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

Mon 29th Dec, 19:45 BST, bet365 Stadium, Stoke

Monday evening at the bet365 Stadium, and it’s a Championship clash between Stoke City and Sheffield United. Mark Robins and Chris Wilder going all-out to ensure victory. Stats for our tip of are shown below, including head to head (H2H) history. Changing the market using the tabs below changes all stats and the odds from leading bookmakers, so be sure to have a browse to find the best bet for you.


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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Stoke
51%
--
Draw
25%
--
Sheff Utd
25%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Stoke 1-0
11%
--
Stoke 2-1
10%
--
Stoke 2-0
9%
--
Sheff Utd 1-0
7%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Sheff Utd 2-1
6%
--
Stoke 3-1
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Stoke 3-0
5%
--
Sheff Utd 2-0
4%
--
Stoke 3-2
3%
--
Sheff Utd 3-1
2%
--
Stoke 4-1
2%
--
Stoke 4-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
--
Home 1st Goal
53%
--
Away 1st Goal
43%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
52%
--
BTTS - No
48%
--
BTTS - Home Win
22%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
12%
--
Home/draw
75%
--
Away/draw
49%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
27%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
73%
--
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
68%
--
Away DNB
42%
--
Stoke win to nil
28%
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Sheff Utd win to nil
13%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Stoke have played 21 matches so far this season and lay in 7th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 16 games against teams below in the table, having won 10, drawn 2 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Stoke have outscored their opponents by 28 goals to 25 goals.

Home League Performance

Stoke have played 10 games at home winning 6, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored 17 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 8 goals at home.

Sheff Utd are in 18th position in the Championship on 23 points having played 21 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 19 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 13 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 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 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Stoke
Sheff Utd
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry2114523047 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 28
Feb 25
l
 
3-1F
2
M'Boro2112631142 
Jan 21
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 9
l
 
1-0A
3
Preston21984735 
Dec 26
Mar 21
Apr 25
l
 
3-2F
4
Millwall211056-435 
Apr 21
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-1A
Jan 31
5
Ipswich219751334 
Mar 10
l
 
1-0A
Jan 24
l
 
5-0A
6
Hull211047134 
l
 
1-2F
Jan 1
Apr 11
l
 
1-0A
7
Stoke211038833 
-
-
w
 
4-0F
Dec 29
8
Leicester21876331 
Feb 21
l
 
2-1A
Jan 1
w
 
2-3F
9
QPR21948-531 
Jan 17
l
 
1-0A
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 28
10
Southampton21867530 
Jan 31
w
 
1-2F
l
 
1-2F
Jan 21
11
Bristol C21867430 
w
 
5-1F
May 2
l
 
1-4A
Apr 6
12
Derby21867130 
w
 
3-1A
Apr 6
l
 
1-3A
May 2
13
Birmingham21858429 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 24
Dec 20
Mar 14
14
Watford21786229 
Mar 14
Dec 20
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
15
Wrexham216105128 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
Mar 21
Dec 26
16
West Brom21849-328 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 7
Mar 7
l
 
2-0A
17
Charlton20668-624 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 14
l
 
0-1A
Jan 17
18
Sheff Utd217212-623 
Dec 29
l
 
4-0A
-
-
19
Swansea216510-723 
w
 
2-1F
Mar 7
Apr 3
l
 
1-0A
20
Blackburn206410-622 
Apr 11
d
 
1-1F
Apr 22
w
 
1-3A
21
Portsmouth205510-1020 
Apr 25
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-0F
Feb 14
22
Oxford Utd214710-819 
Feb 25
w
 
0-3F
Jan 4
w
 
0-1F
23
Norwich214512-1017 
d
 
1-1A
Jan 4
d
 
1-1F
Mar 10
24
Sheff Wed201613-25-9 
Apr 3
w
 
0-3F
Feb 22
w
 
0-3F
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Stoke 7TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stoke2 - 1Swansea
Stoke1 - 2Hull
Stoke3 - 0Charlton
Stoke0 - 1Coventry
Stoke5 - 1Bristol C
Stoke1 - 0Wrexham
Stoke1 - 1Norwich
Stoke1 - 0Birmingham
Stoke0 - 1West Brom
Stoke3 - 1Derby
Stoke0 - 2Sheff Utd
Stoke2 - 0Sheff Wed
Stoke1 - 1Luton
Stoke3 - 1QPR
Stoke1 - 0Blackburn
Stoke0 - 0Watford
Stoke1 - 3M'Boro
Stoke3 - 1Swansea
Stoke0 - 0Oxford Utd
Stoke0 - 0Plymouth
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HStoke2 - 1Swansea
AStoke0 - 1Ipswich
AStoke0 - 4Sheff Utd
HStoke1 - 2Hull
HStoke3 - 0Charlton
AStoke1 - 2Leicester
HStoke0 - 1Coventry
AStoke3 - 0Oxford Utd
HStoke5 - 1Bristol C
AStoke1 - 0Portsmouth
AStoke0 - 2Millwall
HStoke1 - 0Wrexham
AStoke1 - 1Blackburn
AStoke0 - 0M'Boro
HStoke1 - 1Norwich
AStoke0 - 1QPR
HStoke1 - 0Birmingham
HStoke0 - 1West Brom
AStoke2 - 1Southampton
AStoke3 - 0Sheff Wed
Sheff Utd 18TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
10
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Luton0 - 1Sheff Utd
Derby0 - 1Sheff Utd
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Sheff Utd have beaten Stoke in 4 consecutive league meetings
3
Sheff Utd have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive league meetings with Stoke
League games at Stoke since 1997
Stoke
Sheff Utd
Goals: Scored
13
11
Games: Scored
7 / 10
7 / 10
Clean sheets
3 / 10
3 / 10
STK
3
D
5
SHU
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Stoke
0 - 2Sheff Utd
Stoke3 - 1
Stoke1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Sheff Utd
Draw1 - 1Draw
Stoke2 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
League games at Sheff Utd since 1997
Sheff Utd
Stoke
Goals: Scored
19
11
Games: Scored
8 / 11
8 / 11
Clean sheets
3 / 11
3 / 11
STK
2
D
2
SHU
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Utd
Sheff Utd4 - 0
Sheff Utd2 - 0
Sheff Utd3 - 1
Sheff Utd2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 3Stoke
Sheff Utd2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Stoke
Sheff Utd2 - 1
Sheff Utd3 - 2
Goal Statistics
Stoke 7th Sheff Utd 18th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that Stoke will score 1 or more goals
0
35%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 72% probability that Sheff Utd will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+2
Stoke’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+3
Sheff Utd’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.4
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Stoke
PG (predicted goals)
Sheff Utd
1.6
1
Attack rating
10%
better
STK
SHU
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Games scored14
13
Failed to score7
8
Scored first11
10
Goals scored28
25
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.2
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for17
14
Avg. XG for1.2
1.7
KickOff rating
+10%
Defence rating
19%
better
STK
SHU
view stats
Games conceded14
15
Clean sheets7
6
Conceded first9
10
Goals conceded20
31
Avg. goals conceded1
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded9
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
6
Conversion rate against11%
16%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.3
KickOff rating
+19%

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

Stoke Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21859
V JohanssonS ThomasS ThomasJ Tchamadeu
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
V Johansson GLK211
2
-
S Thomas FWD2185
5
-
M Manhoef FWD2151
-
J Tchamadeu DEF2011
9
-
B Wilmot DEF20
2
-
T Seko MID201
2
-
D Mubama FWD2051
2
1
J. Bae MID1913
-
A Cresswell  DEF162
2
-
T Rigo MID15
1
-
R Bozenik FWD15
-
A Phillips DEF141
5
-
B Pearson MID131
3
-
L Cissé FWD131
1
-
L Baker MID1241
1
-
S Nzonzi MID111
1
-
E Bocat DEF101
-
S Gallagher FWD5
-
J. Donley MID41
-
M Taloverov DEF2
2
-
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
-
F Seriki DEF1511
1
-
M McGuinness DEF151
2
-
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 Chong MID51
-
T Davies MID5
-
B Godfrey DEF4
-
J Shackleton DEF3
-
O Arblaster MID2
-
A Davies GLK1
-