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Predictions and Tips
The Championship clash at Bramall Lane on Friday sees home side Sheffield United welcome Cardiff City.
All Sheffield United v Cardiff City match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below - along with the latest match odds.
📏 Form Guide

Sheffield United
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Sheffield United will be hoping to bounce back here following the 2-1 Championship loss in their previous game against Plymouth Argyle.
The only player to score from Sheffield United was Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (44'). Ryan Hardie (81') and Muhamed Tijani (88') scored for Plymouth Argyle.
It’s not been often in recent times where Sheffield United have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Sheffield United have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 6 goals on the way.
Ahead of this clash, Sheffield United have not been beaten in the league by Cardiff City in their previous 6 games.
Cardiff City
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After a losing effort in their last game against Stoke City in Championship action, Cardiff City will be aiming to make amends here.
In that game, Cardiff City had 51% possession and 16 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Cardiff City was Will Fish (85' Own goal). Stoke City got 12 attempts at goal with 5 on target.
Looking at their form, and Cardiff City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 7 goals in all. At the back, Cardiff City have seen their frailties exposed. That kind of trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this next game, though.
Looking at their past form shows that Cardiff City:
- have not emerged victorious against Sheffield United when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
- are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches away from home.
- are without an away win for the past 2 matches in the league.
↔️ Head to head
Checking on their prior head to head clashes going back to 04/12/2021 shows us that Sheffield United have won 5 of them & Cardiff City 1, with the number of drawn matches being 0.
A combined sum of 15 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 11 of them from The Blades and 4 netted by The Bluebirds. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.
ℹ️ Team News: Sheffield United
Rob Holding (Ankle surgery), Jamie Shackleton (Foot injury) and Oliver Arblaster (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be available for Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder.
ℹ️ Team News: Cardiff City
Cardiff City manager Omer Riza has multiple availability issues to deal with. Aaron Ramsey (Hamstring injury) and Callum O'Dowda (unknown injury) are those who can’t be considered.
💭 Prediction
In this match, Sheffield United are likely to convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.
In contrast, Cardiff City will be up against it to score but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be getting enough chances to score, too.
Our tip is for a decent 3-1 winning margin for Sheffield United when all’s said and done.
Victor Martins, 16:08 18/04/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

⚽️ Team Focus:
Sheffield United
Formed: 1889
Stadium: Bramall Lane (32,050)
Captain: Jack Robinson
Chairman: Yusuf Giansiracusa
Manager: Chris Wilder
Competitions: Championship position 3
🔑 Key Player: Gustavo Hamer
Regularly used in the Central Defensive Midfielder position, Gustavo Hamer was born in Itajai, Brazil. After making a first senior appearance for Feyenoord in the 2016 - 2017 season, the talented Midfielder has contributed 8 league goals in this Championship 2024 - 2025 campaign to date from a total of 38 appearances.
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43 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 45 | 91 | WWWDW |
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42 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 53 | 88 | DDDWW |
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42 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 83 | WWLLL |
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43 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 76 | LWWDL |
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43 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 67 | WLWWD |
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43 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 66 | WLLWD |
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43 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 61 | DWWLL |
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43 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 60 | DLLLW |
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43 | 16 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 60 | WLWWW |
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43 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 59 | LLLDW |
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43 | 16 | 9 | 18 | -5 | 57 | LDWWW |
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43 | 16 | 8 | 19 | -6 | 56 | LDLWL |
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43 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 53 | LWLDL |
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43 | 14 | 11 | 18 | -10 | 53 | LDLDL |
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43 | 11 | 19 | 13 | -7 | 52 | WLDDL |
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43 | 12 | 14 | 17 | -7 | 50 | DLDWD |
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43 | 12 | 14 | 17 | -9 | 50 | LWDDW |
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43 | 13 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 49 | LWLLD |
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42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | -17 | 48 | WLWLW |
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43 | 11 | 12 | 20 | -10 | 45 | DLWLD |
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43 | 11 | 10 | 22 | -11 | 43 | WLDDL |
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43 | 11 | 10 | 22 | -25 | 43 | WDDLW |
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42 | 9 | 15 | 18 | -21 | 42 | WDDDL |
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43 | 9 | 14 | 20 | -38 | 41 | LDWLW |
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Goals scored | 1.4 |
Goals conceded | 0.8 |
Time first goal scored | 30 |
Time first goal conceded | 50 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.7 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 1 |
Goals conceded | 1.9 |
Time first goal scored | 33 |
Time first goal conceded | 25 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.5 |
Biggest victory | 2-1 |
Biggest defeat | 7-0 |
Tyrese Campbell | 10 |
Gustavo Hamer | 9 |
Jesurun Rak-Sakyi | 7 |
Harrison Burrows | 5 |
Kieffer Moore | 5 |
Callum Robinson | 12 |
Yousef Salech | 6 |
Anwar El Ghazi | 3 |
Yakou Meïté | 3 |
Alex Robertson | 3 |
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