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

Mon 9th Feb, 20:01 BST, Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Rob Edwards will be hoping for a vital away win in the Championship on Monday night, as he takes his Middlesbrough side to the Bramall Lane to visit Sheffield United and Chris Wilder. The odds you see on the page are provided straight from the UK's leading bookmakers, while predictions are calculated from stats over a 20-game period. Particular attention is given to Championship match data, including head-to-head records. Hit the tabs below to explore.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The statistics suggest there's no obvious winner in this fixture, but there's plenty of reasons to believe that Sheff Utd and M'Boro will score 2 or more goals between them. Goals have flowed freely when they've gone head-to-head in years gone by, and neither Chris Wilder or Rob Edwards has served up too many 0-0s recently either. The bookmakers predict over 1.5 goals too, with odds of 1.29 equating to approximately a 77% probability.

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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
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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Sheff Utd are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 51% 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
51%
2.20
6%
2.25
8%
Draw
24%
3.50
6%
3.40
3%
M'Boro
25%
3.10
11%
3.10
8%
Draw 1-1
11%
6.506.00
Sheff Utd 1-0
10%
8.50
6%
8.00
7%
Sheff Utd 2-1
10%
9.00
5%
8.00
6%
Sheff Utd 2-0
9%
11.00
8%
10.00
9%
M'Boro 1-0
7%
11.00
10%
9.50
12%
M'Boro 2-1
6%
11.009.50
Draw 0-0
6%
12.00
9%
9.50
6%
Sheff Utd 3-1
5%
17.00
11%
15.00
Draw 2-2
5%
13.0011.00
Sheff Utd 3-0
5%
21.00
9%
17.00
11%
M'Boro 2-0
4%
17.00
13%
13.00
Sheff Utd 3-2
3%
26.0019.00
10%
M'Boro 3-1
2%
23.00
10%
19.00
12%
Sheff Utd 4-1
2%
41.0026.00
10%
M'Boro 3-2
2%
29.0023.00
10%
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
1.80
6%
1.80
3%
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
2.00
5%
1.95
5%
Home 1st Goal
53%
1.80
2%
1.83
4%
Away 1st Goal
44%
2.10
2%
2.15
2%
No 1st Goal
3%
12.00
9%
10.00
5%
BTTS - Yes
55%
1.671.67
2%
BTTS - No
45%
2.102.10
2%
BTTS - Home Win
24%
4.33
4%
4.00
11%
BTTS - Draw
18%
4.334.20
BTTS - Away Win
13%
6.00
9%
5.50
5%
Home/draw
75%
1.36
3%
1.36
3%
Away/draw
49%
1.67
6%
1.62
6%
Home/away
76%
1.29
3%
1.30
2%
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
1.25
3%
1.25
3%
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
4.00
7%
3.60
6%
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
3.00
6%
3.00
3%
Under 3.5 Goals
69%
1.40
3%
1.35
2%
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
5.50
8%
5.50
8%
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
1.14
1%
1.12
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
11.00
15%
10.00
9%
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1.05
1%
1.04
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1.051.04
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
11.009.50
6%
Home DNB
67%
1.62
6%
1.62
5%
Away DNB
42%
2.20
10%
2.20
10%
Sheff Utd win to nil
26%
4.00
8%
-
M'Boro win to nil
12%
6.00
9%
-
Sheff Utd / Sheff Utd
23%
3.60
4%
3.50
5%
Sheff Utd / M'Boro
3%
29.00
12%
26.00
Sheff Utd / Draw
7%
13.0012.00
Draw / Sheff Utd
14%
5.50
8%
5.75
4%
Draw / M'Boro
12%
7.00
8%
7.00
Draw / Draw
15%
5.505.25
9%
M'Boro / Sheff Utd
4%
23.00
12%
21.00
9%
M'Boro / M'Boro
17%
5.00
11%
4.80
9%
M'Boro / Draw
6%
15.00
15%
12.00
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Sheff Utd have played 30 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 2 and won 5. Sheff Utd have conceded 32 goals, scored 23, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Sheff Utd have played 14 games at home, winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 24 goals, conceded 15 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

M'Boro lay in 2nd place on 58 points in the Championship league table having played 30 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 29 games against teams below them in the table, winning 17, drawing 7 and losing 5 games. They have scored 45 goals and kept 9 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. M'Boro have conceded 25 goals and have failed to score in 7 matches.

Away league performance

M'Boro have played 15 away games, winning 7, drawing 4 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sheff Utd
M'Boro
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry3017762858 
Feb 25
l
 
3-1F
l
 
2-4A
Feb 16
2
M'Boro3017761858 
Feb 9
l
 
1-0A
-
-
3
Hull301668854 
Apr 11
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-4F
4
Ipswich2914962151 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
5-0A
w
 
2-1F
Apr 18
5
Millwall301488150 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1F
Apr 3
w
 
0-3F
6
Wrexham3012117747 
Mar 21
l
 
5-3F
d
 
1-1A
May 2
7
Derby301299745 
l
 
1-3A
May 2
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
8
Watford3011118444 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
Apr 25
l
 
3-0A
9
Preston3011118344 
Apr 25
l
 
3-2F
w
 
4-0F
d
 
2-2A
10
Bristol C3012711443 
l
 
1-4A
Apr 6
Mar 14
l
 
2-0A
11
QPR3012711-143 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 28
w
 
3-1F
Mar 7
12
Stoke3012612642 
w
 
4-0F
w
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2A
13
Birmingham3011910342 
w
 
3-0F
Mar 14
w
 
2-1F
Mar 2
14
Southampton30101010240 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
4-0F
d
 
1-1A
15
Sheff Utd3012315039 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
Feb 9
16
Swansea3011613-339 
Apr 3
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
Apr 6
17
Charlton299812-935 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
Mar 11
w
 
1-2F
18
Norwich309615-533 
d
 
1-1F
Mar 10
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
19
Portsmouth288911-1033 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 14
Apr 11
l
 
1-0A
20
Leicester3010812-532 
w
 
3-1F
w
 
2-3F
Feb 24
d
 
1-1A
21
Blackburn308814-1132 
Apr 22
w
 
1-3A
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 21
22
West Brom309516-1532 
Mar 7
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
2-3F
23
Oxford Utd306915-1327 
w
 
3-1A
w
 
0-1F
Feb 21
d
 
1-1A
24
Sheff Wed301821-40-7 
Feb 22
w
 
0-3F
Apr 21
w
 
0-1F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
5
M'Boro have won 5 consecutive league games
5
M'Boro have not lost in 5 consecutive league games
Sheff Utd 17TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Utd3 - 1Oxford Utd
Sheff Utd3 - 1Ipswich
Sheff Utd3 - 1Leicester
Sheff Utd3 - 0Birmingham
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
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSheff Utd3 - 1Oxford Utd
ASheff Utd1 - 1Millwall
HSheff Utd3 - 1Ipswich
ASheff Utd0 - 1Southampton
ASheff Utd0 - 1Charlton
HSheff Utd3 - 1Leicester
ASheff Utd2 - 1Stoke
ASheff Utd3 - 5Wrexham
HSheff Utd3 - 0Birmingham
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
M'Boro 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
5
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stoke1 - 2M'Boro
West Brom2 - 3M'Boro
Derby1 - 0M'Boro
Bristol C2 - 0M'Boro
Charlton1 - 2M'Boro
Hull1 - 4M'Boro
Oxford Utd1 - 1M'Boro
Leicester1 - 1M'Boro
Watford3 - 0M'Boro
Sheff Wed0 - 1M'Boro
Portsmouth1 - 0M'Boro
Southampton1 - 1M'Boro
Preston2 - 2M'Boro
Norwich1 - 2M'Boro
Millwall0 - 3M'Boro
Coventry2 - 0M'Boro
Sheff Wed2 - 1M'Boro
Millwall1 - 0M'Boro
Blackburn0 - 2M'Boro
Luton0 - 0M'Boro
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
11
D
4
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HM'Boro1 - 0Norwich
HM'Boro4 - 0Preston
AM'Boro2 - 1Stoke
AM'Boro3 - 2West Brom
HM'Boro4 - 0Southampton
AM'Boro0 - 1Derby
HM'Boro0 - 1Hull
HM'Boro0 - 0Blackburn
AM'Boro0 - 2Bristol C
HM'Boro3 - 1QPR
AM'Boro2 - 1Charlton
AM'Boro4 - 1Hull
HM'Boro2 - 1Derby
HM'Boro2 - 4Coventry
AM'Boro1 - 1Oxford Utd
HM'Boro2 - 1Birmingham
AM'Boro1 - 1Leicester
AM'Boro0 - 3Watford
HM'Boro1 - 1Wrexham
AM'Boro1 - 0Sheff Wed
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Sheff Utd since 1993
Sheff Utd
M'Boro
Goals: Scored
19
10
Games: Scored
11 / 11
7 / 11
Clean sheets
4 / 11
0 / 11
SHU
8
D
1
MID
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Utd
Sheff Utd3 - 1
1 - 3M'Boro
Sheff Utd4 - 1
Sheff Utd1 - 0
Sheff Utd2 - 1
1 - 2M'Boro
Sheff Utd1 - 0
Sheff Utd2 - 1
Sheff Utd1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Sheff Utd2 - 0
League games at M'Boro since 1992
M'Boro
Sheff Utd
Goals: Scored
18
6
Games: Scored
11 / 12
4 / 12
Clean sheets
8 / 12
1 / 12
SHU
1
D
3
MID
8
FIXTURE HISTORY AT M'Boro
M'Boro1 - 0
M'Boro1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
M'Boro2 - 0
M'Boro3 - 0
M'Boro1 - 0
M'Boro1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
M'Boro3 - 1
1 - 2Sheff Utd
Draw1 - 1Draw
M'Boro2 - 0
Goal Statistics

Sheffield United's defensive record is to be admired, C. Wilder's men having conceded 1 or less in 6 consecutive Championship matches. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.1 for Middlesbrough makes sense in this context.

Sheff Utd 17th M'Boro 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
18%
1
31%
2
26%
3
15%
4+
9%
There is a 82% probability that Sheff Utd will score 1 or more goals
0
32%
1
37%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 69% probability that M'Boro will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+16
Sheff Utd have scored 16% more goals at home than predicted
-5
M'Boro’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.7
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Sheff Utd
PG (predicted goals)
M'Boro
1.7
1.1
Attack rating
SHU
MID
8%
better
view stats
Games scored20
23
Failed to score10
7
Scored first16
15
Goals scored43
47
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.6
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for16
16
Avg. XG for1.7
1.4
KickOff rating
+8%
Defence rating
SHU
MID
16%
better
view stats
Games conceded23
21
Clean sheets7
9
Conceded first13
13
Goals conceded43
29
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1
Avg. shots/game conceded9
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
7
Conversion rate against16%
14%
Avg. XG against1.3
1
KickOff rating
+16%

Sheff Utd v M'Boro Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Sheff Utd Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
30775
M CooperC O'HareG HamerJ Tanganga
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Cooper GLK30
-
C O'Hare MID3076
2
-
H Burrows DEF2813
1
-
T Campbell FWD2752
3
-
A Brooks MID2642
2
-
T Cannon FWD2641
1
-
J Tanganga DEF241
4
1
F Seriki DEF2414
4
-
S. Peck MID2441
5
-
G Hamer MID2327
4
-
S McCallum DEF2011
2
-
D. Soumaré MID20
3
1
M McGuinness DEF191
3
-
D Ings FWD161
-
B Mee DEF151
2
-
J Riedewald MID142
1
-
T. Bindon DEF131
1
-
T Chong MID111
-
O Arblaster MID111
1
-
C Ogbene FWD1111
-
L Barry FWD9
1
-
A. Matos MID8
-
T Davies MID7
-
R One FWD6
-
B Godfrey DEF4
-
J Shackleton DEF3
-
A Davies GLK1
-
M'Boro Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
301156
S BrynnM WhittakerH HackneyL Ayling
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Brynn GLK301
-
H Hackney MID3045
4
-
T Conway FWD3062
3
-
M Whittaker FWD29115
3
-
L Ayling DEF2814
6
-
M Targett DEF2723
3
-
C Brittain DEF254
3
-
D Burgzorg FWD2522
1
-
A Browne MID2431
1
-
A Morris MID242
1
-
A Jones DEF2211
3
1
K Sène FWD212
2
-
S Nypan MID20
2
-
S Silvera FWD1921
3
-
D Fry DEF162
-
D Strelec FWD163
1
-
A Gilbert MID1211
3
-
R McGree MID1222
1
-
S Hansen FWD121
1
-
A Bangura DEF81
-
G Edmundson DEF6
1
-
A. Raslan Kanté MID4
-
M. Hamilton FWD4
-
D Lenihan DEF2
1
-