Burnley vs Sheffield United Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 21)

📏 Form Guide

Burnley

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Burnley, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 1-2 Championship success vs Watford.

Their latest results shine a light on the fact that it has been a great time for the Burnley defence. Burnley have been stingy, resulting in the tally of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their last six clashes standing at 3. With no two games being the same, we will just have to wait and see whether the trend shall be sustained in this upcoming match.

Their previous form shows that Burnley:

• are unbeaten in the league by Sheffield United in their previous 4 matches.
• are undefeated in their last 21 home league matches. It really has been a fortress.

Sheffield United

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Sheffield United will go into this clash following on from a 2-0 Championship win as they beat Cardiff City in their previous fixture.

In that match, Sheffield United had 55% possession and 15 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Sheffield United, the goalscorers were Gustavo Hamer (33') and Ben Brereton Díaz (87'). At the other end, Cardiff City got 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

The stats tell the story, and Sheffield United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 6 goals in total. In defence, Sheffield United have clearly had some problems.

Leading up to this clash, Sheffield United:

• have not won against Burnley in games played away from home for the previous 7 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings stretching back to 23/05/2021 shows us that Burnley have won 4 of these & Sheffield United 2, with the tally of drawn results standing at 0.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 22 overall at an average of 3.67 goals per meeting.

The previous league match featuring these sides was Championship match day 23 on 26/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Sheffield United 0-2 Burnley.

On that occasion, Sheffield United had 55% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

For their opponents, Burnley had 8 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Josh Brownhill (43') and Zian Flemming (53') scored.

The match was refereed by Oliver Langford.

📋 Team News: Burnley

Josh Laurent (Ankle injury), Benson Manuel (Achilles tendon problems), Mike Trésor (unknown injury), Bashir Humphreys (unknown injury) and Aaron Ramsey (Knee injury) are unavailable for Burnley gaffer Scott Parker.

📰 Team News: Sheffield United

Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Rob Holding (Ankle surgery), Jamie Shackleton (Foot injury) and Oliver Arblaster (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be making appearances.

✨ Prediction

Our assessment is that Sheffield United are certainly able to score against this Burnley side, however that might not quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.

Our selection here is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning score for Burnley at the end of the 90 minutes. Definitely a tough call.

📖 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Checking the latest betting odds for this match in the 90 min. result market, putting your money on Burnley can be had for 1.95, betting on the draw is 3.5 & betting on victory for Sheffield United can be had at 3.9. They’re the top market prices offered right now.

Peter Guest, 14:06 19/04/2025