Championship: Sheffield United vs Birmingham – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Championship round 1 match between Sheffield United and Birmingham and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Sheffield United start the season as favourites to land the Championship crown. They launch their title bid on Saturday at home in an opening day fixture with Birmingham at Bramall Lane.

Team form: Sheffield United vs Birmingham

Sheffield United Form

Sheffield United look back on their last three matches with two victories to show for their efforts. Against Preston, they were left empty-handed in a 2-3 defeat, but they avenged themselves by beating Derby in a 1-2 win. They followed that up with a 0-3 win against Mansfield in their most recent outing. Sheffield United just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Championship matches at the Bramall Lane. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored ten and conceded 13 goals.

Birmingham Form

Birmingham look in good shape before their upcoming match as they seek to remain unbeaten. In their last three matches, they first beat Bristol City by 2-1, before drawing 1-1 with Portsmouth. They were back as winners last time out, when they took out Swansea by a 0-1 scoreline. Birmingham came through their last six away games in the Championship without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew two and lost four in which, they were outscored by nine goals to three.

Betting stats for Sheffield United and Birmingham

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Sheffield United and Birmingham. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

Players on top: Sheffield United vs Birmingham

With another Championship season only just beginning to take form, we are still a bit in the dark as to who will dominate the scoring charts for both Sheffield United and Birmingham. Accordingly, we have listed some of the players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.

Popular markets: Sheffield United vs Birmingham

Full-time result

In their last 10 matches at Bramall Lane across all tournaments Sheffield United won three times, drew two and lost five times. Birmingham claimed five wins, two draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. Birmingham didn’t lose any of their previous 5 outings. Sheffield United have not lost to Birmingham in 5 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Surprisingly, Sheffield United only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Birmingham scored the opening goal in six of the last ten games. Both teams have scored in the last 12 consecutive home games Sheffield United played. Both teams have scored in last 4 consecutive Birmingham games. Birmingham managed four wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches. Sheffield United have scored in 6 consecutive league meetings with Birmingham.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Sheffield United’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.8 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Birmingham, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.9 times goals per game.