Sheffield Utd vs Sunderland Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 17th August 2022
The Championship tie at Bramall Lane on Wednesday sees home team Sheffield Utd up against Sunderland. Sunderland visit Sheffield Utd for their first meeting since Dezember 2017, when Sheffield United put a 3-0 win on the board at Bramall Lane.
Sunderland are currently ahead of Sheffield Utd by one point in the Championship table. While the visitors are number six with five points, the hosts have one point less at number nine.
Entering the match on Wednesday as favourite, Sheffield Utd will be looking to squeeze past Sunderland in the Championship table with a win. While not an impossible task, the visitors are of course highly motivated to at least maintain the current gap.
When it comes to goal-scoring Sheffield Utd could be more prolific, scoring 19 times in their previous ten games. That is an average of 1.9 goals per game in which, they conceded 13 times. This is an average of 1.3 a game, achieving a clean sheet in three times.
Sunderland travel to their next away match on Wednesday having performed a tolerable average of 1.6 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 16 goals, whilst shipping 16 goals against. An average of 1.6 goals against a game. They hung on to one clean sheet in this streak.
Sheffield Utd vs Sunderland Prediction
Sheffield Utd added four points to the standings in their previous three matches, where they first beat Millwall 2-0. They were then defeated 1-0 against West Bromwich, before drawing 2-2 against Middlesbrough. Sheffield Utd claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Championship. They also drew one and lost two, as they scored nine and conceded four goals.
In has been a bit of everything for Sunderland in their previous three matches, as they first beat Bristol City by 2-3. This was followed by a disappointing 2-0 defeat against Sheffield Wednesday, before an encounter with Queens P.R. produced a 2-2 draw. Sunderland claimed two wins against two draws and two defeats in their last six away matches in the Championship. The scoreline from these matches reads nine goals conceded and 11 scored.
Sheffield Utd are the bookies favourite to claim the win, when Sunderland arrive at Bramall Lane, and we believe the home side will prevail.
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Sheffield Utd vs Sunderland Stats
- Sheffield United have not lost 15 of the last 17 home matches
- Sheffield United have scored in 14 of the last 16 home matches
- Sheffield United have lost 5 of the last 7 matches
- Sheffield United have won 3 of the last 4 home matches
- Sheffield United have not conceded in 6 of the last 8 home matches
- In 5 of the last 6 matches Sunderland played, both teams scored
- Sunderland have conceded in the last 7 matches in a row
- Sunderland have not won 6 of the last 7 matches
- Sunderland have conceded in 7 of the last 8 away matches
- Sunderland have not won 6 of the last 8 away matches
Sheffield Utd vs Sunderland Team News
Sheffield Utd are looking at up to six players on the injured and absent list ahead of their home match against Sunderland on Wednesday.
Jack Robinson, Enda Stevens, Chris Basham, Adam Davies, Jayden Bogle and Jack O'Connell nurses various injuries and won't take part for Sheffield Utd against Sunderland at Bramall Lane.
Sheffield Utd vs Sunderland H2H
The last time Sheffield Utd faced off against Sunderland, Sheffield United claimed a 3-0 win at Bramall Lane. Not a single one of their last six matches finished with a draw. Sheffield Utd managed three wins, while Sunderland won three of these six encounters. Selecting a home win gets you odds at 1.70 with the bookies, while the best betting odds on the visitors at full-time are at 5.00.
Sheffield Utd vs Sunderland Results
Sheffield Utd vs Sunderland Betting Tips
It is early days yet for the new Championship season and Sheffield Utd as well as Sunderland have a couple of prospects who could end up dominate their offensive lines this season. We have listed some of their possible goalscorers in their upcoming match.
Bramall Lane witnessed Sheffield Utd winning six times in their last 10 matches here, whilst drawing two and losing two as well. Sunderland claimed three wins, three draw and four defeats in their last 10 games away. Sheffield Utd won five of the 10 most recent matches in front of their home supporters without allowing a goal against.
Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the last six encounters between these two teams. Sheffield Utd managed an average of one goal, with Sunderland averaging 1.01 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet one time in this run of matches. Sheffield Utd scored an average of 1.6 goals in their last ten matches in which over 2.5 goals happened six times. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of the visitor's last ten games this season. On average, they scored 1.2 times in those matches.