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

Sat 15th Aug, 17:30 BST, Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Chris Wilder's Sheffield United side are on home soil in the Championship on Saturday evening, as Chris Davies's Birmingham City visit the Bramall Lane. For every Championship fixture, KickOff dives into the stats for multiple markets. Meaningful stats, including head-to-head results, are then given alongside odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 75% chance of Sheff Utd and Birmingham scoring a minimum of a couple of goals in this Championship tie. Recent form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records are central to that calculation , and the bookies favour that outcome too. This over 1.5 goals tip is available at 1.30.

In-Play
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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Sheff Utd are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 39% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.50.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Sheff Utd
39%
7/56/4
Draw
26%
11/59/4
2%
Birmingham
35%
7/49/5
Draw 1-1
12%
11/29/2
4%
Sheff Utd 1-0
10%
15/213/2
Birmingham 1-0
9%
17/27/1
Sheff Utd 2-1
8%
9/115/2
Birmingham 2-1
8%
10/18/1
Draw 0-0
7%
9/18/1
5%
Sheff Utd 2-0
7%
11/110/1
10%
Birmingham 2-0
6%
14/111/1
Draw 2-2
5%
12/110/1
Sheff Utd 3-1
4%
20/116/1
Birmingham 3-1
3%
22/116/1
Sheff Utd 3-0
3%
22/118/1
Sheff Utd 3-2
3%
28/122/1
Birmingham 3-0
3%
28/122/1
Birmingham 3-2
2%
28/122/1
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
1/119/20
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
4/53/4
Home 1st Goal
49%
10/1110/11
Away 1st Goal
47%
21/2021/20
No 1st Goal
4%
9/18/1
5%
BTTS - Yes
54%
8/118/11
BTTS - No
46%
1/11/1
BTTS - Home Win
18%
4/119/5
4%
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/33/1
BTTS - Away Win
17%
9/217/4
Home/draw
65%
2/52/5
Away/draw
61%
8/151/2
2%
Home/away
74%
4/111/3
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
3/103/10
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
5/29/4
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
12/512/5
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
1/32/7
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
11/211/2
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/91/11
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
14/112/1
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/331/50
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/161/20
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
9/18/1
5%
Home DNB
57%
8/113/4
Away DNB
53%
1/119/20
Sheff Utd win to nil
21%
10/3-
Birmingham win to nil
18%
4/1-
Sheff Utd / Sheff Utd
20%
3/129/10
3%
Sheff Utd / Birmingham
3%
28/122/1
Sheff Utd / Draw
7%
12/110/1
Draw / Sheff Utd
14%
5/119/4
Draw / Birmingham
12%
11/211/2
Draw / Draw
16%
4/119/5
Birmingham / Sheff Utd
3%
25/120/1
Birmingham / Birmingham
18%
7/210/3
Birmingham / Draw
6%
14/110/1
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Win / draw / win Championship table
Won
Draw
Lost
Sheff Utd
Birmingham
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
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Dec 4
Mar 17
Dec 19
Apr 3
2
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Apr 7
Sep 8
Mar 20
Dec 26
3
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Jan 30
Nov 7
Mar 17
Dec 5
4
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Feb 16
Oct 14
Jan 1
Dec 12
5
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Dec 26
Mar 20
Sep 19
Feb 20
6
West Brom000000 
Apr 3
Dec 18
Feb 27
Oct 10
7
Birmingham000000 
Aug 15
Mar 6
-
-
8
Bolton000000 
Sep 1
Apr 20
Nov 28
Mar 13
9
Sheff Utd000000 
-
-
Mar 6
Aug 15
10
Derby000000 
Oct 24
Dec 29
Feb 13
Sep 12
11
Watford000000 
Nov 21
Feb 6
Dec 8
Apr 24
12
Stoke000000 
Feb 20
Sep 19
Feb 6
Nov 21
13
Burnley000000 
Dec 12
Jan 1
May 1
Nov 25
14
Wolves000000 
Sep 13
Feb 13
Sep 6
Apr 10
15
Swansea000000 
Mar 3
Aug 22
Nov 7
Jan 30
16
Norwich000000 
Sep 5
Apr 10
Apr 7
Sep 9
17
QPR000000 
Mar 13
Nov 28
Oct 17
Jan 16
18
Millwall000000 
Apr 24
Dec 8
Nov 3
Jan 26
19
Southampton000000 
Nov 24
May 1
Sep 1
Apr 20
20
Cardiff000000 
Apr 17
Aug 29
Dec 29
Oct 24
21
Preston000000 
Jan 26
Nov 3
Oct 13
Feb 16
22
Bristol C000000 
Jan 16
Oct 17
Aug 22
Mar 2
23
Wrexham000000 
Oct 30
Jan 23
Apr 17
Aug 28
24
Lincoln000000 
Oct 10
Feb 27
Jan 23
Oct 31
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
6
Birmingham have not won in 6 consecutive away league games
Sheff Utd 9TH
league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
Conceded
Games: Scored
/ 0
Conceded
/ 0
Clean sheets
/ 0
Failed to score
/ 0
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Goals: Scored
Conceded
Games: Scored
/ 0
Conceded
/ 0
Clean sheets
/ 0
Failed to score
/ 0
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
Birmingham 7TH
league games
Away
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
Conceded
Games: Scored
/ 0
Conceded
/ 0
Clean sheets
/ 0
Failed to score
/ 0
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Goals: Scored
Conceded
Games: Scored
/ 0
Conceded
/ 0
Clean sheets
/ 0
Failed to score
/ 0
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Sheff Utd have not lost to Birmingham in 5 consecutive league meetings
League games at Sheff Utd since 1997
Sheff Utd
Birmingham
Goals: Scored
15
9
Games: Scored
7 / 11
7 / 11
Clean sheets
4 / 11
4 / 11
SHU
4
D
4
BIR
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Utd
Sheff Utd3 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Birmingham
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Sheff Utd2 - 1
Sheff Utd4 - 0
Sheff Utd3 - 1
1 - 2Birmingham
0 - 2Birmingham
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Birmingham since 1998
Birmingham
Sheff Utd
Goals: Scored
13
9
Games: Scored
10 / 11
6 / 11
Clean sheets
5 / 11
1 / 11
SHU
3
D
2
BIR
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Birmingham
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Sheff Utd
1 - 2Sheff Utd
Draw1 - 1Draw
Birmingham2 - 1
Birmingham1 - 0
Birmingham2 - 0
Birmingham1 - 0
0 - 2Sheff Utd
Birmingham1 - 0
Birmingham2 - 0
Goal Statistics

Birmingham City's defensive record is very strong, C. Davies's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive Championship games. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.4 for Sheffield United makes sense in this context.

Sheff Utd 9th Birmingham 7th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Sheff Utd will score no more than 1 goal
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Birmingham will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2026/2027 season
Sheff Utd
PG (predicted goals)
Birmingham
1.4
1.3
Attack rating
0%
better
SHU
BIR
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
0%
better
SHU
BIR
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

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

Sheff Utd Championship squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
I Grbic GLK
-
M Cooper GLK
-
A Davies GLK
-
M Doherty DEF
-
R Norrington-Davies DEF
-
N. Zätterström DEF
-
F Seriki DEF
-
J Shackleton DEF
-
S McCallum DEF
-
H Burrows DEF
-
M McGuinness DEF
-
J Tanganga DEF
-
S Curtis DEF
-
C O'Hare MID
-
O Arblaster MID
-
J Rothwell MID
-
S. Peck MID
-
T Chong MID
-
G Hamer MID
-
J Riedewald MID
-
R Donovan FWD
-
E. Ukaki FWD
-
C. Nachukwu FWD
-
T Campbell FWD
-
T Cannon FWD
-
P Bamford FWD
-
R One FWD
-
L Marsh FWD
-
Birmingham Championship squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Beadle GLK
-
B. Mayo GLK
-
R Allsop GLK
-
D Fry DEF
-
P Neumann DEF
-
E Laird DEF
-
A Cochrane DEF
-
L Buchanan DEF
-
J Robinson DEF
-
B Osayi-Samuel DEF
-
C Klarer DEF
-
J Solís MID
-
T Gardner-Hickman MID
-
S Paik MID
-
T Iwata MID
-
M Leonard MID
-
K Fujimoto MID
-
L Vázquez FWD
-
D Gray FWD
-
P Roberts FWD
-
C Vicente FWD
-
J Stansfield FWD
-
S Wright FWD
-
M Ducksch FWD
-
A. Priske FWD
-