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

Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Portsmouth are on the road on Saturday afternoon, as manager John Mousinho takes his team to visit Sheffield United and Chris Wilder at the Bramall Lane in the Championship. In this preview you'll find odds for 17 top betting markets as well as predictions, stats and head-to-head data for these two clubs. Simply click through the tabs below to explore.

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Sheffield United's next match is v Luton at 15:00 on Saturday 15th February
Portsmouth's next match is v Oxford Utd at 12:30 on Saturday 15th February
The last English Championship meeting between Sheff Utd and Portsmouth was on Saturday 8th February 2025
English Championship
February 8th 2025
Sheff Utd 2
1 Portsmouth
 
G. Hamer 24'27' C. Ogilvie
J. Rak-Sakyi 73'
 
SHU
POR
Shots On
3
5
Shots Off
6
6
Corners
5
5
Possession
61%
39%
Fouls
17
10
Yellow/red cards
4/0
1/0
 
Sheff UtdPortsmouth
 
M. Cooper
A. Ahmedhodzic
H. Clarke
J. Robinson
H. Burrows (S. McCallum 58')
G. Hamerfootball icon
V. de Souza Costa
H. Choudhury (S. Peck 58')
B. Brereton (R. Brewster 72')
T. Campbell (J. Rak-Sakyi 58')
T. Cannon (R. Holding 81')
N. Schmid
football iconC. Ogilvie
Z. Swanson
R. Atkinson
(H. Matthews 81') C. Shaughnessy
(A. Aouchiche 72') M. Ritchie
(K. Gordon 81') A. Dozzell
(M. Pack 90') F. Potts
J. Murphy
C. Bishop
C. Lang

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Best Tip: Sheff Utd to win

Having examined the bookies' odds and collated statistics regarding both teams ahead of this Championship clash, a bet on win / draw / win for Sheff Utd to win and delight their home supporters is what we would suggest. We predict they will have too much for Portsmouth, and head-to-head (H2H) records show they have the pedigree to do so. There could be some bumps along the way, but Sheff Utd claiming victory is the bet come Saturday afternoon.

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 66% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.50.

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Sheff Utd
66%
11/20
9%
4/7
9%
Draw
21%
16/5
16%
3/1
20%
Portsmouth
12%
9/2
12%
19/4
12%
Sheff Utd 1-0
15%
11/2
13%
5/1
14%
Sheff Utd 2-0
14%
6/111/2
Draw 1-1
10%
7/1
16%
6/1
18%
Sheff Utd 2-1
9%
15/213/2
Sheff Utd 3-0
9%
10/1
16%
17/2
12%
Draw 0-0
8%
10/1
27%
8/1
25%
Sheff Utd 3-1
6%
12/1
8%
10/1
10%
Portsmouth 1-0
5%
12/1
24%
11/1
8%
Sheff Utd 4-0
4%
20/1
24%
16/1
31%
Portsmouth 2-1
3%
16/1
11%
14/1
Draw 2-2
3%
20/114/1
Sheff Utd 4-1
3%
25/1
24%
18/1
27%
Sheff Utd 3-2
2%
28/1
12%
18/1
12%
Portsmouth 2-0
2%
28/1
15%
20/1
9%
Sheff Utd 5-0
2%
40/1
21%
28/1
26%
Over 2.5 Goals
46%
10/11
14%
17/20
14%
Under 2.5 Goals
54%
10/11
13%
17/20
14%
Home 1st Goal
60%
2/5
9%
-
Away 1st Goal
35%
12/5
9%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
10/1
27%
-
BTTS - Yes
41%
1/1
9%
1/1
8%
BTTS - No
59%
8/11
5%
3/4
5%
BTTS - Home Win
23%
11/4
21%
5/2
17%
BTTS - Draw
13%
5/1
8%
17/4
9%
BTTS - Away Win
5%
10/19/1
Home/draw
88%
1/7
2%
2/15
2%
Away/draw
34%
11/8
13%
11/8
13%
Home/away
79%
2/9
4%
2/9
4%
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
3/10
7%
2/7
8%
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
5/2
19%
12/5
19%
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
12/5
24%
21/10
19%
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
1/3
8%
1/3
8%
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
11/2
30%
19/4
28%
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
1/9
5%
1/9
6%
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
14/1
50%
11/1
41%
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/33
3%
1/33
3%
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/20
2%
1/20
3%
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
10/1
27%
17/2
27%
Home DNB
81%
1/5
3%
1/5
4%
Away DNB
27%
10/3
13%
16/5
13%
Sheff Utd win to nil
44%
6/4
5%
-
Portsmouth win to nil
7%
8/1
18%
-
Sheff Utd / Sheff Utd
33%
7/5
14%
11/8
16%
Sheff Utd / Portsmouth
2%
40/133/1
Sheff Utd / Draw
5%
14/1
12%
14/1
Draw / Sheff Utd
19%
3/13/1
5%
Draw / Portsmouth
7%
11/1
20%
10/1
8%
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2
21%
9/2
21%
Portsmouth / Sheff Utd
4%
22/1
21%
18/1
12%
Portsmouth / Portsmouth
9%
9/1
17%
15/2
6%
Portsmouth / Draw
5%
16/1
11%
14/1
Win / draw / win Championship table

Sheff Utd have played 30 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 28 games against teams below in the table, having won 19, drawn 6 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 17 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Sheff Utd have outscored their opponents by 41 goals to 36 goals.

Home League Performance

Sheff Utd have played 14 games at home winning 10, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored 19 goals, kept 10 clean sheets and conceded 8 goals at home.

Portsmouth are in 20th position in the Championship on 30 points having played 30 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

10 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 38 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 14 goals in total and failed to score in 6 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

26 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 7 and won 7. Portsmouth have conceded 46 goals, scored 35, failed to score in 9 fixtures and have kept 5 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sheff Utd
Portsmouth
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Leeds3220934769 
Feb 24
l
 
2-0A
Mar 9
d
 
3-3A
2
Sheff Utd Home3221652367 
-
-
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1A
3
Burnley32171323064 
l
 
0-2A
Apr 21
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1F
4
Sunderland32171142162 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-3A
l
 
1-0A
5
Blackburn3214612648 
May 3
w
 
0-2F
Mar 29
l
 
3-0A
6
West Brom32111471147 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
0-3A
l
 
5-1A
7
Bristol C3211129445 
Mar 11
w
 
1-2A
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-0A
8
Sheff Wed3212911-345 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 16
l
 
1-2F
Apr 26
9
M'Boro3112811844 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2F
10
Coventry3212812244 
Mar 29
d
 
2-2F
w
 
4-1A
Apr 9
11
Norwich32111011643 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 18
12
Watford3212614-642 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
Apr 21
l
 
2-1F
13
QPR32101111-641 
d
 
2-2F
Mar 1
Feb 22
w
 
1-2A
14
Millwall31101011-140 
Apr 8
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-1A
Apr 5
15
Preston319139-440 
Mar 8
w
 
0-2F
w
 
3-1F
Mar 15
16
Oxford Utd3291112-1138 
w
 
3-0F
Apr 5
d
 
1-1F
Feb 15
17
Swansea3210715-1037 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2A
w
 
4-0F
d
 
2-2F
18
Portsmouth Away328915-1633 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
-
-
19
Stoke3171113-1132 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 26
w
 
3-1F
l
 
6-1A
20
Cardiff3171014-1931 
Apr 18
w
 
0-2F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-0A
21
Derby327817-929 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
Apr 12
l
 
4-0A
22
Hull317816-1129 
l
 
0-3A
w
 
0-2F
May 3
d
 
1-1A
23
Plymouth3161015-3028 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 12
Mar 12
l
 
1-0A
24
Luton317618-2127 
w
 
2-0F
Feb 15
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 1
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Sheff Utd 2ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
13
D
3
L
4
Portsmouth 18TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
40
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
9
Sheff Utd have not lost to Portsmouth in 9 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Sheff Utd since 1997
Sheff Utd
Portsmouth
Goals: Scored
15
7
Games: Scored
9 / 9
5 / 9
Clean sheets
4 / 9
0 / 9
SHU
7
D
2
League games at Portsmouth since 1998
Portsmouth
Sheff Utd
Goals: Scored
13
4
Games: Scored
8 / 10
3 / 10
Clean sheets
7 / 10
2 / 10
SHU
1
D
3
POR
6
Goal Statistics
Sheff Utd 2nd Portsmouth 18th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
0.7
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
15%
1
29%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
12%
There is a 85% probability that Sheff Utd will score 1 or more goals
0
52%
1
34%
2
11%
3
4+
There is a 52% probability that Portsmouth will fail to score
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-15
Sheff Utd have scored 15% fewer goals at home than predicted
-1
Portsmouth’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
2.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Sheff Utd
PG (predicted goals)
Portsmouth
1.9
0.7
Attack rating
%
better
SHU
POR
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
%
better
SHU
POR
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 Portsmouth Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Sheff Utd Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
319511
C O'HareT CannonG HamerG Hamer
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Cooper GLK30
3
-
H Clarke DEF3
1
-
A Ahmedhodzic DEF2411
7
1
J Robinson DEF21
5
-
H Burrows DEF2952
2
-
H Choudhury MID3
-
V Souza MID24
7
-
T Cannon MID41
-
G Hamer MID2975
11
-
B Díaz MID521
1
-
T Campbell FWD2061
1
-
Subs
L. Faxon GLK
-
R Norrington-Davies DEF14
1
-
S McCallum DEF241
-
R Holding DEF1
-
C O'Hare MID3125
2
-
J Rak-Sakyi MID2562
1
-
A Brooks MID1922
3
-
S. Peck MID281
7
-
R Brewster FWD2522
1
-
Portsmouth Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3110810
C OgilvieC Lang J MurphyC Lang 
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Schmid GLK231
2
-
Z Swanson DEF2211
3
-
C Shaughnessy DEF61
1
-
R Atkinson DEF7
3
-
C Ogilvie DEF314
3
-
F Potts MID2614
4
-
A Dozzell MID26
7
-
M Ritchie MID273
4
-
C Lang  MID28103
10
-
J Murphy MID2858
5
-
C Bishop FWD1852
-
Subs
J Archer GLK2
-
C Bramall DEF2
-
H. Matthews DEF4
-
M Pack MID291
9
1
A Aouchiche MID2
-
T Devlin MID21
1
-
I Hayden MID7
-
K Gordon FWD1
-
C Saydee FWD232
2
-