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

Wed 21st Jan, 19:45 BST, St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton

the St. Mary's Stadium crowd welcome Sheffield United's travelling contingent on Wednesday evening, as William Still's Southampton face Chris Wilder's charges in the Championship. Below you'll find unique stats for all of the main betting markets, from both teams to score to double chance, including form and historical head to head (H2H) data. Predictions are calculated from these, and the odds come straight from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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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
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Team To Score First

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Southampton
41%
--
Draw
25%
--
Sheff Utd
34%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Southampton 2-1
9%
--
Southampton 1-0
9%
--
Sheff Utd 2-1
8%
--
Sheff Utd 1-0
8%
--
Southampton 2-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Sheff Utd 2-0
5%
--
Southampton 3-1
4%
--
Sheff Utd 3-1
3%
--
Southampton 3-0
3%
--
Southampton 3-2
3%
--
Sheff Utd 3-2
3%
--
Sheff Utd 3-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
--
Home 1st Goal
50%
--
Away 1st Goal
47%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
57%
--
BTTS - No
43%
--
BTTS - Home Win
21%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
17%
--
Home/draw
66%
--
Away/draw
59%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
59%
--
Away DNB
51%
--
Southampton win to nil
21%
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Sheff Utd win to nil
16%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Southampton have played 26 matches so far this season and lay in 15th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 2 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 2 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Southampton have outscored their opponents by 38 goals to 36 goals.

Home League Performance

Southampton have played 12 games at home winning 5, drawing 5 and losing 2 games. They have scored 17 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 11 goals at home.

Sheff Utd are in 16th position in the Championship on 32 points having played 25 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 25 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 18 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 1 and won 6. Sheff Utd have conceded 32 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 5 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Southampton
Sheff Utd
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry2615742852 
d
 
1-1A
Mar 14
Feb 25
l
 
3-1F
2
M'Boro2613761146 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
4-0A
Feb 9
l
 
1-0A
3
Ipswich2512851844 
Apr 3
d
 
1-1A
Jan 24
l
 
5-0A
4
Preston26111051143 
l
 
0-2A
May 2
Apr 25
l
 
3-2F
5
Millwall261277-443 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-2F
l
 
0-1A
Jan 31
6
Watford251186841 
Feb 7
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
7
Hull251258241 
Jan 17
l
 
3-1A
Apr 11
l
 
1-0A
8
Stoke2612410940 
l
 
1-2A
Jan 31
w
 
4-0F
w
 
1-2F
9
Wrexham2610106640 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 6
Mar 21
l
 
5-3F
10
Bristol C261169939 
Apr 21
l
 
3-1F
l
 
1-4A
Apr 6
11
QPR2611510-138 
Feb 24
w
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 28
12
Leicester261079-137 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 14
w
 
3-1F
w
 
2-3F
13
Derby26989035 
Apr 11
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-3A
May 2
14
Birmingham269710-134 
w
 
3-1F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
3-0F
Mar 14
15
Southampton26899033 
-
-
l
 
1-2F
Jan 21
16
Sheff Utd2510213-232 
Jan 21
w
 
1-2A
-
-
17
Swansea269512-632 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 18
Apr 3
l
 
1-0A
18
West Brom269413-631 
w
 
3-2F
Mar 11
Mar 7
l
 
2-0A
19
Charlton257810-729 
Feb 21
w
 
1-5F
l
 
0-1A
Jan 17
20
Blackburn257711-628 
Apr 25
l
 
2-1F
Apr 22
w
 
1-3A
21
Portsmouth246711-1425 
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 25
w
 
3-0F
Feb 14
22
Norwich266614-1124 
Mar 7
l
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1F
Mar 10
23
Oxford Utd255713-1022 
Mar 21
l
 
2-1A
-
w
 
0-1F
24
Sheff Wed251816-33-7 
w
 
3-1F
Feb 28
Feb 22
w
 
0-3F
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Southampton 13TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Southampton0 - 0Millwall
Southampton1 - 1Coventry
Southampton3 - 2West Brom
Southampton3 - 1Birmingham
Southampton3 - 0Leicester
Southampton3 - 1Sheff Wed
Southampton0 - 2Preston
Southampton0 - 0Swansea
Southampton1 - 1M'Boro
Southampton0 - 0Portsmouth
Southampton1 - 2Stoke
Southampton2 - 1Wrexham
Southampton1 - 2Arsenal
Southampton0 - 0Man City
Southampton1 - 2Fulham
Southampton0 - 3A Villa
Southampton1 - 1C Palace
Southampton1 - 2Wolves
Southampton0 - 4Brighton
Southampton1 - 3Bournemouth
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASouthampton0 - 4M'Boro
HSouthampton0 - 0Millwall
ASouthampton1 - 1Birmingham
ASouthampton1 - 2Oxford Utd
HSouthampton1 - 1Coventry
ASouthampton1 - 2Norwich
HSouthampton3 - 2West Brom
HSouthampton3 - 1Birmingham
ASouthampton2 - 3Millwall
HSouthampton3 - 0Leicester
ASouthampton5 - 1Charlton
HSouthampton3 - 1Sheff Wed
ASouthampton2 - 1QPR
HSouthampton0 - 2Preston
ASouthampton1 - 2Blackburn
ASouthampton1 - 3Bristol C
HSouthampton0 - 0Swansea
ASouthampton1 - 1Derby
ASouthampton2 - 1Sheff Utd
HSouthampton1 - 1M'Boro
Sheff Utd 17TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stoke1 - 2Sheff Utd
Wrexham5 - 3Sheff Utd
West Brom2 - 0Sheff Utd
Leicester2 - 3Sheff Utd
Sheff Wed0 - 3Sheff Utd
Coventry3 - 1Sheff Utd
Preston3 - 2Sheff Utd
Blackburn1 - 3Sheff Utd
Hull1 - 0Sheff Utd
Oxford Utd0 - 1Sheff Utd
Ipswich5 - 0Sheff Utd
M'Boro1 - 0Sheff Utd
Swansea1 - 0Sheff Utd
Bristol C0 - 3Sheff Utd
Stoke0 - 2Sheff Utd
Burnley2 - 1Sheff Utd
Plymouth2 - 1Sheff Utd
Oxford Utd1 - 0Sheff Utd
Sheff Wed0 - 1Sheff Utd
QPR1 - 2Sheff Utd
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
2
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
HSheff Utd1 - 0Watford
ASheff Utd0 - 1Hull
HSheff Utd1 - 2Southampton
ASheff Utd1 - 0Oxford Utd
HSheff Utd0 - 1Charlton
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Southampton have beaten Sheff Utd in 5 consecutive league meetings
5
Southampton have not lost to Sheff Utd in 5 consecutive league meetings
League games at Southampton since 1993
Southampton
Sheff Utd
Goals: Scored
16
11
Games: Scored
6 / 7
6 / 7
Clean sheets
1 / 7
1 / 7
SOU
4
D
1
SHU
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Southampton
Southampton3 - 0
Southampton3 - 1
1 - 2Sheff Utd
Southampton3 - 2
0 - 1Sheff Utd
Draw3 - 3Draw
Southampton3 - 2
League games at Sheff Utd since 1992
Sheff Utd
Southampton
Goals: Scored
7
7
Games: Scored
4 / 8
4 / 8
Clean sheets
4 / 8
4 / 8
SOU
4
D
2
SHU
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Utd
1 - 2Southampton
0 - 2Southampton
0 - 1Southampton
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 2Southampton
Sheff Utd3 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Sheff Utd2 - 0
Goal Statistics
Southampton 13th Sheff Utd 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
22%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that Southampton will score 1 or more goals
0
26%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Sheff Utd will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-15
Southampton have scored 15% fewer goals at home than predicted
+16
Sheff Utd have scored 16% more goals when away than predicted
1.1
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Southampton
PG (predicted goals)
Sheff Utd
1.5
1.3
Attack rating
6%
better
SOU
SHU
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Games scored21
17
Failed to score5
8
Scored first12
14
Goals scored38
36
Avg. goals scored1.5
1.4
Avg. shots per game11
9
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for14
16
Avg. XG for1.7
1.8
KickOff rating
+6%
Defence rating
SOU
SHU
9%
better
view stats
Games conceded22
18
Clean sheets4
7
Conceded first11
10
Goals conceded38
38
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded9
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against16%
17%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.2
KickOff rating
+9%

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

Southampton Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
221147
A ArmstrongA ArmstrongA ArmstrongF Downes
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Armstrong FWD26114
3
-
R Manning DEF2542
4
-
N Wood DEF2211
5
-
F Azaz MID2263
-
J. Robinson FWD2221
-
T Harwood-Bellis DEF2141
6
-
C. Jander MID212
3
-
T Fellows MID203
2
-
L Scienza FWD2033
-
G Bazunu GLK19
1
-
F Downes MID19
7
-
C Archer FWD182
1
-
J Stephens DEF161
2
-
R Fraser FWD162
-
S Charles MID121
3
-
J Quarshie DEF11
2
-
R Edwards DEF11
-
D Downs FWD111
1
-
Welington  DEF10
1
1
M Roerslev DEF9
1
-
R Stewart FWD921
2
-
A McCarthy GLK7
-
J Aribo MID7
1
-
E Jelert DEF61
-
K Matsuki MID4
1
-
Sheff Utd Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
25664
M CooperC O'HareC O'HareJ Tanganga
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Cooper GLK25
-
C O'Hare MID2566
1
-
H Burrows DEF2412
1
-
T Campbell FWD2352
3
-
J Tanganga DEF221
4
-
A Brooks MID2112
2
-
T Cannon FWD214
-
F Seriki DEF1914
3
-
S. Peck MID1931
4
-
G Hamer MID1823
4
-
D. Soumaré MID18
3
-
S McCallum DEF1711
2
-
M McGuinness DEF161
2
-
D Ings FWD151
-
J Riedewald MID142
1
-
B Mee DEF121
2
-
T. Bindon DEF101
1
-
C Ogbene FWD101
-
T Chong MID91
-
L Barry FWD9
1
-
A. Matos MID8
-
O Arblaster MID61
-
R One FWD6
-
T Davies MID5
-
B Godfrey DEF4
-
J Shackleton DEF3
-
A Davies GLK1
-