Our prediction for this Championship match:
Sheffield United
Match Time & Date:
9 August 2025
17:30
Prediction: 2-1
Bristol City
Sheffield United will try to make amends for the heartbreaking loss to Sunderland in the 2024/2025 Championship playoffs final when they face Bristol City in the new season opener. The Blades are seen as one of the main candidates for promotion and we are positive that they will go all guns blazing at the Robins in Saturday’s encounter. Rhian Brewster and Kieffer Moore are no longer parts of the team, while the likes of Mihail Polendakov, Ehije Ukaki, and Djibril Soumare have joined the Bramall Lane outfit.
The Robins, on the other hand, did well to sign Preston top scorer Emil Riis earlier this summer. Given Bristol City’s new attacking potential and Sheffield United’s fine home record in the last Championship campaign, there is a big value in betting on over 2.5 goals. In their last meeting at the venue, Sheffield United recorded a 3-0 win over Bristol City.
Highlighted Team (Sheffield United):
Sheffield United are a professional football club that compete in the Championship. The Blades finished the 2016/2017 League One campaign in top position in the standings, with the team collecting exactly 100 points in the process. Sheffield United last competed in the Premier League in the 2006/2007 season and they were more than unfortunate not to secure the top flight survival.
The Blades finished the season in 18th place in the process and it has to be noted that they were level on points with Wigan Athletic, who managed to avoid the relegation to the English second tier. Sheffield United welcome their rivals at Bramal Lane, the stadium which was opened on April 30, 1855. The current capacity of the venue is 32.702.
The club have numerous rivalries, but the most notable one is the rivalry with their city neighbors Sheffield Wednesday. The two teams face each other in the Steel City derby and it has to be noted that United share rivalry with the likes of Barnsley, Rotherham United, Doncaster Rovers and Leeds United as well.
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