draw
6%
-11/1
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Win / draw / win Championship table
 

Sheff Utd are in 24th position in the Championship on 3 points having played 9 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 8 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 1 goal in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

9 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 0 and won 1. Sheff Utd have conceded 16 goals, scored 3, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Blackburn
Sheff Utd
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry95402019 
Apr 18
Oct 18
Feb 25
Nov 4
2
M'Boro9531618 
Mar 21
Dec 26
Feb 7
l
 
1-0A
3
Leicester9441516 
May 2
Nov 1
Jan 1
Nov 29
4
Preston9441416 
Feb 21
Nov 21
Apr 25
Oct 24
5
Stoke9432515 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 11
Dec 6
Dec 29
6
QPR9432-115 
Nov 26
Feb 14
Nov 8
Feb 28
7
West Brom9423-114 
Apr 6
l
 
1-0A
Mar 7
Dec 12
8
Millwall9423-314 
Dec 20
Mar 14
l
 
0-1A
Jan 31
9
Ipswich8341713 
Sep 20
Jan 17
Jan 24
l
 
5-0A
10
Bristol C9342513 
Feb 25
Nov 4
l
 
1-4A
Apr 6
11
Watford9333012 
Jan 24
w
 
0-1F
Oct 18
Apr 18
12
Swansea9333012 
l
 
1-2F
Jan 20
Apr 3
l
 
1-0A
13
Charlton9333012 
Jan 4
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-1A
Jan 17
14
Portsmouth9333-112 
Mar 7
Dec 13
Nov 26
Feb 14
15
Hull9333-212 
Jan 31
w
 
0-3F
Apr 11
l
 
1-0A
16
Birmingham9333-312 
l
 
1-2F
Apr 3
Dec 20
Mar 14
17
Southampton9252-111 
Oct 25
Apr 25
l
 
1-2F
Jan 21
18
Wrexham9243-110 
Jan 1
Nov 29
Mar 21
Dec 26
19
Norwich9225-38 
l
 
0-2A
Feb 7
Dec 9
Mar 10
20
Derby9153-48 
Nov 8
Feb 28
Nov 1
May 2
21
Blackburn8215-47 
-
-
Apr 22
Oct 21
22
Oxford Utd9135-36 
Dec 9
Mar 11
Jan 4
w
 
0-1F
23
Sheff Wed9135-126 
Dec 6
Dec 29
Feb 21
Nov 23
24
Sheff Utd9108-133 
Oct 21
Apr 22
-
-
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Blackburn 21ST
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackburn1 - 1Stoke
Blackburn1 - 2Swansea
Blackburn0 - 2Norwich
Blackburn1 - 2Birmingham
Blackburn2 - 1Watford
Blackburn4 - 1Millwall
Blackburn2 - 2Sheff Wed
Blackburn0 - 2M'Boro
Blackburn1 - 2Cardiff
Blackburn1 - 1Norwich
Blackburn2 - 0Plymouth
Blackburn2 - 1Preston
Blackburn0 - 2Coventry
Blackburn3 - 0Portsmouth
Blackburn0 - 1Burnley
Blackburn0 - 1Hull
Blackburn2 - 2Sunderland
Blackburn2 - 0Luton
Blackburn1 - 0Leeds
Blackburn0 - 2Stoke
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBlackburn1 - 1Stoke
HBlackburn1 - 2Swansea
ABlackburn0 - 3Charlton
ABlackburn1 - 0Watford
HBlackburn0 - 2Norwich
ABlackburn3 - 0Hull
HBlackburn1 - 2Birmingham
ABlackburn0 - 1West Brom
ABlackburn1 - 1Sheff Utd
HBlackburn2 - 1Watford
ABlackburn1 - 0Sunderland
HBlackburn4 - 1Millwall
ABlackburn1 - 0Luton
HBlackburn2 - 2Sheff Wed
HBlackburn0 - 2M'Boro
ABlackburn0 - 1Portsmouth
HBlackburn1 - 2Cardiff
ABlackburn0 - 1Stoke
ABlackburn1 - 2Derby
HBlackburn1 - 1Norwich
Sheff Utd 24TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
11
D
1
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Hull1 - 0Sheff Utd
Oxford Utd0 - 1Sheff Utd
Ipswich5 - 0Sheff Utd
M'Boro1 - 0Sheff Utd
Swansea1 - 0Sheff Utd
Bristol C0 - 3Sheff Utd
Stoke0 - 2Sheff Utd
Burnley2 - 1Sheff Utd
Plymouth2 - 1Sheff Utd
Oxford Utd1 - 0Sheff Utd
Sheff Wed0 - 1Sheff Utd
QPR1 - 2Sheff Utd
Luton0 - 1Sheff Utd
Derby0 - 1Sheff Utd
Swansea1 - 2Sheff Utd
Watford1 - 2Sheff Utd
Sunderland2 - 1Sheff Utd
Cardiff0 - 2Sheff Utd
Millwall0 - 1Sheff Utd
West Brom2 - 2Sheff Utd
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
D
1
Lost
13
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASheff Utd0 - 1Hull
HSheff Utd1 - 2Southampton
ASheff Utd1 - 0Oxford Utd
HSheff Utd0 - 1Charlton
ASheff Utd0 - 5Ipswich
ASheff Utd0 - 1M'Boro
HSheff Utd0 - 1Millwall
ASheff Utd0 - 1Swansea
HSheff Utd1 - 4Bristol C
HSheff Utd1 - 2Sunderland
HSheff Utd3 - 0Bristol C
ASheff Utd3 - 0Bristol C
HSheff Utd1 - 1Blackburn
ASheff Utd2 - 0Stoke
ASheff Utd1 - 2Burnley
HSheff Utd2 - 0Cardiff
ASheff Utd1 - 2Plymouth
HSheff Utd0 - 1Millwall
ASheff Utd0 - 1Oxford Utd
HSheff Utd3 - 1Coventry
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Blackburn since 1992
Blackburn
Sheff Utd
Goals: Scored
13
7
Games: Scored
6 / 9
5 / 9
Clean sheets
4 / 9
3 / 9
BLB
5
D
2
SHU
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
0 - 2Sheff Utd
Blackburn1 - 0
Blackburn3 - 1
0 - 2Sheff Utd
Blackburn2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Blackburn5 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Blackburn1 - 0
League games at Sheff Utd since 1993
Sheff Utd
Blackburn
Goals: Scored
14
7
Games: Scored
8 / 9
4 / 9
Clean sheets
5 / 9
1 / 9
BLB
2
D
2
SHU
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Utd
Draw1 - 1Draw
Sheff Utd3 - 0
Sheff Utd1 - 0
Sheff Utd3 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Sheff Utd2 - 0
Sheff Utd2 - 1
1 - 2Blackburn
1 - 3Blackburn
Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Blackburn Rovers of late. It has been 5 Championship matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.3 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Tuesday evening against Sheffield United.

Blackburn 21st Sheff Utd 24th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Blackburn will score no more than 1 goal
0
32%
1
37%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 69% probability that Sheff Utd will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-9
Blackburn’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-6
Sheff Utd’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Blackburn
PG (predicted goals)
Sheff Utd
1.3
1.1
Attack rating
46%
better
BLB
SHU
view stats
Games scored5
3
Failed to score3
6
Scored first4
2
Goals scored7
3
Avg. goals scored0.9
0.3
Avg. shots per game9
7
Avg. shots per goal10
20
Conversion rate for10
5
Avg. XG for1.4
1.2
KickOff rating
+46%
Defence rating
26%
better
BLB
SHU
view stats
Games conceded6
8
Clean sheets2
1
Conceded first4
7
Goals conceded11
16
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1.8
Avg. shots/game conceded8
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against16%
18%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.4
KickOff rating
+26%

Blackburn v Sheff Utd Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8314
B TóthT CantwellA KargboS McLoughlin
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Tóth GLK8
-
R Alebiosu DEF8
1
-
S Tronstad MID8
2
-
A Kargbo FWD811
-
Y Ohashi FWD811
-
R Hedges FWD811
1
-
Y Ribeiro DEF7
-
L Miller DEF7
1
-
T Cantwell MID731
3
-
S McLoughlin DEF6
3
1
S Tavares MID6
1
-
M Gueye FWD6
-
R Morishita  MID51
-
D Neve MID5
-
S Wharton DEF4
-
T Gardner-Hickman DEF4
1
-
A Gudjohnsen FWD4
-
A Henriksson MID3
1
-
H Pickering DEF2
-
H Carter DEF1
-
K. Montgomery MID1
-
Sheff Utd Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
9213
M CooperT CampbellC O'HareS. Peck
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Cooper GLK9
-
H Burrows DEF9
1
-
C O'Hare MID911
1
-
S. Peck MID9
3
-
G Hamer MID91
3
-
T Campbell FWD92
3
-
T Cannon FWD9
-
F Seriki DEF7
-
L Barry FWD7
1
-
J Tanganga DEF6
2
-
S McCallum DEF5
-
M McGuinness DEF5
2
-
A. Matos MID5
-
A Brooks MID5
1
-
T. Bindon DEF4
-
B Godfrey DEF4
-
D. Soumaré MID4
1
-
C Ogbene FWD41
-
R One FWD4
-
B Mee DEF3
-
T Chong MID3
-
D Ings FWD3
-
T Davies MID2
-