Sheffield Utd v Bristol City prediction

Championship · Sat, 16 Jan 2027 15:00 GMT · Bramall Lane

Updated 30 Jul 2026, 10:24 UK · refreshed continuously

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TACTIX’s free model pick for Sheffield Utd v Bristol City, Championship on Sat, 16 Jan 2027 15:00 GMT posts shortly before kick-off. Form, head-to-head and league standing for both sides are below.

Match preview, in numbers

The match

Sheffield Utd host Bristol City in the Championship on Saturday 16 January (kick-off 15:00 UK).

The key numbers

Sheffield Utd have scored in eight consecutive matches in all competitions.

Form and the table

10 of Sheffield Utd’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (67%). Both teams scored in 10 of Sheffield Utd’s last 15 results in all competitions (67%). At home, Sheffield Utd have three wins, one draw and two defeats in their last 6 home matches in all competitions — 1.67 points per game, scoring 1.50 and conceding 1.17. Sheffield Utd have scored 21 goals, the 10th-fewest of the 24 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 15 games). Sheffield Utd have conceded 19 goals, the ninth-fewest (shared) of the 24 clubs.

Eight of Bristol City’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (53%). Both teams scored in eight of Bristol City’s last 15 results in all competitions (53%). Away from home, Bristol City have three wins, three draws and one defeat in their last 7 away matches in all competitions — 1.71 points per game, scoring 1.71 and conceding 1.57. Bristol City have scored 16 goals, the sixth-fewest of the 24 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 15 games). Bristol City have conceded 24 goals, the ninth-most (shared) of the 24 clubs.

Sheffield Utd (10th) and Bristol City (17th) are four points apart, 2026/27 so far. TACTIX’s Glicko-2 team ratings have Sheffield Utd the stronger side, 96 rating points above Bristol City (Sheffield Utd 1455, Bristol City 1359, after at least 296 rated matches each).

Head-to-head

The most recent meeting, on 17 October 2026, finished Bristol City 0–1 Sheffield Utd.

Team news

Predicted Sheffield Utd XI (4-2-3-1): M. Cooper, J. Tanganga, H. Burrows, L. Kitching, H. Choudhury, S. Peck, T. Chong, K. Phillips, R. Donovan, O. Arblaster, B. Brereton — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, C. O'Hare (4.5 per match over five appearances, two goals) and Kalvin Phillips (3.9 per match over 12 appearances, one goal and two assists) have been Sheffield Utd’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for Sheffield Utd (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), C. O'Hare averages 1.4 shots per 90 over 1045 minutes, with a shot in seven of the last 10 appearances. Kalvin Phillips averages 1.0 key passes per 90 over 739 minutes, with a key pass in seven of the last 10 appearances.

Predicted Bristol City XI (4-2-3-1): B. Collins, G. Tanner, L. Eissat, C. Pring, L. McNally, J. Knight, R. Cardines, J. Williams, S. Twine, A. Randell, L. Tolaj — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, Bradley Collins (4.3 per match over four appearances) and Scott Twine (4.1 per match over 13 appearances, five goals) have been Bristol City’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for Bristol City (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), Bradley Collins averages 3.0 saves per 90 over 360 minutes. Scott Twine averages 1.5 key passes per 90 over 847 minutes, with a key pass in six of the last 10 appearances.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

The Numbers

Kick-off: Sat, 16 Jan 2027 15:00 GMT · Championship · Bramall Lane
Head-to-head (last 6): Sheffield Utd 3 · draws 1 · Bristol City 2 · 2.5 goals/game
Recent form: Sheffield Utd 3W 1D 1L · Bristol City 1W 1D 3L

Sheffield Utd v Bristol City (Championship): the key numbers are on this page — and TACTIX’s live, market-by-market track record is one click away (as of 30 July 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

1.63 / 0.75

Goals

against 1.25 / 1.5 · 2 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

4.63 / 5

Corners

against 4.25 / 5.5 · 1 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 8 matches

5 / 4.25

Shots on target

against 3.13 / 3.88 · 2 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 8 matches

2 / 1.13

Cards

against 2.75 / 1.38 · 2 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 8 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 7 November 2026. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 7 November 2026. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Sheffield Utd for / against	Line	Bristol City for / against
Goals scored	1.63 for · 1.25 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	0.75 for · 1.5 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	4.63 for · 4.25 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	5 for · 5.5 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	14.25 for · 11.25 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	12.38 for · 13.13 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	5 for · 3.13 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	4.25 for · 3.88 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	9.88 for · 14.13 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	10.63 for · 8.75 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	2 for · 2.75 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	1.13 for · 1.38 against n 8 Last 5

Sheffield Utd

Sheffield Utd Goalkeeper

Sheffield Utd — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
M. Cooper	17	901530 min	472.8 /90	120.7 /90	00 /90
A. Davies	1	9090 min	44 /90	11 /90	00 /90

Sheffield Utd — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Sheffield Utd before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
M. Cooper n 8	90	1.9 5/4

Sheffield Utd Defensive

Sheffield Utd — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
J. Tanganga	17	901530 min	181.1 /90	251.5 /90	120.7 /90	1015.9 /90	80.5 /90	40.2 /90
M. McGuinness	13	76990 min	121.1 /90	141.3 /90	70.6 /90	595.4 /90	90.8 /90	10.1 /90
H. Choudhury	11	70775 min	242.8 /90	161.9 /90	60.7 /90	414.8 /90	80.9 /90	10.1 /90
S. McCallum	11	70766 min	182.1 /90	141.6 /90	20.2 /90	8510 /90	80.9 /90	30.4 /90
Liam Kitching	10	90900 min	161.6 /90	161.6 /90	50.5 /90	383.8 /90	131.3 /90	50.5 /90
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Sheffield Utd — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Sheffield Utd before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
J. Tanganga n 8	90	0.5 3/1	1 5/2	—
M. Cooper n 8	90	0 0/0	0.8 4/2	—
T. Cannon n 8	58.9	1 5/0	0.2 1/0	—
Sydie Peck n 8	74.4	1.5 6/2	0.8 4/1	—
M. McGuinness n 8	67.5	0.7 3/1	1.2 4/1	—
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Sheffield Utd — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Sheffield Utd before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
J. Tanganga n 8	90	1.4 6/4
T. Cannon n 8	58.9	0.8 4/0
Sydie Peck n 8	74.4	0.8 4/1
M. McGuinness n 8	67.5	1 5/1
B. Brereton n 8	76.4	1.3 5/3
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Sheffield Utd Attacking

Sheffield Utd — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
T. Cannon	17	621062 min	40.3 /90	00 /90	252.1 /90	110.9 /90	90.8 /90	40.3 /90
B. Brereton	13	73947 min	10.1 /90	20.2 /90	121.1 /90	50.5 /90	101 /90	70.7 /90
P. Bamford	12	71857 min	60.6 /90	10.1 /90	161.7 /90	80.8 /90	70.7 /90	20.2 /90
J. Ayew	7	44309 min	10.3 /90	00 /90	72 /90	30.9 /90	20.6 /90	20.6 /90
T. Campbell	6	57342 min	00 /90	10.3 /90	51.3 /90	20.5 /90	61.6 /90	20.5 /90
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Sheffield Utd — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Sheffield Utd before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
J. Tanganga n 8	90	0.6 4/1	0.4 3/0
M. Cooper n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
T. Cannon n 8	58.9	2.5 5/4	1 2/2
Sydie Peck n 8	74.4	2.7 6/5	1.5 5/3
M. McGuinness n 8	67.5	0.7 4/0	0 0/0
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Sheffield Utd — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Sheffield Utd before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
J. Tanganga n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
M. Cooper n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
T. Cannon n 8	58.9	0.2 1/0	0 0/0
Sydie Peck n 8	74.4	0.5 1/1	0 0/0
M. McGuinness n 8	67.5	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Bristol City

Bristol City Goalkeeper

Bristol City — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
S. Tickle	12	901085 min	201.7 /90	161.3 /90	00 /90
B. Collins	4	90360 min	123 /90	00 /90	00 /90

Bristol City — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Bristol City before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
S. Tickle n 8	90	1.6 4/2
B. Collins n 4	90	3 3/2

Bristol City Defensive

Bristol City — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
Rio Cardines	15	771149 min	252 /90	110.9 /90	10.1 /90	544.2 /90	50.4 /90	10.1 /90
G. Tanner	14	781098 min	211.7 /90	141.1 /90	70.6 /90	554.5 /90	60.5 /90	00 /90
Lisav Naif Eissat	13	881141 min	181.4 /90	110.9 /90	50.4 /90	675.3 /90	171.3 /90	20.2 /90
C. Pring	13	65840 min	252.7 /90	80.9 /90	30.3 /90	505.4 /90	101.1 /90	10.1 /90
R. Dickie	9	89801 min	91 /90	80.9 /90	80.9 /90	687.6 /90	101.1 /90	10.1 /90
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Bristol City — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Bristol City before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
J. Knight n 8	82.5	1.9 7/6	1.1 5/2	—
D. Ballard n 8	67.4	1.3 4/3	1 4/2	—
Rio Cardines n 8	73.4	0.5 3/0	0.5 2/1	—
G. Tanner n 8	82.5	0.1 1/0	0.7 4/1	—
Y. Hirakawa n 8	59.3	0.6 3/0	1.3 6/1	—
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Bristol City — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Bristol City before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
J. Knight n 8	82.5	1.1 4/2
D. Ballard n 8	67.4	1.2 5/2
Rio Cardines n 8	73.4	1.8 5/4
G. Tanner n 8	82.5	2.3 5/5
Y. Hirakawa n 8	59.3	1.9 6/3
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Bristol City Attacking

Bristol City — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
D. Ballard	16	51821 min	40.4 /90	00 /90	262.9 /90	111.2 /90	101.1 /90	91 /90
L. Tolaj	13	70912 min	20.2 /90	10.1 /90	282.8 /90	101 /90	101 /90	40.4 /90
E. Adebayo	3	2576 min	00 /90	00 /90	22.4 /90	11.2 /90	33.6 /90	00 /90
L. Tolaj	2	79158 min	10.6 /90	10.6 /90	63.4 /90	31.7 /90	10.6 /90	10.6 /90
E. Riis	2	2652 min	00 /90	00 /90	11.7 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90
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Bristol City — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Bristol City before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
J. Knight n 8	82.5	0.5 2/1	0 0/0
D. Ballard n 8	67.4	2.3 8/4	1.2 5/2
Rio Cardines n 8	73.4	0.8 5/0	0.2 1/0
G. Tanner n 8	82.5	0.5 4/0	0.3 2/0
Y. Hirakawa n 8	59.3	1.5 7/1	1.1 5/1
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Bristol City — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Bristol City before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
J. Knight n 8	82.5	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
D. Ballard n 8	67.4	0.3 2/0	0 0/0
Rio Cardines n 8	73.4	0 0/0	0.2 1/0
G. Tanner n 8	82.5	0 0/0	0 0/0
Y. Hirakawa n 8	59.3	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Sheffield Utd v Bristol City — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Sheffield UtdWDWWL

Last 5: 3W 1D 1L · 1.4 scored / 1 conceded per game

Bristol CityLDWLL

Last 5: 1W 1D 3L · 0.8 scored / 2 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Sheffield Utd 3 · 1 draw · Bristol City 2 · 2.5 goals/game

2026-10-17 Bristol City 0–1 Sheffield Utd
2026-04-06 Bristol City 1–0 Sheffield Utd
2025-08-09 Sheffield Utd 1–4 Bristol City
2025-05-12 Sheffield Utd 3–0 Bristol City
2025-05-08 Bristol City 0–3 Sheffield Utd
2025-03-11 Sheffield Utd 1–1 Bristol City

League standing · 2026/27

Sheffield Utd#10 pos22 pts15 pl+2 GD

Bristol City#17 pos18 pts15 pl-8 GD

Goals per game

Sheffield Utd scored1.4

Bristol City scored1.07

Sheffield Utd conceded1.27

Bristol City conceded1.6

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What is the head-to-head record between Sheffield Utd and Bristol City?: In their last 6 meetings, Sheffield Utd won 3, Bristol City won 2 and there was 1 draw, averaging 2.5 goals per game.
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