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Bristol City v Sheffield United : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 8th May, 20:00 BST, Robins High Performance Centre, Somerset

The Championship is the focus for both Bristol City and Sheffield United on Thursday night, as managers Liam Manning and Chris Wilder battle it out at the Robins High Performance Centre. For every Championship match preview, KickOff explores the statistics for multiple markets. Key stats, including head-to-head results, are then given alongside odds.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

This match should deliver some entertainment, but don't count on a record-breaker. Under 3.5 goals is what we're predicting, meaning that 3 goals is the absolute maximum we'll see during a standard 90 mins. The best odds on that outcome are just below, followed by market-specific form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Bristol C are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 38% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.70.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Bristol C 38%	17/10 4%	-
Draw 28%	21/10 3%	-
Sheff Utd 34%	17/10	-
Draw 1-1 13%	5/1	-
Bristol C 1-0 12%	11/2 13%	-
Sheff Utd 1-0 11%	11/2 13%	-
Draw 0-0 10%	11/2 19%	-
Bristol C 2-1 8%	10/1 10%	-
Sheff Utd 2-1 7%	10/1	-
Bristol C 2-0 7%	11/1	-
Sheff Utd 2-0 6%	11/1 8%	-
Draw 2-2 4%	18/1 27%	-
Bristol C 3-1 3%	25/1 13%	-
Sheff Utd 3-1 3%	25/1 13%	-
Bristol C 3-0 3%	28/1 12%	-
Sheff Utd 3-0 2%	28/1	-
Bristol C 3-2 2%	40/1 21%	-
Sheff Utd 3-2 2%	40/1 21%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 41%	13/8 19%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 59%	1/2 10%	-
Home 1st Goal 48%	11/10 10%	-
Away 1st Goal 46%	11/10 5%	-
No 1st Goal 6%	11/2 19%	-
BTTS - Yes 47%	6/5 15%	-
BTTS - No 53%	8/13 10%	-
BTTS - Home Win 15%	6/1 17%	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	4/1 11%	-
BTTS - Away Win 14%	6/1 17%	-
Home/draw 66%	4/9	-
Away/draw 62%	4/9 4%	-
Home/away 72%	4/11	-
Over 1.5 Goals 68%	8/15 9%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 32%	6/4 17%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 21%	4/1 15%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 79%	1/6 4%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 9%	10/1 22%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 91%	1/20 2%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	25/1 37%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	1/80 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 90%	1/9 3%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 10%	11/2 19%	-
Home DNB 57%	5/6	-
Away DNB 54%	5/6	-
Bristol C win to nil 22%	3/1	-
Sheff Utd win to nil 20%	3/1 8%	-
Bristol C / Bristol C 18%	7/2 4%	-
Bristol C / Sheff Utd 2%	33/1 17%	-
Bristol C / Draw 5%	14/1	-
Draw / Bristol C 14%	5/1	-
Draw / Sheff Utd 14%	5/1	-
Draw / Draw 20%	3/1 16%	-
Sheff Utd / Bristol C 2%	33/1 17%	-
Sheff Utd / Sheff Utd 18%	7/2	-
Sheff Utd / Draw 5%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Bristol C have played 46 matches so far this season and are in 6th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 4 and won 1. Bristol C have conceded 13 goals, scored 6, failed to score in 5 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Bristol C have played 23 games at home, winning 13, drawing 7 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 36 goals, conceded 20 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Sheff Utd lay in 3rd place on 90 points in the Championship league table having played 46 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 42 games against teams below them in the table, winning 28, drawing 8 and losing 6 games. They have scored 61 goals and kept 22 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Sheff Utd have conceded 27 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Sheff Utd have played 23 away games, winning 13, drawing 4 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.8 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Bristol C Sheff Utd
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Leeds	46	29	13	4	65	100	-	-	-	-
2	Burnley	46	28	16	2	53	100	-	-	-	-
3	Sheff Utd Away	46	28	8	10	27	90	May 8	May 12	-	-
4	Sunderland	46	21	13	12	14	76	-	-	-	-
5	Coventry	46	20	9	17	6	69	-	-	-	-
6	Bristol C Home	46	17	17	12	4	68	-	-	May 12	May 8
7	Blackburn	46	19	9	18	5	66	-	-	-	-
8	Millwall	46	18	12	16	-2	66	-	-	-	-
9	West Brom	46	15	19	12	10	64	-	-	-	-
10	M'Boro	46	18	10	18	8	64	-	-	-	-
11	Swansea	46	17	10	19	-5	61	-	-	-	-
12	Sheff Wed	46	15	13	18	-9	58	-	-	-	-
13	Norwich	46	14	15	17	3	57	-	-	-	-
14	Watford	46	16	9	21	-8	57	-	-	-	-
15	QPR	46	14	14	18	-10	56	-	-	-	-
16	Portsmouth	46	14	12	20	-13	54	-	-	-	-
17	Oxford Utd	46	13	14	19	-16	53	-	-	-	-
18	Stoke	46	12	15	19	-17	51	-	-	-	-
19	Derby	46	13	11	22	-8	50	-	-	-	-
20	Preston	46	10	20	16	-11	50	-	-	-	-
21	Hull	46	12	13	21	-10	49	-	-	-	-
22	Luton	46	13	10	23	-24	49	-	-	-	-
23	Plymouth	46	11	13	22	-37	46	-	-	-	-
24	Cardiff	46	9	17	20	-25	44	-	-	-	-

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Win / draw / win form

Bristol C have not lost in 8 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bristol C	2 - 2	Preston
Bristol C	2 - 1	Sunderland
Bristol C	2 - 1	West Brom
Bristol C	2 - 1	Watford
Bristol C	2 - 1	Norwich
Bristol C	1 - 1	Hull
Bristol C	2 - 1	M'Boro
Bristol C	2 - 0	Stoke
Bristol C	0 - 1	Swansea
Bristol C	2 - 1	Blackburn
Bristol C	1 - 0	Derby
Bristol C	3 - 0	Portsmouth
Bristol C	1 - 0	Luton
Bristol C	1 - 1	QPR
Bristol C	4 - 0	Plymouth
Bristol C	0 - 1	Burnley
Bristol C	1 - 2	Sheff Utd
Bristol C	0 - 0	Leeds
Bristol C	1 - 1	Cardiff
Bristol C	0 - 0	Sheff Wed

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Bristol C	2 - 2	Preston
A	Bristol C	0 - 4	Leeds
A	Bristol C	1 - 3	Luton
H	Bristol C	2 - 1	Sunderland
A	Bristol C	1 - 1	QPR
H	Bristol C	2 - 1	West Brom
H	Bristol C	2 - 1	Watford
A	Bristol C	0 - 1	Burnley
H	Bristol C	2 - 1	Norwich
A	Bristol C	1 - 1	Sheff Utd
H	Bristol C	1 - 1	Hull
A	Bristol C	2 - 0	Millwall
H	Bristol C	2 - 1	M'Boro
A	Bristol C	1 - 1	Cardiff
H	Bristol C	2 - 0	Stoke
H	Bristol C	0 - 1	Swansea
A	Bristol C	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
H	Bristol C	2 - 1	Blackburn
A	Bristol C	2 - 2	Sheff Wed
A	Bristol C	0 - 1	Coventry

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stoke	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
Burnley	2 - 1	Sheff Utd
Plymouth	2 - 1	Sheff Utd
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Sheff Utd
Sheff Wed	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
QPR	1 - 2	Sheff Utd
Luton	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
Derby	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
Swansea	1 - 2	Sheff Utd
Watford	1 - 2	Sheff Utd
Sunderland	2 - 1	Sheff Utd
Cardiff	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
Millwall	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
West Brom	2 - 2	Sheff Utd
Coventry	2 - 2	Sheff Utd
Bristol C	1 - 2	Sheff Utd
Blackburn	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
M'Boro	1 - 0	Sheff Utd
Leeds	2 - 0	Sheff Utd
Portsmouth	0 - 0	Sheff Utd

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Sheff Utd	1 - 1	Blackburn
A	Sheff Utd	2 - 0	Stoke
A	Sheff Utd	1 - 2	Burnley
H	Sheff Utd	2 - 0	Cardiff
A	Sheff Utd	1 - 2	Plymouth
H	Sheff Utd	0 - 1	Millwall
A	Sheff Utd	0 - 1	Oxford Utd
H	Sheff Utd	3 - 1	Coventry
A	Sheff Utd	1 - 0	Sheff Wed
H	Sheff Utd	1 - 1	Bristol C
H	Sheff Utd	1 - 0	Preston
A	Sheff Utd	2 - 1	QPR
H	Sheff Utd	1 - 3	Leeds
A	Sheff Utd	1 - 0	Luton
H	Sheff Utd	3 - 1	M'Boro
H	Sheff Utd	2 - 1	Portsmouth
A	Sheff Utd	1 - 0	Derby
H	Sheff Utd	0 - 3	Hull
A	Sheff Utd	2 - 1	Swansea
H	Sheff Utd	2 - 0	Norwich

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Sheff Utd have not lost to Bristol C in 6 consecutive league meetings

Bristol C

Sheff Utd

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 12

7 / 12

Clean sheets

5 / 12

3 / 12

BCY

SHU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bristol C
	1 - 2	Sheff Utd
	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Bristol C	1 - 0
	2 - 3	Sheff Utd
	1 - 3	Sheff Utd
	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
Bristol C	3 - 0
	2 - 3	Sheff Utd
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Bristol C	2 - 0
Bristol C	2 - 0

Sheff Utd

Bristol C

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 12

7 / 12

Clean sheets

5 / 12

0 / 12

BCY

SHU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Utd
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Sheff Utd	1 - 0
Sheff Utd	2 - 0
	2 - 3	Bristol C
	1 - 2	Bristol C
	1 - 2	Bristol C
Sheff Utd	3 - 0
Sheff Utd	3 - 2
Sheff Utd	2 - 0
Sheff Utd	3 - 0
Sheff Utd	2 - 1
Sheff Utd	3 - 1

Goal Statistics

	Bristol C 6th	Sheff Utd 3rd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.2 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 30% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 66% probability that Bristol C will score no more than 1 goal	0 32% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 68% probability that Sheff Utd will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-3 Bristol C’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+2 Sheff Utd’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.5 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	0.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

BCY

SHU

17%

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Games scored	34		39
Failed to score	12		7
Scored first	21		32
Goals scored	59		63
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.4
Avg. shots per game	9		8
Avg. shots per goal	7		6
Conversion rate for	14		17
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.4
KickOff rating		+17%

BCY

SHU

35%

better

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Games conceded	36		24
Clean sheets	10		22
Conceded first	23		13
Goals conceded	55		36
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		10
Conversion rate against	15%		10%
Avg. XG against	1.3		1.1
KickOff rating		+35%

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

Bristol C Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
46	12	8	10
M O'Leary	A Mehmeti	M Bird	R McCrorie

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M O'Leary GLK	46			3 -
Z Vyner DEF	46	1		2 -
J Knight MID	46	3	6	7 -
M Bird MID	46	1	8	1 -
A Mehmeti FWD	42	12	1	4 -
N Wells FWD	39	10	4	3 -
G. Earthy MID	37	3	1	3 -
R Dickie DEF	36	2	1	6 1
S Armstrong FWD	36	3		1 -
Y Hirakawa FWD	36	2	2	-
S Twine MID	35	5	3	5 -
C Pring DEF	32		3	9 -
G Tanner DEF	32	2		2 -
H Roberts DEF	30	1	1	4 -
M Sykes MID	27	3	4	5 -
L McNally DEF	26	3	1	7 -
J Williams MID	24		4	7 1
R McCrorie DEF	23	5		9 1
M McGuane MID	21			1 -
S Bell FWD	20			-
H Cornick FWD	3	1		-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	31	8	36
A Mehmeti	A Mehmeti	M Bird	M Bird

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Mehmeti FWD	12	31	1	24
N Wells FWD	10	26	4	18
S Twine MID	5	24	3	33
R McCrorie DEF	5	7		11
J Knight MID	3	9	6	33
G. Earthy MID	3	7	1	6
S Armstrong FWD	3	17		1
L McNally DEF	3	9	1	10
M Sykes MID	3	10	4	11
G Tanner DEF	2	4		6
R Dickie DEF	2	6	1	3
Y Hirakawa FWD	2	7	2	16
H Cornick FWD	1	1
H Roberts DEF	1	2	1	8
Z Vyner DEF	1	1		4
M Bird MID	1	12	8	36
C Pring DEF		2	3	10
J Williams MID			4	13
M McGuane MID		2
S Bell FWD		7		3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2663	84	255
Z Vyner	M Bird	J Knight

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
Z Vyner DEF	2663	69	150
J Knight MID	2643	71	255
R Dickie DEF	1990	36	241
M Bird MID	1579	84	141
M O'Leary GLK	1221	1	23
C Pring DEF	1154	58	173
L McNally DEF	1136	44	155
G Tanner DEF	1047	55	104
J Williams MID	992	30	79
S Twine MID	690	49	111
M Sykes MID	660	30	96
A Mehmeti FWD	646	33	115
H Roberts DEF	626	18	84
G. Earthy MID	568	21	37
Y Hirakawa FWD	524	27	99
M McGuane MID	498	26	66
N Wells FWD	457	31	97
R McCrorie DEF	454	50	166
S Armstrong FWD	236	3	54
S Bell FWD	127	9	31
H Cornick FWD	13		1

Sheff Utd Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
43	10	6	15
M Cooper	T Campbell	G Hamer	G Hamer

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Cooper GLK	43			3 -
C O'Hare MID	43	2	5	2 -
H Burrows DEF	42	5	3	2 -
S. Peck MID	41		2	7 -
G Hamer MID	40	9	6	15 -
A Ahmedhodzic DEF	37	3	1	11 1
R Brewster FWD	35	4	3	2 -
J Rak-Sakyi MID	34	7	2	1 -
V Souza MID	34		1	10 -
S McCallum DEF	33	2		1 -
J Robinson DEF	33			9 -
T Campbell FWD	33	10	2	2 -
A Gilchrist DEF	29		2	6 -
K Moore FWD	26	5		1 -
F Seriki DEF	25		1	2 -
A Brooks MID	21	3	2	4 -
B Díaz FWD	17	4	3	4 -
H Choudhury MID	16			2 -
T Cannon FWD	15	1	1	-
R Norrington-Davies DEF	14			1 -
T Davies MID	13	1	1	5 -
J Shackleton DEF	12			-
O Arblaster MID	12	2	1	3 -
R One FWD	12	1		2 -
R Holding DEF	10		1	1 -
H Clarke DEF	6			3 -
A Davies GLK	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	27	6	39
T Campbell	G Hamer	G Hamer	G Hamer

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Campbell FWD	10	25	2	8
G Hamer MID	9	27	6	39
J Rak-Sakyi MID	7	17	2	15
K Moore FWD	5	17		6
H Burrows DEF	5	16	3	31
B Díaz FWD	4	7	3	3
R Brewster FWD	4	7	3	11
A Ahmedhodzic DEF	3	4	1	6
A Brooks MID	3	9	2	9
C O'Hare MID	2	12	5	24
O Arblaster MID	2	3	1	7
S McCallum DEF	2	3		5
R One FWD	1	2		2
T Cannon FWD	1	5	1	1
T Davies MID	1	4	1	6
J Shackleton DEF		2		1
R Holding DEF			1	1
H Clarke DEF		1		2
M Cooper GLK				2
R Norrington-Davies DEF				2
H Choudhury MID		1
F Seriki DEF		3	1	5
A Gilchrist DEF		2	2	8
J Robinson DEF		2		2
V Souza MID		6	1	11
S. Peck MID		11	2	17

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1753	107	223
A Ahmedhodzic	V Souza	V Souza

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A Ahmedhodzic DEF	1753	55	150
J Robinson DEF	1748	38	169
S. Peck MID	1623	66	161
V Souza MID	1485	107	223
M Cooper GLK	1469	1	20
H Burrows DEF	1459	73	174
G Hamer MID	1354	45	132
C O'Hare MID	1021	43	134
A Gilchrist DEF	939	46	96
O Arblaster MID	583	11	46
H Choudhury MID	561	34	61
J Rak-Sakyi MID	432	35	117
F Seriki DEF	424	32	99
S McCallum DEF	421	24	96
T Davies MID	371	20	50
R Brewster FWD	370	16	72
K Moore FWD	339	11	144
B Díaz FWD	281	3	33
T Campbell FWD	275	6	53
A Brooks MID	267	27	71
R Holding DEF	257	4	29
H Clarke DEF	183	10	34
J Shackleton DEF	142	10	28
R Norrington-Davies DEF	119	5	10
T Cannon FWD	91	1	18
A Davies GLK	52
R One FWD	48	2	12

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Bristol City v Sheffield United : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Bristol C have played 46 matches so far this season and are in 6th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Sheff Utd lay in 3rd place on 90 points in the Championship league table having played 46 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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