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

Sat 3rd May, 12:30 BST, Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Ryan Lowe will be hoping for a crucial away win in the Championship on Saturday lunch time, as he takes his Blackburn Rovers side to the Bramall Lane to visit Sheffield United and Chris Wilder. In this preview you'll find odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for 17 top betting markets as well as predictions, stats and head to head (H2H) data for these two clubs. You can access it all using the tabs below.


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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There's 79% chance of Sheff Utd and Blackburn a maximum of 3 goals combined during this Championship fixture according to our predictive algorithm and, without a strong favourite in the win draw win market, we think that's a great tip here. Calculations are made based on recent form, historical head-to-head (H2H) stats and the view of the betting market, and you can back it at 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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Sheff Utd are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 45% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.25.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Sheff Utd
45%
5/4
10%
-
Draw
27%
5/2-
Blackburn
28%
2/1
9%
-
Draw 1-1
13%
11/2-
Sheff Utd 1-0
13%
7/1
14%
-
Blackburn 1-0
9%
17/2
6%
-
Draw 0-0
9%
10/1
16%
-
Sheff Utd 2-1
9%
17/2
6%
-
Sheff Utd 2-0
9%
10/1
16%
-
Blackburn 2-1
7%
10/1
8%
-
Blackburn 2-0
5%
14/1
12%
-
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1
12%
-
Sheff Utd 3-1
4%
18/1
12%
-
Sheff Utd 3-0
4%
20/1
11%
-
Blackburn 3-1
2%
22/1
21%
-
Sheff Utd 3-2
2%
28/1-
Blackburn 3-0
2%
28/1
29%
-
Blackburn 3-2
2%
28/1
29%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
43%
1/1
5%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
57%
4/5
4%
-
Home 1st Goal
51%
8/11
4%
-
Away 1st Goal
43%
6/5
8%
-
No 1st Goal
6%
10/1
16%
-
BTTS - Yes
48%
8/11
5%
-
BTTS - No
52%
1/1
9%
-
BTTS - Home Win
18%
15/4-
BTTS - Draw
18%
7/2
10%
-
BTTS - Away Win
12%
9/2
21%
-
Home/draw
72%
4/11
2%
-
Away/draw
55%
8/13
6%
-
Home/away
73%
2/7-
Over 1.5 Goals
69%
3/10
4%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
31%
5/2
9%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
22%
5/2
13%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
78%
3/10
4%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
11/2
19%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
1/9
3%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
14/1
12%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/33
1%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/16-
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
9/1
5%
-
Home DNB
64%
4/6
9%
-
Away DNB
47%
11/10
12%
-
Sheff Utd win to nil
27%
3/1
18%
-
Blackburn win to nil
16%
4/1
9%
-
Sheff Utd / Sheff Utd
22%
11/4
10%
-
Sheff Utd / Blackburn
3%
28/1
15%
-
Sheff Utd / Draw
6%
12/1
13%
-
Draw / Sheff Utd
15%
9/2
10%
-
Draw / Blackburn
12%
6/1
7%
-
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2
10%
-
Blackburn / Sheff Utd
3%
25/1-
Blackburn / Blackburn
18%
15/4
21%
-
Blackburn / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Sheff Utd have played 45 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 41 games against teams below in the table, having won 28, drawn 7 and lost 6 matches. They have kept 22 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. Sheff Utd have outscored their opponents by 62 goals to 52 goals.

Home League Performance

Sheff Utd have played 22 games at home winning 15, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored 32 goals, kept 12 clean sheets and conceded 16 goals at home.

Blackburn are in 8th position in the Championship on 65 points having played 45 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

11 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 24 goals and kept 7 clean sheets. They have scored 18 goals in total and failed to score in 8 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 3 and won 4. Blackburn have conceded 16 goals, scored 14, failed to score in 5 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sheff Utd
Blackburn
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Leeds45281346497 
l
 
1-3F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
2
Burnley45271625197 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1A
3
Sheff Utd Home45287102789 
-
-
l
 
0-2A
May 3
4
Sunderland452113111576 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-1F
5
Bristol C45171612467 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2A
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-1A
6
Coventry4519917466 
w
 
3-1F
d
 
2-2F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
7
Millwall45181215066 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
4-1F
l
 
1-0A
8
Blackburn Away4519818565 
May 3
w
 
0-2F
-
-
9
M'Boro451810171064 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-1F
10
West Brom45141912861 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
11
Swansea4517919-560 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-0A
12
Sheff Wed45151218-957 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
0-1F
13
Watford4516821-856 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
14
Norwich45131517154 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2F
15
QPR45131418-1153 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
16
Portsmouth45141120-1353 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
17
Oxford Utd45131319-1652 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
18
Stoke45121419-1750 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
19
Derby45131022-849 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
4-2F
l
 
2-1A
20
Preston45101916-1149 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
21
Luton45131022-2249 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
22
Hull45121221-1048 
l
 
0-3A
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
23
Plymouth45111321-3646 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1F
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
24
Cardiff4591719-2344 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-3F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Sheff Utd 3RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
14
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
14
D
2
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Utd2 - 0Cardiff
Sheff Utd0 - 1Millwall
Sheff Utd3 - 1Coventry
Sheff Utd1 - 1Bristol C
Sheff Utd1 - 0Preston
Sheff Utd1 - 3Leeds
Sheff Utd3 - 1M'Boro
Sheff Utd2 - 1Portsmouth
Sheff Utd0 - 3Hull
Sheff Utd2 - 0Norwich
Sheff Utd1 - 1West Brom
Sheff Utd0 - 2Burnley
Sheff Utd2 - 0Plymouth
Sheff Utd1 - 0Sunderland
Sheff Utd3 - 0Oxford Utd
Sheff Utd1 - 0Sheff Wed
Sheff Utd2 - 0Stoke
Sheff Utd2 - 0Luton
Sheff Utd1 - 0Swansea
Sheff Utd1 - 0Derby
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
13
D
1
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASheff Utd2 - 0Stoke
ASheff Utd1 - 2Burnley
HSheff Utd2 - 0Cardiff
ASheff Utd1 - 2Plymouth
HSheff Utd0 - 1Millwall
ASheff Utd0 - 1Oxford Utd
HSheff Utd3 - 1Coventry
ASheff Utd1 - 0Sheff Wed
HSheff Utd1 - 1Bristol C
HSheff Utd1 - 0Preston
ASheff Utd2 - 1QPR
HSheff Utd1 - 3Leeds
ASheff Utd1 - 0Luton
HSheff Utd3 - 1M'Boro
HSheff Utd2 - 1Portsmouth
ASheff Utd1 - 0Derby
HSheff Utd0 - 3Hull
ASheff Utd2 - 1Swansea
HSheff Utd2 - 0Norwich
ASheff Utd2 - 1Watford
Blackburn 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
7
D
2
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sunderland0 - 1Blackburn
Luton0 - 1Blackburn
Portsmouth1 - 0Blackburn
Stoke1 - 0Blackburn
Derby2 - 1Blackburn
Swansea3 - 0Blackburn
West Brom0 - 2Blackburn
QPR2 - 1Blackburn
Bristol C2 - 1Blackburn
Oxford Utd1 - 0Blackburn
Leeds1 - 1Blackburn
Millwall1 - 0Blackburn
Sheff Wed0 - 1Blackburn
Hull0 - 1Blackburn
M'Boro0 - 1Blackburn
Cardiff1 - 3Blackburn
Watford1 - 0Blackburn
Plymouth2 - 1Blackburn
Coventry3 - 0Blackburn
Preston0 - 0Blackburn
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
2
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBlackburn2 - 1Watford
ABlackburn1 - 0Sunderland
HBlackburn4 - 1Millwall
ABlackburn1 - 0Luton
HBlackburn2 - 2Sheff Wed
HBlackburn0 - 2M'Boro
ABlackburn0 - 1Portsmouth
HBlackburn1 - 2Cardiff
ABlackburn0 - 1Stoke
ABlackburn1 - 2Derby
HBlackburn1 - 1Norwich
ABlackburn0 - 3Swansea
HBlackburn2 - 0Plymouth
ABlackburn2 - 0West Brom
ABlackburn1 - 2QPR
HBlackburn2 - 1Preston
ABlackburn1 - 2Bristol C
HBlackburn0 - 2Coventry
ABlackburn0 - 1Oxford Utd
HBlackburn3 - 0Portsmouth
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Sheff Utd have beaten Blackburn in 3 consecutive home league meetings
6
Sheff Utd have not lost to Blackburn in 6 consecutive home league meetings
5
Sheff Utd have kept a clean sheet in 5 consecutive home league meetings with Blackburn
League games at Sheff Utd since 1993
Sheff Utd
Blackburn
Goals: Scored
13
6
Games: Scored
7 / 8
3 / 8
Clean sheets
5 / 8
1 / 8
SHU
5
D
1
BLB
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Utd
Sheff Utd3 - 0
Sheff Utd1 - 0
Sheff Utd3 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Sheff Utd2 - 0
Sheff Utd2 - 1
1 - 2Blackburn
1 - 3Blackburn
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
SHU
2
D
2
BLB
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
0 - 2Sheff Utd
Blackburn1 - 0
Blackburn3 - 1
0 - 2Sheff Utd
Blackburn2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Blackburn5 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Blackburn1 - 0
Goal Statistics
Sheff Utd 3rd Blackburn 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.0
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
36%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 73% probability that Blackburn will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-6
Sheff Utd’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-26
Blackburn have scored 26% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
0.8
average goals scored
0.7
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Sheff Utd
PG (predicted goals)
Blackburn
1.4
1
Attack rating
21%
better
SHU
BLB
view stats
Games scored38
30
Failed to score7
15
Scored first32
19
Goals scored62
52
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.2
Avg. shots per game8
7
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for17
16
Avg. XG for1.4
1.2
KickOff rating
+21%
Defence rating
26%
better
SHU
BLB
view stats
Games conceded23
30
Clean sheets22
15
Conceded first12
24
Goals conceded35
47
Avg. goals conceded0.8
1
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded10
8
Conversion rate against10%
12%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.2
KickOff rating
+26%

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

Sheff Utd Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4310714
M CooperT CampbellG HamerG Hamer
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Cooper GLK43
3
-
C O'Hare MID4225
2
-
H Burrows DEF4153
2
-
S. Peck MID402
7
-
G Hamer MID4097
14
-
A Ahmedhodzic DEF3621
11
1
J Rak-Sakyi MID3472
1
-
R Brewster FWD3443
2
-
J Robinson DEF33
9
-
V Souza MID331
8
-
T Campbell FWD33102
2
-
S McCallum DEF322
1
-
A Gilchrist DEF282
6
-
K Moore FWD265
1
-
F Seriki DEF241
2
-
A Brooks MID2032
3
-
B Díaz FWD1743
4
-
H Choudhury MID16
2
-
R Norrington-Davies DEF14
1
-
T Cannon FWD1411
-
J Shackleton DEF12
-
O Arblaster MID1221
3
-
T Davies MID1211
4
-
R One FWD111
2
-
R Holding DEF9
-
H Clarke DEF6
3
-
A Davies GLK1
-
Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
458713
D HyamY OhashiT DolanT Dolan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Hyam DEF4522
7
-
T Dolan MID4377
13
-
M Gueye FWD4366
10
1
R Hedges MID4112
5
-
A Pears GLK40
4
-
S Tronstad MID372
4
-
L Travis MID3721
12
-
T Cantwell MID3637
6
-
D Batth DEF352
5
-
Y Ohashi FWD3583
4
-
C Brittain DEF3223
5
-
A Weimann  FWD3072
3
-
J Rankin-Costello MID2922
4
-
O Beck DEF241
4
1
J Buckley MID23
6
-
A Cozier-Duberry MID221
-
H Carter DEF161
5
-
H Pickering DEF151
1
-
A Forshaw MID151
2
-
Y Ribeiro DEF141
-
D Sanderson DEF12
1
-
H Leonard FWD91
-
C Woodrow FWD81
-
A Kargbo FWD71
-
B Tóth GLK5
1
-
E Dennis FWD51
2
1
I. Tyjon FWD3
-