Championship

Championship | Gameweek 27

Jan 14, 2023 at 3pm UK

Bramall Lane

Sheff Utd
3 - 1
Stoke

Ndiaye (9'), Bogle (33', 90')
Bogle (61'), Egan (63')

FT(HT: 2-1)

Powell (45+1')
Laurent (56'), Souttar (90+3')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Sheffield United and Stoke City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Sheffield United

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Millwall 0-2 Sheff Utd
Saturday, January 7 at 3pm in FA Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

Stoke City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Hartlepool 0-3 Stoke
Sunday, January 8 at 2pm in FA Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Sheffield United 2-0 Stoke City

Stoke find themselves in a tough run of form heading into a particularly tricky test away at one of the league's strongest sides, and even with the Blades lacking a number of key players, we can only anticipate them once again triumphing on home turf on Saturday, with Ndiaye in particular expected to cause problems. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Sheffield United win with a probability of 58.69%. A draw had a probability of 22.7% and a win for Stoke City had a probability of 18.6%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sheffield United win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.8%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.74%) and 2-1 (9.84%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.8%), while for a Stoke City win it was 0-1 (5.94%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Sheffield United would win this match.

Result
Sheffield United	Draw	Stoke City
58.69% ( -0.06)	22.72% ( 0.03)	18.6% ( 0.03)

Both teams to score 50.26% (

-0.03)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

51.52% (

-0.07)

48.49% (

0.07)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

29.39% (

-0.06)

70.61% (

0.06)

Sheffield United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

83.8% (

-0.05)

16.2% (

0.04)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

54.32% (

-0.08)

45.68% (

0.08)

Stoke City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

59.97% (

-0.01)

40.03% (

0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

23.32% (

-0.01)

76.68% (

Score Analysis

Sheffield United 58.68%

Stoke City 18.6%

Draw 22.71%

Sheffield United	Draw	Stoke City
1-0 @ 11.8% ( 0.02) 2-0 @ 10.74% 2-1 @ 9.84% ( -0) 3-0 @ 6.52% ( -0.01) 3-1 @ 5.97% ( -0.01) 4-0 @ 2.97% ( -0.01) 3-2 @ 2.73% ( -0) 4-1 @ 2.72% ( -0.01) 4-2 @ 1.24% ( -0) 5-0 @ 1.08% ( -0) 5-1 @ 0.99% ( -0.01) Other @ 2.09% Total : 58.68%	1-1 @ 10.8% ( 0.01) 0-0 @ 6.48% ( 0.02) 2-2 @ 4.5% ( -0) Other @ 0.93% Total : 22.71%	0-1 @ 5.94% ( 0.02) 1-2 @ 4.95% ( 0) 0-2 @ 2.72% ( 0.01) 1-3 @ 1.51% ( 0) 2-3 @ 1.37% ( -0) Other @ 2.11% Total : 18.6%