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Sheffield Utd vs West Ham — Championship 2025

Sheffield Utd
Sheffield Utd
Preview
15:00
West Ham
West Ham
12/5/2026ChampionshipChampionship · Round 19Bramall Lane
Big match
46%
Sheffield Utd
model favours
46%28%26%

Even after scoring first, West Ham win only 44%

brightest fact of this match

1–0
likely score
59%
under 2.5 goals
46%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 3+ matches

Sheffield Utd46%
×Draw28%
West Ham26%
✓ 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
1.36
West Ham
0.95

Sheffield Utd creates 43% more chances

Season form · 30 home / 3 away

creates per match

Sheffield Utd
1.73
West Ham
0.67

allows per match

Sheffield Utd
1.23
West Ham
1.00

finishing

Sheffield Utd+0.00on par
West Ham+0.00on par

Total goals

59%Under
  • Under59
  • Over41

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

54%No
  • No54
  • Yes46

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Sheffield Utd ↓

West Ham →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–010%
0–19%
0–24%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–014%
1–113%
1–26%
1–32%
1–40%
2
2–09%
2–19%
2–24%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–04%
3–14%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (14%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
90%10%1.5
67%33%2.5
41%59%3.5
20%80%4.5
8%92%

Double chance

Sheffield Utd or draw
74%
Sheffield Utd or West Ham
72%
Draw or West Ham
54%

Winning margin

Sheffield Utd wins by 2+
22%
West Ham wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

Sheffield Utd 1+ goals
74%
Sheffield Utd 2+ goals
39%
Sheffield Utd 3+ goals
16%
West Ham 1+ goals
61%
West Ham 2+ goals
25%
West Ham 3+ goals
7%

Draw no bet

Sheffield Utd (draw refunded)
64%
West Ham (draw refunded)
36%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
33%
Both score & under 3
13%

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 1.73, concedes 1.23 · 30 matches

West Ham away — creates 0.67, concedes 1.00 · 3 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 1.73 + West Ham defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 1.36

West Ham attack 0.67 + Sheffield Utd defence 1.23 → ÷2 → 0.95

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 46%?"

Sheffield Utd scores more
46%
level
28%
West Ham scores more
26%

Sheffield Utd at 46% 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 46% 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

  • West Ham win just 23% of their away games
  • 23% of West Ham’s goals come in the first 15 minutes
  • 32% of West Ham’s goals come after the 75th minute

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Form
Utd
DWWLL
Ham
WLLLW

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Preview: Sheffield Utd host West Ham

December 5, 2026: Sheffield Utd take on West Ham in Championship. Track every goal, card, and substitution live on Scoreo as the action unfolds.

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