{"id":71369,"date":"2025-05-03T14:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T14:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/71369\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T14:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T14:33:09","slug":"bristol-city-vs-sheffield-united-championship-play-off-prediction-kick-off-time-tv-team-news-h2h-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/71369\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol City vs Sheffield United: Championship play-off prediction, kick-off time, TV, team news, h2h, odds"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was final day drama for the Robins as whilst they fought back from 2-0 down to earn a point at home to Preston, they had to wait for confirmation of Blackburn\u2019s draw away at Bramall Lane to celebrate securing a play-off spot.<\/p>\n

Their reward is a showdown with a Blades side aiming to secure an instant return to the Premier League.<\/p>\n

At one stage it appeared United were on course for automatic promotion, but a run of three consecutive defeats last month saw them ultimately miss out to Leeds and Burnley.<\/p>\n

They must now dust themselves down from that disappointment, regain their composure to stay on track for a return to English football\u2019s top light – beginning with this two-legged semi-final.<\/p>\n

Date, kick-off time and venue<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bristol City vs Sheffield United is scheduled for an 8pm BST kick-off on Thursday, May 8, 2025.<\/p>\n

The first leg will take place at Ashton Gate.<\/p>\n

Where to watch Bristol City vs Sheffield United<\/strong><\/p>\n

TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on Sky Sports Football. Coverage starts at 7pm BST ahead of an 8pm kick-off.<\/p>\n

Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers can also catch the contest live online via the Sky Go app.<\/p>\n

Bristol City vs Sheffield United team news<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bristol City suffered no fresh injury setbacks against Preston but Luke Mcnally and Mark Sykes will miss the entire play-off programme. Cameron Pring is doubtful after missing the final games of the regular season with a hamstring complaint.<\/p>\n

Chris Wilder\u2019s team selection against Blackburn showed he had one eye on the play-offs as he rested goalkeeper Michael Cooper, handed a rare start to Alfie Gilchrist and gave minutes to Tom Davies following injury.<\/p>\n

It is likely that Cooper will return to the starting line-up alongside the likes of Harrison Burrows, Jack Robinson and Tyrese Campbell.<\/p>\n

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Rested: Michael Cooper<\/p>\n

Getty Images<\/p>\n

Bristol City vs Sheffield United prediction<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bristol City will hope the form book goes out the window in the play-offs as they finished regular season with back-to-back losses. Momentum is important, though the Blades have hardly pulled up any trees of late.<\/p>\n

The first leg has a score draw written all over it with Sheffield United taking full advantage of being at home in the second leg to advance to the Championship play-off final.<\/p>\n

Sheffield United to win, 4-2 on aggregate<\/p>\n

Head to head (h2h) history and results<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Blades are unbeaten in their last seven meetings against Bristol City and only a last gasp equaliser at Bramall Lane in March stopped them from recording a league double this season.<\/p>\n

Sheffield United wins: 21<\/p>\n

Bristol City vs Sheffield United odds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bristol City to qualify: TBC<\/p>\n

Sheffield United to qualify: TBC<\/p>\n

Odds via Betfair (subject to change).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was final day drama for the Robins as whilst they fought back from 2-0 down to earn…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,18228,748,35701,23712,393,4884,4239,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-71369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-bristol-city","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-championship-play-offs","12":"tag-efl","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-sheffield-united","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114444396487483690","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71369","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=71369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}