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Sheffield Utd vs Bristol City — Championship 2025

Sheffield Utd
Sheffield Utd
Preview
15:00
Bristol City
Bristol City
1/16/2027ChampionshipChampionship · Round 26Bramall Lane
Big match
48%
Sheffield Utd
model favours
48%26%26%

Bristol City score first in only 20% of matches

brightest fact of this match

1–1
likely score
54%
under 2.5 goals
50%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 13+ matches

Sheffield Utd48%
×Draw26%
Bristol City26%
✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
48.6%
Always home
43.8%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

Sheffield Utd
1.50
Bristol City
1.02

Sheffield Utd creates 47% more chances

Season form · 13 home / 35 away

creates per match

Sheffield Utd
1.63
Bristol City
1.06

allows per match

Sheffield Utd
0.98
Bristol City
1.37

finishing

Sheffield Utd-0.48scores less
Bristol City+0.00on par

Total goals

54%Under
  • Under54
  • Over46

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

50%No
  • No50
  • Yes50

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Sheffield Utd ↓

Bristol City →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–08%
0–18%
0–24%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–012%
1–112%
1–26%
1–32%
1–41%
2
2–09%
2–19%
2–25%
2–32%
2–40%
3
3–05%
3–15%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
92%8%1.5
72%28%2.5
46%54%3.5
25%75%4.5
11%89%

Double chance

Sheffield Utd or draw
74%
Sheffield Utd or Bristol City
74%
Draw or Bristol City
52%

Winning margin

Sheffield Utd wins by 2+
24%
Bristol City wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

Sheffield Utd 1+ goals
78%
Sheffield Utd 2+ goals
44%
Sheffield Utd 3+ goals
19%
Bristol City 1+ goals
64%
Bristol City 2+ goals
27%
Bristol City 3+ goals
8%

Draw no bet

Sheffield Utd (draw refunded)
65%
Bristol City (draw refunded)
35%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
37%
Both score & under 3
12%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Sheffield Utd at home — creates 1.63, concedes 0.98 · 13 matches

Bristol City away — creates 1.06, concedes 1.37 · 35 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Sheffield Utd attack 1.63 + Bristol City defence 1.37 → ÷2 → 1.50

Bristol City attack 1.06 + Sheffield Utd defence 0.98 → ÷2 → 1.02

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 48%?"

Sheffield Utd scores more
48%
level
26%
Bristol City scores more
26%

Sheffield Utd at 48% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 48% does not mean "Sheffield Utd will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Match Insights

  • Sheffield Utd win just 17% against the top half (vs 64% against the bottom)

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Style Matchup

Contrasting styles
Sheffield Utd
Attack-heavy
Bristol City
Balanced
53%Possession49%
79%Pass accuracy77%
13.5Shots11.8
1.52xGBiggest gap1.11
Pass acc.ShotsxGBox shareShot acc.Defense
Sheffield UtdBristol City

Head-to-head

5 previous meetings

2
Sheffield Utd
1
Draws
2
Bristol City
Avg goals: 2.8BTTS: 40%
0–11–43–03–01–1

Playing styles from match stats. Historical H2H record. Not a prediction.

Form
Utd
DWWLL
City
WLDLD

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Preview: Sheffield Utd host Bristol City

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