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

Thu 1st Jan, 17:30 BST, Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Chris Wilder welcomes Martí Cifuentes Corvillo to the Bramall Lane on Thursday evening, as their Sheffield United and Leicester City troops do battle in the Championship. We've analysed both sides' last 20 Championship matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the market, to generate our match predictions. All the stats, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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Both Teams To Score
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Both Teams To Score & Result
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Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Sheff Utd
40%
--
Draw
26%
--
Leicester
34%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Sheff Utd 1-0
10%
--
Leicester 1-0
9%
--
Sheff Utd 2-1
9%
--
Leicester 2-1
8%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Sheff Utd 2-0
7%
--
Leicester 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Sheff Utd 3-1
4%
--
Leicester 3-1
3%
--
Sheff Utd 3-0
3%
--
Sheff Utd 3-2
3%
--
Leicester 3-0
2%
--
Leicester 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
--
Home 1st Goal
49%
--
Away 1st Goal
46%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
54%
--
BTTS - No
46%
--
BTTS - Home Win
19%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
16%
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Home/draw
66%
--
Away/draw
60%
--
Home/away
74%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
58%
--
Away DNB
52%
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Sheff Utd win to nil
21%
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Leicester win to nil
18%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Sheff Utd have played 21 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 1 and won 3. Sheff Utd have conceded 28 goals, scored 14, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Sheff Utd have played 10 games at home, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 12 goals, conceded 12 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Leicester lay in 8th place on 31 points in the Championship league table having played 21 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 5 and losing 3 games. They have scored 22 goals and kept 2 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Leicester have conceded 19 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Leicester have played 11 away games, winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sheff Utd
Leicester
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry2114523047 
Feb 25
l
 
3-1F
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 17
2
M'Boro2112631142 
Feb 9
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1F
Feb 24
3
Preston21984735 
Apr 25
l
 
3-2F
Apr 3
l
 
2-1A
4
Millwall211056-435 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 31
Apr 25
l
 
1-0A
5
Ipswich219751334 
Jan 24
l
 
5-0A
w
 
3-1F
Mar 7
6
Hull211047134 
Apr 11
l
 
1-0A
Apr 22
l
 
2-1A
7
Stoke211038833 
w
 
4-0F
Dec 29
w
 
2-1F
Feb 21
8
Leicester21876331 
Jan 1
w
 
2-3F
-
-
9
QPR21948-531 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 28
Mar 14
Dec 20
10
Southampton21867530 
l
 
1-2F
Jan 21
Feb 14
l
 
3-0A
11
Bristol C21867430 
l
 
1-4A
Apr 6
Mar 10
d
 
2-2F
12
Derby21867130 
l
 
1-3A
May 2
Dec 29
w
 
1-3F
13
Birmingham21858429 
Dec 20
Mar 14
w
 
2-0F
Feb 7
14
Watford21786229 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
Dec 26
Mar 21
15
Wrexham216105128 
Mar 21
Dec 26
d
 
1-1F
Jan 20
16
West Brom21849-328 
Mar 7
l
 
2-0A
Jan 5
d
 
1-1A
17
Charlton20668-624 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 17
Jan 31
w
 
0-1F
18
Sheff Utd217212-623 
-
-
l
 
2-3A
Jan 1
19
Swansea216510-723 
Apr 3
l
 
1-0A
Apr 11
w
 
1-3F
20
Blackburn206410-622 
Apr 22
w
 
1-3A
l
 
0-2A
May 2
21
Portsmouth205510-1020 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 14
d
 
1-1F
Apr 18
22
Oxford Utd214710-819 
Jan 4
w
 
0-1F
Jan 24
d
 
2-2A
23
Norwich214512-1017 
d
 
1-1F
Mar 10
Feb 28
w
 
1-2A
24
Sheff Wed201613-25-9 
Feb 22
w
 
0-3F
w
 
2-1A
Apr 6
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Sheff Utd 18TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Utd1 - 1Norwich
Sheff Utd4 - 0Stoke
Sheff Utd3 - 0Portsmouth
Sheff Utd0 - 0QPR
Sheff Utd1 - 3Derby
Sheff Utd1 - 0Watford
Sheff Utd1 - 2Southampton
Sheff Utd0 - 1Charlton
Sheff Utd0 - 1Millwall
Sheff Utd1 - 4Bristol C
Sheff Utd1 - 2Sunderland
Sheff Utd3 - 0Bristol C
Sheff Utd1 - 1Blackburn
Sheff Utd2 - 0Cardiff
Sheff Utd0 - 1Millwall
Sheff Utd3 - 1Coventry
Sheff Utd1 - 1Bristol C
Sheff Utd1 - 0Preston
Sheff Utd1 - 3Leeds
Sheff Utd3 - 1M'Boro
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
7
D
2
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASheff Utd0 - 2West Brom
HSheff Utd1 - 1Norwich
HSheff Utd4 - 0Stoke
ASheff Utd3 - 2Leicester
HSheff Utd3 - 0Portsmouth
ASheff Utd3 - 0Sheff Wed
HSheff Utd0 - 0QPR
ASheff Utd1 - 3Coventry
HSheff Utd1 - 3Derby
ASheff Utd2 - 3Preston
ASheff Utd3 - 1Blackburn
HSheff Utd1 - 0Watford
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
Leicester 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bristol C2 - 2Leicester
Derby1 - 3Leicester
Southampton3 - 0Leicester
Norwich1 - 2Leicester
Millwall1 - 0Leicester
Hull2 - 1Leicester
Swansea1 - 3Leicester
West Brom1 - 1Leicester
Oxford Utd2 - 2Leicester
Charlton0 - 1Leicester
Preston2 - 1Leicester
Bournemouth2 - 0Leicester
Nottm Forest2 - 2Leicester
Wolves3 - 0Leicester
Brighton2 - 2Leicester
Man City2 - 0Leicester
Chelsea1 - 0Leicester
West Ham2 - 0Leicester
Everton4 - 0Leicester
Spurs1 - 2Leicester
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HLeicester3 - 1Ipswich
ALeicester2 - 2Bristol C
ALeicester3 - 1Derby
HLeicester2 - 3Sheff Utd
ALeicester0 - 3Southampton
HLeicester2 - 1Stoke
ALeicester2 - 1Norwich
HLeicester1 - 1M'Boro
HLeicester0 - 2Blackburn
ALeicester0 - 1Millwall
ALeicester1 - 2Hull
HLeicester1 - 1Portsmouth
ALeicester3 - 1Swansea
HLeicester1 - 1Wrexham
ALeicester1 - 1West Brom
HLeicester0 - 0Coventry
ALeicester2 - 2Oxford Utd
HLeicester2 - 0Birmingham
ALeicester1 - 0Charlton
ALeicester1 - 2Preston
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Leicester have beaten Sheff Utd in 3 consecutive away league meetings
League games at Sheff Utd since 1995
Sheff Utd
Leicester
Goals: Scored
15
11
Games: Scored
8 / 9
7 / 9
Clean sheets
2 / 9
1 / 9
SHU
4
D
1
LEI
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Utd
1 - 2Leicester
1 - 2Leicester
0 - 1Leicester
Draw1 - 1Draw
Sheff Utd3 - 0
Sheff Utd4 - 1
Sheff Utd2 - 0
Sheff Utd2 - 1
1 - 3Leicester
League games at Leicester since 1996
Leicester
Sheff Utd
Goals: Scored
20
13
Games: Scored
7 / 10
7 / 10
Clean sheets
3 / 10
3 / 10
SHU
3
D
2
LEI
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Leicester
2 - 3Sheff Utd
Leicester5 - 0
Leicester2 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Leicester2 - 1
0 - 1Sheff Utd
Leicester4 - 2
Leicester3 - 2
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 2Sheff Utd
Goal Statistics
Sheff Utd 18th Leicester 8th
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
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Leicester will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-1
Sheff Utd’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-9
Leicester’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.4
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Sheff Utd
PG (predicted goals)
Leicester
1.4
1.3
Attack rating
SHU
LEI
18%
better
view stats
Games scored13
17
Failed to score8
4
Scored first10
10
Goals scored25
30
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.4
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for14
17
Avg. XG for1.7
1.3
KickOff rating
+18%
Defence rating
4%
better
SHU
LEI
view stats
Games conceded15
18
Clean sheets6
3
Conceded first10
10
Goals conceded31
27
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded9
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
7
Conversion rate against16%
14%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.4
KickOff rating
+4%

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

Sheff Utd Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21554
M CooperT CampbellC O'HareS. Peck
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Cooper GLK21
-
C O'Hare MID2145
1
-
H Burrows DEF2011
1
-
T Campbell FWD2052
3
-
S. Peck MID1931
4
-
J Tanganga DEF18
3
-
T Cannon FWD182
-
A Brooks MID1711
2
-
M McGuinness DEF151
2
-
F Seriki DEF1511
1
-
G Hamer MID1512
3
-
S McCallum DEF141
2
-
D. Soumaré MID14
3
-
D Ings FWD131
-
B Mee DEF121
2
-
J Riedewald MID101
1
-
C Ogbene FWD101
-
L Barry FWD9
1
-
A. Matos MID7
-
T. Bindon DEF6
-
R One FWD6
-
T Davies MID5
-
T Chong MID51
-
B Godfrey DEF4
-
J Shackleton DEF3
-
O Arblaster MID2
-
A Davies GLK1
-
Leicester Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21566
J VestergaardJ JamesI FatawuL Thomas
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Vestergaard DEF212
4
-
I Fatawu FWD2146
4
-
P Daka FWD2112
1
-
L Thomas DEF202
6
-
J Ayew FWD1941
2
-
J Stolarczyk GLK17
1
-
H Winks MID172
2
-
J James MID1752
2
-
S Mavididi FWD172
1
-
W Faes DEF1511
1
-
R Pereira DEF1421
4
-
H Choudhury MID14
3
-
B Soumaré MID142
2
-
B Cordova-Reid FWD144
1
-
O Skipp MID131
3
-
J. Monga FWD1211
1
-
C Okoli DEF11
-
J Carranza FWD9
1
-
L. Page MID61
-
A Begovic GLK5
1
-
B Nelson DEF5
1
-
A Ramsey MID52
1
V Kristiansen DEF4
-
English Championship match betting previews, predictions and odds
Swansea v Wrexham
Fri 19th Dec, 20:00
Southampton v Coventry
Sat 20th Dec, 12:30
Preston v Norwich
Sat 20th Dec, 12:30
Blackburn v Millwall
Sat 20th Dec, 12:30
Watford v Stoke
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Hull v West Brom
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
QPR v Leicester
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Derby v Portsmouth
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Charlton v Oxford Utd
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Sheff Utd v Birmingham
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Ipswich v Sheff Wed
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Bristol C v M'Boro
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Birmingham v Derby
Fri 26th Dec, 12:30
Millwall v Ipswich
Fri 26th Dec, 13:00
M'Boro v Blackburn
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Sheff Wed v Hull
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Portsmouth v QPR
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
West Brom v Bristol C
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Stoke v Preston
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Coventry v Swansea
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Oxford Utd v Southampton
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Norwich v Charlton
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Leicester v Watford
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Wrexham v Sheff Utd
Fri 26th Dec, 17:30
Coventry v Ipswich
Mon 29th Dec, 18:00
Portsmouth v Charlton
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Sheff Wed v Blackburn
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
West Brom v QPR
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Wrexham v Preston
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Oxford Utd v Swansea
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Norwich v Watford
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Millwall v Bristol C
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
M'Boro v Hull
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Leicester v Derby
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Stoke v Sheff Utd
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Birmingham v Southampton
Mon 29th Dec, 20:15
Blackburn v Wrexham
Thu 1st Jan, 12:30
Southampton v Millwall
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Swansea v West Brom
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Derby v M'Boro
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
QPR v Norwich
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Preston v Sheff Wed
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Ipswich v Oxford Utd
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Watford v Birmingham
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Hull v Stoke
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Charlton v Coventry
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Bristol C v Portsmouth
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Sheff Utd v Leicester
Thu 1st Jan, 17:30