Championship

Championship | Gameweek 43

Apr 18, 2025 at 5.30pm UK

Bramall Lane

Sheff Utd
2 - 0
Cardiff

Hamer (33'), Brereton Diaz (87')
Choudhury (69')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Fish (25')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Sheffield United

All competitions

Last Game: Plymouth 2-1 Sheff Utd
Saturday, April 12 at 12.30pm in Championship

Goals
for

Cardiff City

All competitions

Last Game: Cardiff 0-1 Stoke
Saturday, April 12 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

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 55.39%. A draw had a probability of 23.7% and a win for Cardiff City had a probability of 20.92%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sheffield United win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.65%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.09%) and 2-1 (9.76%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.26%), while for a Cardiff City win it was 0-1 (6.5%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 10.1% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Sheffield United would win this match.

Result
Sheffield United	Draw	Cardiff City
55.39% ( -0.43)	23.68% ( 0.32)	20.92% ( 0.11)

Both teams to score 51% (

-0.85)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

50.61% (

-1.2)

49.38% (

1.19)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

28.57% (

-1.09)

71.43% (

1.08)

Sheffield United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

82.31% (

-0.6)

17.68% (

0.59)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

51.68% (

-1.04)

48.31% (

1.03)

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

61.95% (

-0.58)

38.04% (

0.57)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

25.19% (

-0.56)

74.81% (

0.55)

Score Analysis

Sheffield United 55.38%

Cardiff City 20.92%

Draw 23.68%

Sheffield United	Draw	Cardiff City
1-0 @ 11.65% ( 0.34) 2-0 @ 10.09% ( 0.1) 2-1 @ 9.76% ( -0.05) 3-0 @ 5.83% ( -0.05) 3-1 @ 5.64% ( -0.14) 3-2 @ 2.72% ( -0.11) 4-0 @ 2.53% ( -0.07) 4-1 @ 2.44% ( -0.11) 4-2 @ 1.18% ( -0.07) Other @ 3.54% Total : 55.38%	1-1 @ 11.26% ( 0.16) 0-0 @ 6.73% ( 0.32) 2-2 @ 4.72% ( -0.1) Other @ 0.98% Total : 23.68%	0-1 @ 6.5% ( 0.21) 1-2 @ 5.44% ( -0.01) 0-2 @ 3.14% ( 0.06) 1-3 @ 1.75% ( -0.03) 2-3 @ 1.52% ( -0.06) 0-3 @ 1.01% ( 0) Other @ 1.56% Total : 20.92%

How you voted: Sheff Utd vs Cardiff

Sheffield United

77.2%

Draw

14.0%

Cardiff City

8.8%

Head to Head

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Sheff Utd

0-1

Cardiff

Ashford (19')

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Cardiff

0-2

Sheff Utd

Siopis (27'), Meite (45+1'), Bagan (61')

Moore (65', 73')
Peck (50')

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Gameweek 42

Sheff Utd

4-1

Cardiff

McAtee (24'), Robinson (54'), Ndiaye (80'), Clark (85')

Kaba (19' pen.)

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Cardiff

0-1

Sheff Utd

Baldock (64')

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Sheff Utd

1-0

Cardiff

Ndiaye (47')
Norwood (67')

Bagan (57'), McGuinness (60'), Ng (71')

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Form Guide

Plymouth 2-1 Sheff Utd

Sheff Utd 0-1 Millwall

Oxford Utd 1-0 Sheff Utd

Sheff Utd 3-1 Coventry

Sheff Weds 0-1 Sheff Utd

Sheff Utd 1-1 Bristol City

Cardiff 0-1 Stoke

Preston 2-2 Cardiff

QPR 0-0 Cardiff

Cardiff 1-1 Sheff Weds

Blackburn 1-2 Cardiff

Nations League

Spain

International Friendlies

Algeria

International Friendlies

Georgia

Belarus

International Friendlies

Singapore

Tajikistan

Congo DR

World Cup Qualifying - Asia

Australia

Saudi Arabia

Indonesia

South Korea

Palestine

Jordan

Qatar

World Cup Qualifying - North Central America

COSAFA Cup

Lesotho

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leeds United Leeds	46	29	13	4	95	30	65	100
P	Burnley	46	28	16	2	69	16	53	100
3	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	46	28	8	10	63	36	27	90
P	Sunderland	46	21	13	12	58	44	14	76
5	Coventry City Coventry	46	20	9	17	64	58	6	69
6	Bristol City	46	17	17	12	59	55	4	68
7	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	46	19	9	18	53	48	5	66
8	Millwall	46	18	12	16	47	49	-2	66
9	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	46	15	19	12	57	47	10	64
10	Middlesbrough	46	18	10	18	64	56	8	64
11	Swansea City Swansea	46	17	10	19	51	56	-5	61
12	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	46	15	13	18	60	69	-9	58
13	Norwich City Norwich	46	14	15	17	71	68	3	57
14	Watford	46	16	9	21	53	61	-8	57
15	Queens Park Rangers QPR	46	14	14	18	53	63	-10	56
16	Portsmouth	46	14	12	20	58	71	-13	54
17	Oxford United Oxford Utd	46	13	14	19	49	65	-16	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	46	12	15	19	45	62	-17	51
19	Derby County Derby	46	13	11	22	48	56	-8	50
20	Preston North End Preston	46	10	20	16	48	59	-11	50
21	Hull City	46	12	13	21	44	54	-10	49
R	Luton Town Luton	46	13	10	23	45	69	-24	49
R	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	46	11	13	22	51	88	-37	46
R	Cardiff City Cardiff	46	9	17	20	48	73	-25	44
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