Sheffield United vs Derby Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 21st September 2024

Sheffield United are highly favoured to claim a win against Derby, whom they face on Saturday. In their current shape, a win at Bramall Lane seems to be the obvious outcome.

Placed sixth in the table Sheffield United have amassed nine points after five matches. On nine points, Derby rank eightth with five matches played this season.

Entering the match as a favourite, Sheffield United will be highly motivated to extend their unbeaten streak that they currently have in this Championship campaign. They should be in with a decent chance of adding another win to their account. The visitors will undoubtfully make their life as unpleasant as possible, however, they will have it very difficult considering the current form of the hosts.

Sheffield United step into their next home match this coming Saturday having scored a nice average of 1.7 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 17 goals, while also allowing six goals against. That is an average of 0.6 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet five times in those matches.

Derby scored 13 goals, conceded 12 and managed four clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Sheffield United face off against Derby for the first time in a while, with Derby claiming a 2-0 win at Pride Park back then.

Sheffield United vs Derby Prediction

Sheffield United Form

In the previous three matches, Sheffield United lost 1-0 against Barnsley, beat Watford by 1-0 and won 0-2 against Hull. Sheffield United showed little mercy in their past six matches at the Bramall Lane, of which they won five and drew once. Going undefeated, they hit the target 14 times, while letting in four themselves.

Sheffield United enter the season as candidates for a top three finish, but more than a third place would in the end would be a rather big surprise.

Derby Form

Derby look well suited to take on any opponent as their last three matches ended with a draw and two wins. They started off drawing 0-0 with Barrow, before downing first Bristol City by 3-0, then Cardiff in a 1-0 win. Derby managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Championship. On top of winning once they also drew zero as well as losing five, while scoring 12 time and letting in seven.

A season somewhat above expectations could perhaps make Sheffield United a contender in a title race, though they do look capable of a podium finish if catching the right momentum.

Derby and Sheffield United always seem to tread carefully, when taking on each other, and history makes under 2.5 goals the call on Saturday.

Sheffield United are yet to experience the foul smell of failure this season in the Championship. They haven't lost a single game, in stead recording three wins and two draws. Derby are yet to play a draw this season, in stead recording three wins and two defeats in the Championship.

Sheffield United vs Derby Squads

Sheffield United Squad

The 56-year-old coach of the home team, Chris Wilder, will select the lineup against Derby from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season:

Adam Davies (0/2), Michael Cooper (0/3), Alfie Gilchrist (0/5), Anel Ahmedhodzic (0/4), Harry Souttar (0/4), Jack Robinson (0/2), Rhys Norrington-Davies (0/0), Sam McCallum (1/2), Andre Brooks (0/4), Femi Seriki (0/2), Gustavo Hamer (3/5), Harrison Burrows (0/5), Ismaila Coulibaly (0/0), Jamie Shackleton (0/2), Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (0/4), Ollie Arblaster (2/5), Sydie Peck (0/3), Tom Davies (0/0), Vinicius de Souza Costa (0/5), Callum O'Hare (0/5), Kieffer Moore (1/5), Louie Marsh (0/0), Rhian Brewster (0/4), Tyrese Campbell (0/1).

Derby Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Derby players that the manager Paul Warne will choose from for the upcoming game:

Jacob Widell Zetterstroem (0/3), Josh Vickers (0/2), Rohan Luthra (0/0), Callum Elder (0/5), Craig Forsyth (0/5), Curtis Nelson (1/5), Eiran Cashin (0/4), Jake Rooney (0/0), Kane Wilson (1/2), Nathaniel Phillips (0/0), Ryan Nyambe (0/4), Sonny Bradley (0/2), Ben Osborn (0/3), Dajaune Brown (0/0), Ebou Adams (1/5), Ivan Calero (0/0), Joe Ward (0/2), Kenzo Goudmijn (2/5), Liam Thompson (0/4), Marcus Harness (0/0), Tom Koblenz (0/0), Tyrese Fornah (0/1), Conor Washington (0/0), Corey Blackett-Taylor (0/0), James Collins (0/3), Jerry Yates (0/3), Kayden Jackson (2/5), Kwame Thomas (0/0), Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (0/5), Tawanda Chirewa (0/0), Tom Barkhuizen (0/4).

Sheffield United vs Derby Team News

Derby just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Sheffield United at the Bramall Lane. For instance, Derby won't be able to field Jerry Yates as he serves out a ban following too many cards.

Sheffield United vs Derby Lineups

Sheffield United vs Derby H2H

The last time Sheffield United faced off against Derby, Derby claimed a 2-0 win at Pride Park. The Blades have been slightly more successful than Derby in recent meetings. With a 5-2-3 advantage going into this match, betting on Sheffield United has often proved the profitable way to go. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 3/5.

Sheffield United vs Derby Results

Over 2.5 goals happened only three times in the last ten matches Sheffield United took on Derby. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 1/1 with the bookies.

Sheffield United vs Derby Betting Tips

Kayden Jackson shows decent form right now for Derby, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Championship. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Sheffield United, who are strong favourites on Saturday. Siding with Gustavo Hamer also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six Championship matches.

In their last 10 matches at Bramall Lane across all tournaments Sheffield United won two times, drew three and lost five times. Derby claimed one wins, three draw and six defeats in their last 10 games away. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Bramall Lane since both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for Sheffield United. The same occurred in five of the last 10 league games away from home for Derby.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet five times in the last ten encounters between Sheffield United and Derby as under 2.5 goals happened three times. Sheffield United scored an average of 1.2 goals a game, with Derby averaging 0.9 goals in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Sheffield United’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.9 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Derby, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.6 times goals per game.