📊 Form Guide

Bristol City

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Bristol City, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 1-3 Championship victory versus Preston North End.

In that match, Bristol City had 41% possession and 5 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For Bristol City, goals were scored by Yu Hirakawa (6'), Nahki Wells (51') and Max Bird (81'). At the other end, Preston North End had 14 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Sam Greenwood (48') scored for Preston North End.

Their most recent results show that there has been much resilience in the Bristol City backline. Bristol City have been miserly, seeing the tally of goals that have gone in at their end during their past 6 games standing at 4.

Their previous form shows that Bristol City:

• have not emerged victorious against Sheffield United in their last 4 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 11 home league matches. A very good run at home.
• haven’t won at home in the past 3 league games.

Sheffield United

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Sheffield United will come into the meeting following on from a 0-2 Championship win with the defeat of Blackburn Rovers in their last fixture.

In that match, Sheffield United managed 42% possession and 20 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. For Sheffield United, goals were scored by Harrison Burrows (16') and Tyrese Campbell (64'). For their opponents, Blackburn Rovers had 9 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

In 6 of the previous six clashes involving Sheffield United, a notably low volume of goals have been scored between them and opposing sides. The overall average number of goals per game in that spell is a paltry 1.67, with the average goals for The Blades equalling 1.17. That kind of trend won’t necessarily follow through into this next game, however.

Going into this contest, Sheffield United are undefeated by Bristol City when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 30/03/2019 tells us that Bristol City have won 1 of them and Sheffield United 4, with the number of draws standing at 1.

12 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 4 from The Robins and 8 coming from The Blades. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.

The previous league contest featuring these sides was Championship match day 43 on 18/04/2023 and the score finished Sheffield United 1-0 Bristol City.

On that day, Sheffield United had 51% possession and 12 shots at goal with 3 on target. The scorer was James McAtee (77').

For their opponents, Bristol City got 4 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Geoff Eltringham.

📰 Team News: Bristol City

In our view, The Robins will probably employ a 3-4-3 formation for the game and select Max O'Leary, Zak Vyner, Robert Dickie, Luke McNally, Haydon Roberts, Marcus McGuane, Jason Knight, Mark Sykes, Yu Hirakawa, Nahki Wells and Max Bird.

ℹ️ Team News: Sheffield United

We’re of the thinking that The Blades could decide to make use of a 4-4-2 formation, settling for Michael Cooper, Alfie Gilchrist, Harry Souttar, Anel Ahmedhodzic, Harrison Burrows, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, Vinicius Souza, Oliver Arblaster, Callum O'Hare, Tyrese Campbell and Kieffer Moore.

💡 Prediction

We feel that Sheffield United and Bristol City are both capable of scoring here.

It appears that a draw might be on the cards. We’re therefore tipping a very even match with a score draw at the end of this game.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 19:05 05/11/2024