Sheffield United vs Middlesbrough prediction for Wednesday’s Championship round 32 clash at Bramall Lane in Sheffield. Follow on for our free prediction betting tips and preview.
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction One: Sheffield United to Win – 2.01
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Two: Over 2 Goals – 1.50
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Three: Anytime Correct Score 1-0 – 1.67
Sheffield United to Win
There is a 67% possibility for Sheffield United to win this match after winning ten of their 15 home matches. In addition, Sheffield United won their last four home games while Middlesbrough lost eight of their 16 away games and all four of their away games against the top seven teams.
Over 2 Goals
Sheffield United’s 73% of home matches in the Championship produced two or more goals. On the other side, Middlesbrough’s 88% of away games ended with over 1.5 goals. Also, the same number of goals were scored in five of the last six h2h meetings.
Anytime Correct Score 1-0
In ten of their 15 home matches, Sheffield United scored first and took a 1-0 lead. The same trend happened in the Blades’ eight of their last ten Championship fixtures. Middlesbrough on the other hand conceded first in 56% of their away games.
Sheffield United
Sheffield United went back to winning ways after beating Swansea City fair and square by 3-0 last Saturday. The Blades are still second in the Championship table with 61 points and are edging closer to a Premier League return without going through playoffs.
In the last eight rounds, Sheffield United showed some improvement in terms of picking up points. To illustrate, the Blades are averaging 2.03 points per game during the season but that number increased to 2.50 in the last eight matches which is 23.2% higher. Moreover, the Blades scored at least a goal in nine of their last ten games.
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough won’t be an easy opponent as they travel to Sheffield after beating Cardiff on the road and being on a three-match winning streak as a result. Boro have won seven of their last eight matches and are currently in third position ten points behind Sheffield United.
Middlesbrough stats show the team has picked up an average of 1.65 points per league game since the beginning of the season. Their form stats indicate that in the last 8 league matches the team’s points per game value has been averaging 2.63 which is 59.4% higher than their current season’s average.
This will be the match of round 32 as both teams are in fantastic form. Based on their home record, Sheffield United are the favorites to win and we can add the fact that they won the last three meetings with Middlesbrough at Bramall Lane. Thus, we will back the Blades for the win.
Sheffield United scored at least a goal in nine of their last ten league matches. Middlesbrough conceded one or more goals in all of their previous five away games. With odds of 1.41 at 1xBet, we predict Sheffield United to score one or more goals.
Oliver McBurnie has been very effective for Sheffield United this season whenever he started for his team. To point out, the Scot scored ten goals in 13 starters for The Blades and has a rating of 7.54 when playing as a center forward.
Sheffield United’s injury list consists of Doyle, Baldock, Stevens, Brewster, Norrington-Davies, and O’Connell.
On Middlesbrough’s side Ramsey and Clarke are injured.
Sheffield United: Foderingham; Ahmedhodzic, Egan, Robinson; Bogle, Berge, Norwood, McAtee, Lowe; Ndiaye, Sharp
Middlesbrough: Steffen; Smith, McNair, Lenihan, Giles; Howson, Hackney; Forss, Akpom, McGree; Arcer;
This match will be played at Bramall Lane (Sheffield)
The starting whistle will sound on February 15th, 2023. 20:00 UTC.
1xBet live stream, Sky Sports.