Stoke City vs Sheffield United Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 25)

📊 Form Guide

Stoke City

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Stoke City will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 6-0 Championship loss in their previous game against Leeds United.

In that game, Stoke City managed 33% possession and 5 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. For their opponents, Leeds United got 18 shots on goal with 11 of them on target. Joël Piroe (6', 8', 20', 41'), Junior Firpo (26') and Wilfired Gnonto (59') scored for Leeds United.

In their prior six fixtures, Mark Robins's Stoke City have managed to score a total of 8 times giving them an average number of goals per match of 1.33.

Analysis of their past results shows that Stoke City:

• have not beaten Sheffield United in their previous 2 matches in the league.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 5 home league matches.

Sheffield United

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Burnley in Championship action, Sheffield United will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Sheffield United had 48% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Sheffield United was Tom Cannon (37'). At the other end, Burnley had 9 shots on goal with 4 on target. Josh Brownhill (28', 44') scored for Burnley.

The stats tell the story, and Sheffield United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 7 goals in all. In defence, Sheffield United have been far from perfect. In any event, we will just have to wait and see if that pattern will persist in this upcoming game or not.

Pre-game facts show that Sheffield United:

• have left without a victory over Stoke City when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.
• are without an away win for the past 3 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head clashes going back to 05/05/2019 shows us that Stoke City have won 2 of these & Sheffield United 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

A combined total of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 8 of them for The Potters and 10 coming from The Blades. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The previous league clash between these sides was Championship match day 12 on 26/10/2024 which ended up with the score at Sheffield United 2-0 Stoke City.

That time, Sheffield United had 59% possession and 19 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The goalscorers were Kieffer Moore (14') and Tyrese Campbell (50').

At the other end, Stoke City got 7 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

The referee was Ben Toner.

ℹ️ Team News: Stoke City

There’s just the sole fitness concern for the Stoke City boss Mark Robins to be concerned with from an otherwise fully-primed squad. Josh Wilson-Esbrand (Calf injury) is sidelined.

🗞️ Team News: Sheffield United

Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder has some current player fitness concerns. Rob Holding (Ankle surgery), Jamie Shackleton (Foot injury) and Oliver Arblaster (Cruciate ligament tear) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

✨ Prediction

We feel that Sheffield United and Stoke City could both well score here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.

It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw. We’re therefore expecting a tight encounter with a score draw at the end of the match.

📖 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

Checking on the latest odds for this match on the 90 minute result market, staking on Stoke City can be had for 2.35, betting on the game finishing all-square is 3.5 & putting your money on the winning team to be Sheffield United can get you 2.8. They’re the best returns offered as of now.

Victor Martins, 05:03 24/04/2025