📏 Form Guide

Bristol City

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Bristol City prepare for this fixture following on from a 2-2 Championship drawn game versus Preston North End.

In that game, Bristol City had 70% possession and 18 shots at goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Bristol City was Ross McCrorie (69', 74'). At the other end, Preston North End got 19 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Emil Riis (28') and Milutin Osmajić (60') scored for Preston North End.

Bristol City have been conceding pretty frequently recently, although they have also found ways to hit the back of the net themselves. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Bristol City have been punished defensively in 6 of them in addition to getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those matches.

Sheffield United

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Previously, Sheffield United drew 1-1 in the Championship match with Blackburn Rovers.

In that game, Sheffield United had 60% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sheffield United was Anel Ahmedhodžić (59'). At the other end, Blackburn Rovers got 7 shots at goal with 2 on target. Yuki Ohashi (50') scored for Blackburn Rovers.

Throughout their six most recent matches, Chris Wilder's Sheffield United have converted 7 times thus giving them the goals scored per game average of 1.17.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 28/11/2021 shows that these encounters have ended in disappointment for Bristol City. They have not managed to get any victories at all whereas Sheffield United have simply been better than them, winning in 67 per cent of those games played.

A combined total of 11 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 3 from The Robins and 8 coming from The Blades. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.83.

The previous league game featuring the two was Championship match day 37 on 11/03/2025 when it ended Sheffield United 1-1 Bristol City.

In that game, Sheffield United had 40% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player to score was Tyrese Campbell (61').

On the other side, Bristol City got 23 shots at goal with 4 on target. Mark Sykes (90') scored.

The referee was Stephen Martin.

📰 Team News: Bristol City

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just the sole fitness concern for the Bristol City manager Liam Manning to contend with from an otherwise fully-primed group of players. Luke McNally (Cruciate ligament injury) is out of contention.

In all likelihood, The Robins may well go for a 3-4-3 formation in the match and select Max O'Leary, George Tanner, Robert Dickie, Zak Vyner, Yu Hirakawa, Joe Williams, Jason Knight, Ross McCrorie, Anis Mehmeti, Nahki Wells and Scott Twine.

🗞️ Team News: Sheffield United

We reckon that The Blades will likely make use of a 4-2-3-1 system with a starting lineup of Michael Cooper, Alfie Gilchrist, Anel Ahmedhodzic, Rob Holding, Sam McCallum, Vinicius Souza, Sydie Peck, Andre Brooks, Callum O'Hare, Gustavo Hamer and Thomas Cannon.

✨ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Sheffield United and Bristol City should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.

We’ll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square. We’re therefore tipping a tight encounter with a 1-1 draw at the end of the match.

Lucas Pereira, 18:02 08/05/2025