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

Wembley Stadium, London

the Wembley Stadium is the setting on Saturday afternoon, as Chris Wilder's Sheffield United welcome Régis Le Bris's Sunderland in the Championship. We've analysed both teams' last 20 Championship matches, as well as trends within the competition and the betting market, to generate our match predictions. All the stats, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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The last English Championship meeting between Sheff Utd and Sunderland was on Saturday 24th May 2025
English Championship
May 24th 2025
Sheff Utd 1
2 Sunderland
 
T. Campbell 25'76' E. Mayenda Dossou
90' T. Watson
 
SHU
SUN
Shots On
4
3
Shots Off
3
Corners
1
6
Possession
43%
57%
Fouls
9
6
Yellow/red cards
2/0
3/0
 
Sheff UtdSunderland
 
M. Cooper
H. Burrows
A. Ahmedhodzic (F. Seriki 90')
J. Robinson
G. Hamer (B. Brereton 72')
V. de Souza Costa
H. Choudhury
S. Peck (T. Davies 90')
K. Moore
R. Brewster (A. Brookes 65')
T. Campbellfootball icon (C. O'Hare 65')
A. Patterson
D. Cirkin
D. Ballard
T. Hume
(C. Mepham 8') L. O'Nien
E. Le Fée
(P. Roberts 58') C. Rigg
J. Bellingham
(T. Watson 73') D. Neil
(L. Hjelde 90') football iconE. Mayenda Dossou
(W. Isidor 73') R. Mundle

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There is 76% chance of Sheff Utd and Sunderland a maximum of 3 goals combined during this Championship fixture according to our predictive algorithm and, without a strong favourite in the WDW market, we think that's where the smart money should go. Our calculations are made based on recent form, historical head-to-head (H2H) stats and the view of the betting market, and you can get it at top odds of 1.22.

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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 46% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.38.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Sheff Utd
46%
27/20-
Draw
27%
2/1
2%
-
Sunderland
27%
12/5
2%
-
Sheff Utd 1-0
13%
5/1-
Draw 1-1
13%
5/1
8%
-
Draw 0-0
9%
5/1
6%
-
Sunderland 1-0
9%
13/2-
Sheff Utd 2-0
9%
17/2
5%
-
Sheff Utd 2-1
9%
9/1-
Sunderland 2-1
6%
12/1-
Sunderland 2-0
4%
14/1-
Draw 2-2
4%
18/1
12%
-
Sheff Utd 3-0
4%
20/1-
Sheff Utd 3-1
4%
22/1-
Sunderland 3-1
2%
33/1-
Sheff Utd 3-2
2%
40/1-
Sunderland 3-0
1%
40/1
21%
-
Sheff Utd 4-0
1%
50/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
43%
7/4
3%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
57%
4/9
3%
-
Home 1st Goal
51%
4/5-
Away 1st Goal
43%
6/4
4%
-
No 1st Goal
6%
11/2
6%
-
BTTS - Yes
48%
6/5-
BTTS - No
52%
8/13-
BTTS - Home Win
19%
5/1-
BTTS - Draw
18%
15/4-
BTTS - Away Win
11%
15/2
7%
-
Home/draw
73%
3/10
2%
-
Away/draw
54%
4/7-
Home/away
73%
4/11-
Over 1.5 Goals
69%
8/15-
Under 1.5 Goals
31%
6/4-
Over 3.5 Goals
22%
4/1
4%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
78%
1/6
2%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
12/1
11%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
1/25
1%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
25/1
11%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/80-
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/8-
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
5/1
6%
-
Home DNB
65%
4/7-
Away DNB
46%
5/4-
Sheff Utd win to nil
28%
12/5
3%
-
Sunderland win to nil
15%
4/1-
Sheff Utd / Sheff Utd
21%
3/1-
Sheff Utd / Sunderland
2%
40/1-
Sheff Utd / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
-
Draw / Sheff Utd
15%
9/2-
Draw / Sunderland
12%
6/1-
Draw / Draw
21%
3/1
4%
-
Sunderland / Sheff Utd
2%
33/1-
Sunderland / Sunderland
15%
9/2-
Sunderland / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Sheff Utd have played 46 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 44 games against teams below in the table, having won 30, drawn 8 and lost 6 matches. They have kept 24 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. Sheff Utd have outscored their opponents by 63 goals to 58 goals.

Home League Performance

Sheff Utd have played 24 games at home winning 16, drawing 4 and losing 4 games. They have scored 36 goals, kept 13 clean sheets and conceded 17 goals at home.

Sunderland are in 4th position in the Championship on 76 points having played 46 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 27 goals and kept 8 clean sheets. They have scored 28 goals in total and failed to score in 8 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

6 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 2 and won 2. Sunderland have conceded 6 goals, scored 6, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sheff Utd
Sunderland
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Leeds462913465100 
-
-
-
-
2
Burnley462816253100 
-
-
-
-
3
Sheff Utd Home46288102790 
-
-
-
w
 
1-2A
4
Sunderland Away462113121476 
l
 
1-2F
-
-
-
5
Coventry4620917669 
-
-
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-2F
6
Bristol C46171712468 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-3F
-
-
7
Blackburn4619918566 
-
-
-
-
8
Millwall46181216-266 
-
-
-
-
9
West Brom461519121064 
-
-
-
-
10
M'Boro46181018864 
-
-
-
-
11
Swansea46171019-561 
-
-
-
-
12
Sheff Wed46151318-958 
-
-
-
-
13
Norwich46141517357 
-
-
-
-
14
Watford4616921-857 
-
-
-
-
15
QPR46141418-1056 
-
-
-
-
16
Portsmouth46141220-1354 
-
-
-
-
17
Oxford Utd46131419-1653 
-
-
-
-
18
Stoke46121519-1751 
-
-
-
-
19
Derby46131122-850 
-
-
-
-
20
Preston46102016-1150 
-
-
-
-
21
Hull46121321-1049 
-
-
-
-
22
Luton46131023-2449 
-
-
-
-
23
Plymouth46111322-3746 
-
-
-
-
24
Cardiff4691720-2544 
-
-
-
-
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Sheff Utd 3RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
13
D
3
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
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
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
12
D
2
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSheff Utd3 - 0Bristol C
ASheff Utd3 - 0Bristol C
HSheff Utd1 - 1Blackburn
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
Sunderland 4TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Coventry1 - 2Sunderland
Oxford Utd2 - 0Sunderland
Bristol C2 - 1Sunderland
Norwich0 - 0Sunderland
West Brom0 - 1Sunderland
Coventry3 - 0Sunderland
Sheff Wed1 - 2Sunderland
Leeds2 - 1Sunderland
M'Boro2 - 3Sunderland
Derby0 - 1Sunderland
Burnley0 - 0Sunderland
Stoke1 - 0Sunderland
Blackburn2 - 2Sunderland
Swansea2 - 3Sunderland
Sheff Utd1 - 0Sunderland
Millwall1 - 1Sunderland
Preston0 - 0Sunderland
QPR0 - 0Sunderland
Luton1 - 2Sunderland
Hull0 - 1Sunderland
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSunderland0 - 1Coventry
ASunderland2 - 1Coventry
HSunderland0 - 1QPR
ASunderland0 - 2Oxford Utd
HSunderland0 - 1Blackburn
ASunderland1 - 2Bristol C
HSunderland0 - 1Swansea
ASunderland0 - 0Norwich
ASunderland1 - 0West Brom
HSunderland1 - 0Millwall
ASunderland0 - 3Coventry
HSunderland1 - 1Preston
HSunderland2 - 1Cardiff
ASunderland2 - 1Sheff Wed
HSunderland0 - 1Hull
ASunderland1 - 2Leeds
HSunderland2 - 0Luton
HSunderland2 - 2Watford
ASunderland3 - 2M'Boro
HSunderland2 - 2Plymouth
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Sheff Utd have beaten Sunderland in 4 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Sheff Utd since 1994
Sheff Utd
Sunderland
Goals: Scored
9
6
Games: Scored
5 / 9
3 / 9
Clean sheets
6 / 9
4 / 9
SHU
5
D
2
SUN
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Utd
Sheff Utd1 - 0
Sheff Utd2 - 1
Sheff Utd3 - 0
Sheff Utd1 - 0
0 - 1Sunderland
0 - 4Sunderland
Sheff Utd2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Sunderland since 1995
Sunderland
Sheff Utd
Goals: Scored
15
7
Games: Scored
8 / 9
4 / 9
Clean sheets
5 / 9
1 / 9
SHU
2
D
1
SUN
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sunderland
Sunderland2 - 1
1 - 2Sheff Utd
1 - 2Sheff Utd
Sunderland1 - 0
Sunderland3 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Sunderland4 - 2
Sunderland2 - 0
Sunderland1 - 0
Goal Statistics
Sheff Utd 3rd Sunderland 4th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 58% probability that Sheff Utd will score no more than 1 goal
0
37%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 74% probability of Sunderland scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+3
Sheff Utd’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-14
Sunderland have scored 14% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.6
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Sheff Utd
PG (predicted goals)
Sunderland
1.4
1
Attack rating
18%
better
SHU
SUN
view stats
Games scored41
34
Failed to score7
14
Scored first34
25
Goals scored69
60
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.3
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for17
14
Avg. XG for1.5
1.4
KickOff rating
+18%
Defence rating
23%
better
SHU
SUN
view stats
Games conceded24
31
Clean sheets24
17
Conceded first13
18
Goals conceded36
46
Avg. goals conceded0.8
1
Avg. shots/game conceded7
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded10
8
Conversion rate against10%
13%
Avg. XG against1
1.2
KickOff rating
+23%

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

Sheff Utd Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4611715
M CooperT CampbellG HamerG Hamer
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Cooper GLK46
3
-
H Choudhury DEF19
2
-
A Ahmedhodzic DEF4031
11
1
J Robinson DEF36
9
-
H Burrows DEF4566
2
-
R Brewster MID3843
3
-
S. Peck MID442
8
-
V Souza MID372
10
-
G Hamer MID43107
15
-
K Moore FWD296
1
-
T Campbell FWD36113
2
-
Subs
A Davies GLK2
-
S McCallum DEF342
1
-
R Holding DEF111
1
-
F Seriki DEF261
2
-
C O'Hare MID4645
2
-
T Davies MID1611
5
-
A Brooks MID2442
4
-
T Cannon FWD1711
-
B Díaz FWD1843
5
-
Sunderland Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4713812
L O'NienW IsidorP RobertsT Hume
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Patterson GLK45
3
-
T Hume DEF4736
11
1
D Ballard DEF2331
5
-
L O'Nien DEF4831
10
-
D Cirkin DEF3932
11
-
C Rigg MID4542
9
-
D Neil MID4723
4
1
J Bellingham MID4344
11
1
E Fée MID1813
3
-
E Mayenda FWD40105
2
-
R Mundle FWD2453
2
-
Subs
S Moore GLK4
1
-
C Mepham DEF401
10
1
L Hjelde DEF171
3
-
A Browne MID231
1
-
P Roberts MID4828
10
-
S Samed MID10
-
H. Jones MID4
1
-
W Isidor FWD46132
11
-
T Watson FWD213
3
-
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