📊 Form Guide

Sheffield United

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Sheffield United will be hoping to bounce back here following the 1-3 Championship defeat last time out to Blackburn Rovers.

In that game, Sheffield United managed 67% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Sheffield United was Harrison Burrows (57'). Blackburn Rovers had 8 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Yūki Ōhashi (12', 45') and Ryōya Morishita (32') scored for Blackburn Rovers.

It has been all too rare in recent games that Sheffield United have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Sheffield United have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 8 goals along the way. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

Preston North End

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Birmingham City in Championship competition, Preston North End will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Preston North End had 50% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The scorer for Preston North End was Andrew Hughes (25'). Birmingham City got 18 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Jay Stansfield (10') and Ibrahim Osman (16') scored for Birmingham City.

The stats don’t lie, and Preston North End have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 9 goals in all. Defensively, Preston North End have seen their frailties exposed.

Going into this one, Preston North End have not registered a win against Sheffield United when having played them away from home in the previous 4 league games. Not good.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 18/01/2022 shows us that Sheffield United have won 4 of them & Preston North End 1, with the number of draws standing at 1.

A total of 19 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 13 of them from The Blades and 6 coming from The Lilywhites. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.

The previous league match between these clubs was Championship match day 12 on 24/10/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Preston North End 3-2 Sheffield United.

On that occasion, Preston North End had 46% possession and 15 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The goals were scored by Lewis Dobbin (45') and Daniel Jebbison (58').

For their opponents, Sheffield United had 12 shots on goal with 3 on target. Andre Brooks (10'), Callum O'Hare (16') and Japhet Tanganga (46' Own goal) scored.

The referee was Farai Hallam.

📰 Team News: Sheffield United

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just a single fitness concern for the Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder to be concerned with from an otherwise fully-primed set of players. Jamie Shackleton (Foot injury) will miss out.

It seems likely that The Blades could employ a 4-2-3-1 system for this game, utilising Adam Davies, Femi Seriki, Japhet Tanganga, Mark McGuinness, Harrison Burrows, Sydie Peck, Joe Rothwell, Thomas Cannon, Callum O'Hare, Gustavo Hamer and Patrick Bamford.

📋 Team News: Preston North End

Preston North End manager Paul Heckingbottom has to currently contend with reduced team options. Theo Carroll (Ankle injury), Callum Lang (Hamstring strain), Jamal Lewis (Knee injury) and Robbie Brady (Tendon irritation) will miss out on this game.

We are inclined to think that The Lilywhites will likely utilise a 3-5-2 formation, starting Daniel Iversen, Odel Offiah, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Thierry Small, Andy Moran, Alfie Devine, Jordan Thompson, Andrija Vukcevic, Daniel Jebbison and Lewis Dobbin.

💭 Prediction

We envisage that Sheffield United should stay in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of the chances that they create.

However, Preston North End won’t find it easy getting on the scoresheet - but, we do see them converting at least once here, too.

We reckon that it will be a pretty comfortable 3-1 win for Sheffield United after 90 minutes.

Andre Moura, 13:04 25/04/2026