Manchester City vs Sheffield United Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 30th December 2023

Struggling Sheffield United are in for a tough assignment, when going up against Manchester City on Saturday at Etihad Stadium. With a string of mediocre performances, at best, it would be astounding to see the former take anything from this encounter.

Ranked as number four in the Premier League standings, The Citizens, have so far collected 37 points this season, while Sheffield United collected nine points. This puts them up as number 20 after 19 rounds.

At their last meeting, Manchester City earned three points against Sheffield United. No doubt, they expect to repeat this performance when they meet again this coming Saturday.

Before their upcoming match in the Premier League, Manchester City are performing absolutely brilliant when it comes to goal scoring. In the past ten outings, they performed a formidable average of 2.6 goals per game. An awe-inspiring total of 26 goals. They let 15 goals slip in, which creates an average of 1.5 per game. During this run they fought their way to one clean sheet.

Sheffield United average 0.8 goals a game in their last ten outings, scoring a total of eight goals. They conceded an average of 2.3 per game, for a total of 23 goals, whilst keeping their opponents from scoring once.

The Citizens no doubt look forward to their next match, as they ran out 1-0 and 2-1 winners when last playing Sheffield United.

Manchester City vs Sheffield United Prediction

Manchester City Form

In their last three matches, Manchester City won 2-3 against FK Crvena Zvezda, before settling for a point in a 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace. They were back on top last time out, defeating Everton 1-3. Manchester City won three of their previous six matches at Etihad Stadium in the Premier League. They drew three as well, but suffered no defeats, scoring 16 goals to eight against.

Sheffield United Form

Sheffield United were only able to take one point from their past three games. They came up short in a 2-0 defeat against Chelsea before drawing 1-1 with Aston Villa. They were defeated once again, when Luton ran out 2-3 winners. Sheffield United are winless in their last six away games in the Premier League, in which they drew two and lost four. They conceded 17 goals while scoring three themselves.

We'd be flabbergasted to see Manchester City waste away a win against Sheffield United, who could be in for a battering, the way goals have been flowing lately.

Manchester City took 22 points from their last nine encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. This amounts to seven wins after scoring 26 times and conceding nine. Sheffield United claimed zero wins and one point in their last six games against teams from the top six. They scored four times in these matches, but also conceded 14 goals. Manchester City enjoy a record of 11 wins, four draws and three defeats in the Premier League this season. Sheffield United put two wins, three draws and 14 defeats on the board in the Premier League.

Manchester City vs Sheffield United Squads

Manchester City Squad

The 52-year-old coach of the home team, Pep Guardiola, will select the lineup against Sheffield United from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Ederson (0/17), Scott Carson (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/1), Zack Steffen (0/0), John Stones (0/8), Josko Gvardiol (0/14), Kyle Walker (0/18), Manuel Akanji (2/14), Max Alleyne (0/0), Nathan Ake (2/14), Rico Lewis (1/8), Ruben Dias (0/15), Sergio Gomez (0/2), Bernardo Silva (5/15), Jack Grealish (3/11), Kalvin Phillips (0/4), Kevin De Bruyne (0/1), Mahamadou Susoho (0/0), Mateo Kovacic (0/13), Matheus Nunes (0/10), Micah Hamilton (0/0), Phil Foden (5/18), Rodri (3/15), Erling Haaland (14/15), Jeremy Doku (2/11), Julian Alvarez (5/18), Oscar Bobb (0/5).

Sheffield United Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Sheffield United head coach Wilder will select from for his starting XI:

Adam Davies (0/0), Jordan Amissah (0/0), Wesley Foderingham (0/19), Anel Ahmedhodzic (1/14), Auston Trusty (0/14), Chris Basham (0/8), Jack Robinson (0/18), Jayden Bogle (1/15), John Egan (0/6), Luke Thomas (0/11), Max Lowe (0/7), Rhys Norrington-Davies (0/0), Yasser Larouci (0/6), Andre Brooks (0/7), Anis Ben Slimane (0/9), Ben Osborn (0/8), Benie Traore (0/8), Femi Seriki (0/0), George Baldock (0/10), Gustavo Hamer (2/18), Ismaila Cheick Coulibaly (0/0), James McAtee (1/16), John Fleck (0/4), Oliver Norwood (1/17), Tom Davies (0/3), Vinicius de Souza Costa (0/18), Cameron Archer (3/17), Daniel Jebbison (0/0), Oliver McBurnie (3/11), Rhian Brewster (0/6), William Osula (0/10).

Manchester City vs Sheffield United Team News

Manchester City are sweating on the fitness of no less than seven players before their match this coming Saturday.

Ruben Dias, John Stones, Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku, Mateo Kovacic, Jack Grealish and Kevin De Bruyne are missing from the squad, Manchester City will field against Sheffield Unitedthis coming Saturday.

Sheffield United could have up to seven players on the injured and absent players for their match this coming Saturday atEtihad Stadium Oliver McBurnie is ineligible for selection in the Sheffield United squad, as he is suspended.

Chris Basham, Tom Davies, John Egan, Ismaila Cheick Coulibaly, John Egan, Daniel Jebbison and Rhian Brewster all face a spell on the sidelines for Sheffield United due to various injuries.

Manchester City vs Sheffield United Lineups

Manchester City vs Sheffield United H2H

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, The Sky Blues came away as 1-2 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome on Saturday. Manchester City claimed six wins against Sheffield United in the last seven encounters, leaving them with a small psychological edge before their next meeting.

Manchester City vs Sheffield United Results

The scenario of both teams to score came out one time in the last seven matches between Manchester City and Sheffield United.

Manchester City vs Sheffield United Betting Tips

Jack Grealish is showing good form for Manchester City, scoring two goals in their last six matches. Oliver McBurnie scored once in his previous half dozen outings.

Manchester City are undefeated in the previous 10 matches at Etihad Stadium, winning seven along the way while drawing three. Sheffield United won one of their previous 10 games away from home across all tournaments, in which they drew two and lost seven. Sheffield United managed the first goal of the game in only two of those 10 previous games played away from home. Meanwhile, Manchester City were first on target in seven of their last 10 outings on home soil.

Less than three came out one time in the past seven encounters between Sheffield United and Manchester City, as both teams not to score was a winning bet six times. Manchester City performed 1.14 goals on average, whereas Sheffield United averaged 0.14 goals. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of Manchester City’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.4 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Sheffield United, who managed to score 0.8 times in those matches.