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Sheffield United v Cardiff City : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 18th Apr, 17:30 BST, Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Sheffield United and Cardiff City go head to head at the Bramall Lane on Friday evening, with both Chris Wilder and Metin Diyadin aiming for victory in the Championship. In this preview you'll find odds for 17 different betting markets plus predictions, stats and head-to-head data for these two clubs. You can access it all using the tabs below.


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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Sheff Utd
50%
--
Draw
25%
--
Cardiff
26%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Sheff Utd 1-0
11%
--
Sheff Utd 2-1
10%
--
Sheff Utd 2-0
9%
--
Cardiff 1-0
7%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Cardiff 2-1
6%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Sheff Utd 3-1
5%
--
Sheff Utd 3-0
5%
--
Cardiff 2-0
4%
--
Sheff Utd 3-2
3%
--
Cardiff 3-1
2%
--
Sheff Utd 4-1
2%
--
Cardiff 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
51%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
49%
--
Home 1st Goal
53%
--
Away 1st Goal
43%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
54%
--
BTTS - No
46%
--
BTTS - Home Win
23%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
13%
--
Home/draw
74%
--
Away/draw
50%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
29%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
71%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
67%
--
Away DNB
43%
--
Sheff Utd win to nil
27%
--
Cardiff win to nil
13%
--
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Sheff Utd have played 41 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 38 games against teams below in the table, having won 26, drawn 7 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 20 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. Sheff Utd have outscored their opponents by 56 goals to 45 goals.

Home League Performance

Sheff Utd have played 21 games at home winning 14, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored 30 goals, kept 11 clean sheets and conceded 16 goals at home.

Cardiff are in 22nd position in the Championship on 42 points having played 41 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 40 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 22 goals in total and failed to score in 6 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

37 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 14 and won 8. Cardiff have conceded 61 goals, scored 38, failed to score in 11 fixtures and have kept 6 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sheff Utd
Cardiff
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Leeds41241345285 
l
 
1-3F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
7-0A
2
Burnley41231624385 
l
 
0-2A
Apr 21
l
 
1-2A
l
 
5-0A
3
Sheff Utd Home4126782583 
-
-
l
 
0-2A
Apr 18
4
Sunderland41211372076 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1A
5
Bristol C41161510963 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
6
M'Boro41179151160 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1A
7
Coventry4017815459 
w
 
3-1F
d
 
2-2F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2F
8
West Brom411318101157 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2A
Apr 26
d
 
0-00-0
9
Millwall41151214-157 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2A
10
Watford4116817-456 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2F
11
Norwich41131414653 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-1A
May 3
12
Blackburn4115818-153 
May 3
w
 
0-2F
l
 
1-3A
w
 
1-2F
13
Sheff Wed41141116-753 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
14
Preston41101912-749 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-2A
d
 
2-2A
15
Swansea4013918-1048 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2A
w
 
3-0F
d
 
1-1A
16
QPR40111316-846 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
17
Portsmouth4012919-1545 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
18
Oxford Utd40111217-1645 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
Apr 21
l
 
3-2A
19
Hull41111119-944 
l
 
0-3A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
4-1F
20
Stoke41101417-1244 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 25
Apr 12
d
 
2-2A
21
Derby4111921-1042 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
22
Cardiff Away4191517-2042 
Apr 18
w
 
0-2F
-
-
23
Luton41101021-2540 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-2F
l
 
1-0A
24
Plymouth4081319-3637 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 12
w
 
5-0F
d
 
1-1F
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Sheff Utd 3RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
14
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
14
D
2
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Utd0 - 1Millwall
Sheff Utd3 - 1Coventry
Sheff Utd1 - 1Bristol C
Sheff Utd1 - 0Preston
Sheff Utd1 - 3Leeds
Sheff Utd3 - 1M'Boro
Sheff Utd2 - 1Portsmouth
Sheff Utd0 - 3Hull
Sheff Utd2 - 0Norwich
Sheff Utd1 - 1West Brom
Sheff Utd0 - 2Burnley
Sheff Utd2 - 0Plymouth
Sheff Utd1 - 0Sunderland
Sheff Utd3 - 0Oxford Utd
Sheff Utd1 - 0Sheff Wed
Sheff Utd2 - 0Stoke
Sheff Utd2 - 0Luton
Sheff Utd1 - 0Swansea
Sheff Utd1 - 0Derby
Sheff Utd1 - 0Watford
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
12
D
2
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSheff Utd0 - 1Millwall
ASheff Utd0 - 1Oxford Utd
HSheff Utd3 - 1Coventry
ASheff Utd1 - 0Sheff Wed
HSheff Utd1 - 1Bristol C
HSheff Utd1 - 0Preston
ASheff Utd2 - 1QPR
HSheff Utd1 - 3Leeds
ASheff Utd1 - 0Luton
HSheff Utd3 - 1M'Boro
HSheff Utd2 - 1Portsmouth
ASheff Utd1 - 0Derby
HSheff Utd0 - 3Hull
ASheff Utd2 - 1Swansea
HSheff Utd2 - 0Norwich
ASheff Utd2 - 1Watford
ASheff Utd1 - 2Sunderland
HSheff Utd1 - 1West Brom
HSheff Utd0 - 2Burnley
ASheff Utd2 - 0Cardiff
Cardiff 22ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
2
Draw
11
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Preston2 - 2Cardiff
QPR0 - 0Cardiff
Blackburn1 - 2Cardiff
Sunderland2 - 1Cardiff
Plymouth1 - 1Cardiff
Portsmouth2 - 1Cardiff
Leeds7 - 0Cardiff
Millwall2 - 2Cardiff
M'Boro1 - 1Cardiff
Watford1 - 2Cardiff
Oxford Utd3 - 2Cardiff
Stoke2 - 2Cardiff
Coventry2 - 2Cardiff
Sheff Wed1 - 1Cardiff
Luton1 - 0Cardiff
West Brom0 - 0Cardiff
Bristol C1 - 1Cardiff
Hull4 - 1Cardiff
Derby1 - 0Cardiff
Swansea1 - 1Cardiff
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
5
Draw
9
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACardiff2 - 2Preston
ACardiff0 - 0QPR
HCardiff1 - 1Sheff Wed
ACardiff2 - 1Blackburn
HCardiff1 - 2Luton
ACardiff1 - 2Sunderland
HCardiff1 - 2Burnley
HCardiff1 - 0Hull
ACardiff1 - 1Plymouth
HCardiff1 - 1Bristol C
ACardiff1 - 2Portsmouth
ACardiff0 - 7Leeds
HCardiff2 - 1Derby
ACardiff2 - 2Millwall
HCardiff3 - 0Swansea
HCardiff1 - 1Watford
ACardiff1 - 1M'Boro
HCardiff1 - 1Coventry
ACardiff2 - 1Watford
ACardiff2 - 3Oxford Utd
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Sheff Utd have beaten Cardiff in 5 consecutive league meetings
6
Sheff Utd have not lost to Cardiff in 6 consecutive league meetings
League games at Sheff Utd since 2003
Sheff Utd
Cardiff
Goals: Scored
19
15
Games: Scored
7 / 10
7 / 10
Clean sheets
3 / 10
3 / 10
SHU
4
D
4
CAR
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Utd
Sheff Utd4 - 1
Sheff Utd1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Cardiff
3 - 4Cardiff
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw3 - 3Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Sheff Utd2 - 1
Sheff Utd5 - 3
League games at Cardiff since 2004
Cardiff
Sheff Utd
Goals: Scored
10
13
Games: Scored
7 / 11
8 / 11
Clean sheets
3 / 11
4 / 11
SHU
5
D
2
CAR
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
0 - 2Sheff Utd
0 - 1Sheff Utd
2 - 3Sheff Utd
Cardiff2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 3Sheff Utd
Cardiff1 - 0
0 - 1Sheff Utd
Cardiff1 - 0
Cardiff2 - 1
Goal Statistics

Sheffield United's defensive record is to be admired, Chris Wilder's men having conceded 1 or less in 6 consecutive Championship matches. An average PG rating of 1.1 for Cardiff City makes sense in this context.

Sheff Utd 3rd Cardiff 22nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that Sheff Utd will score 1 or more goals
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Cardiff will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-9
Sheff Utd’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+7
Cardiff’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.4
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
0.7
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Sheff Utd
PG (predicted goals)
Cardiff
1.6
1.1
Attack rating
26%
better
SHU
CAR
view stats
Games scored34
28
Failed to score6
12
Scored first29
17
Goals scored56
43
Avg. goals scored1.4
1
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal6
8
Conversion rate for17
13
Avg. XG for1.4
1.1
KickOff rating
+26%
Defence rating
44%
better
SHU
CAR
view stats
Games conceded20
33
Clean sheets20
7
Conceded first10
21
Goals conceded30
63
Avg. goals conceded0.7
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded8
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded10
5
Conversion rate against10%
19%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.4
KickOff rating
+44%

Sheff Utd v Cardiff Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Sheff Utd Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3810613
M CooperT CampbellC O'HareG Hamer
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C O'Hare MID3926
2
-
M Cooper GLK38
3
-
H Burrows DEF3753
2
-
S. Peck MID361
7
-
G Hamer MID3685
13
-
A Ahmedhodzic DEF3221
11
1
R Brewster FWD3143
1
-
S McCallum DEF301
-
J Rak-Sakyi MID3062
1
-
A Gilchrist DEF292
6
-
J Robinson DEF29
8
-
V Souza MID291
8
-
T Campbell FWD28102
1
-
K Moore FWD235
1
-
A Brooks MID2022
3
-
F Seriki DEF191
2
-
R Norrington-Davies DEF14
1
-
B Díaz FWD1333
4
-
J Shackleton DEF12
-
O Arblaster MID1221
3
-
T Davies MID1211
4
-
H Choudhury MID11
1
-
R One FWD111
2
-
T Cannon FWD101
-
R Holding DEF6
-
H Clarke DEF5
2
-
A Davies GLK2
-
Cardiff Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
351249
C O'DowdaC RobinsonR ColwillC Chambers
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Colwill MID3714
3
-
C O'Dowda MID3622
7
-
C Chambers DEF3521
9
-
D Goutas DEF3311
3
1
P Ng DEF3211
9
-
C Robinson FWD32121
1
2
Y Méïté FWD302
2
-
J Alnwick GLK29
2
-
J Bagan DEF291
4
1
A Robertson MID2932
6
-
C Willock MID2821
-
A Rinomhota MID261
7
-
A Ghazi FWD2531
-
O Tanner FWD2522
1
-
C. Ashford MID2223
-
J Ralls MID191
6
-
J Daland DEF17
3
-
W Fish DEF15
2
-
D Turnbull MID141
2
-
Y Salech FWD145
1
-
E Horvath GLK11
-
S Mannsverk MID111
3
-
W Alves MID83
-
A Ramsey MID8
1
-
I Davies FWD72
1
-
J Collins DEF3
1
-
R. Kpakio DEF21
-