{"id":639997,"date":"2025-12-18T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/639997\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T10:00:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T10:00:46","slug":"sheffield-united-vs-birmingham-city-predictions-the72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/639997\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield United vs Birmingham City predictions: The72"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sheffield United<\/a> host Birmingham<\/a> City in the Championship on Saturday as both sides look for a big win.<\/p>\n

Sheffield United<\/a> come into this weekend\u2019s clash with Birmingham<\/a> City looking to get back to winning ways. SUFC saw a six-game unbeaten streak ended by West Brom<\/a> last time out.<\/p>\n

The Blades have been on a push away from the Championship relegation zone under Chris Wilder<\/a> and currently sit 18th in the division. There is still only four points between them and the bottom three, but improvements under the legendary boss have raised hopes for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n

Wilder will be hoping to make it five unbeaten on home turf as they return to Bramall Lane.<\/p>\n

\"Sheffield<\/p>\n

Image courtesy of: ANDREW BOYERS\/REUTERS.<\/p>\n

As for Birmingham<\/a> City, their struggle for consistency means they sit 13th in the division. They\u2019re only five points off the play-offs, but their failure to string results together is preventing them from making real progress.<\/p>\n

Last weekend, the Blues were frustrated on home turf by Nathan Jones\u2019 Charlton Athletic<\/a>. Christoph Klarer opened the scoring but a second half goal for Tyreece Campbell ensured the points were shared.<\/p>\n

City will be apprehensive as they head away from home again. They have one of the worst records on the road in the Championship, managing just eight points in 11 away matches.<\/p>\n

Birmingham<\/a> City\u2019s 2025\/26 away record<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here, a handful of our writers make their predictions for the game\u2026<\/p>\n

James Ray<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to seeing what this game has in store for us. Both Sheffield United<\/a> and Birmingham<\/a> City will be eager to surge up the table over the second half of the Championship campaign but they have a lot of work to do before they can.<\/p>\n

\u201cSUFC need strong winter recruitment to add depth, while the Blues must improve on the road if they\u2019re to get anything from this season.<\/p>\n

\"BCFC<\/p>\n

Image courtesy of: ANDREW BOYERS\/REUTERS.<\/p>\n

\u201cChris Davies<\/a>\u2018 side have lost seven of the last 10 Championship away games they have played. Given the talent throughout their squad, that is simply not good enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cHeading to Bramall Lane to face a tricky Blades side, it is hard to see the visitors getting a crucial win. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if we see an entertaining draw.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prediction: Sheffield United<\/a> 2-2 Birmingham<\/a> City<\/strong><\/p>\n

Luke Phelps<\/p>\n

\u201cBirmingham<\/a> City just can\u2019t seem to find any kind of consistency with their form this season. They\u2019re holding their own and I don\u2019t think they\u2019ll be in danger of going down, but I can\u2019t seem them breaking into the top six either.<\/p>\n

\u201cSheffield United<\/a> meanwhile are propelling up the table as many thought they would after their tough start. And after seeing their winning run end in the last two games they\u2019ll want to take full advantage of being at home this weekend against a very mixed Blues side.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this could be a very good game and I\u2019ll go for an SUFC here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prediction: Sheffield United<\/a> 2-1 Birmingham<\/a> City<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sheffield United host Birmingham City in the Championship on Saturday as both sides look for a big win.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[109971,109972,855,12905,1205,109973,97826,748,9030,393,4884,31156,4239,11840,108181,108182,108183,108184,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-639997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-bcfc","9":"tag-bcfc-news","10":"tag-birmingham","11":"tag-birmingham-city","12":"tag-birmingham-city-fc","13":"tag-birmingham-city-fc-news","14":"tag-birmingham-city-news","15":"tag-britain","16":"tag-championship","17":"tag-england","18":"tag-great-britain","19":"tag-predictions","20":"tag-sheffield-united","21":"tag-sheffield-united-fc","22":"tag-sheffield-united-fc-news","23":"tag-sheffield-united-news","24":"tag-sufc","25":"tag-sufc-news","26":"tag-uk","27":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115739992759904290","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}