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Saturday 30 August 2025 · 12:30 · HT 0-0 · Riverside, Middlesbrough · Referee Lewis Smith

Middlesbrough v Sheffield United: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Middlesbrough's last 1 home game and Sheffield United's last 1 away game in the Championship before kick-off, both teams scored in 0 of 2, over 2.5 goals in 0 of 2, with 10.5 corners per match (league 10.3) and 5.5 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Middlesbrough v Sheffield United, full match

47%

Possession

53%

1.09

Expected goals (xG)

0.44

15

Shots

8

6

Shots on target

0

5

Corners

8

5

Fouls

13

0

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

0

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

18'

Yellow card

Sydie Peck SHE

25'

Yellow card

Andre Brooks SHE

62'

Yellow card

Gustavo Hamer SHE

64'

Goal

Tommy Conway MID

At a glance

Middlesbrough

5th in the table

W

Sheffield United

13th in the table

L

Last 5, latest first

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Middlesbrough's last 1 home game and Sheffield United's last 1 away game this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

0%

0/2 games · League 57%

Over 1.5 goals

0%

0/2 games · League 76%

Over 2.5 goals

0%

0/2 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

0%

0/2 games · League 25%

Over 9.5 corners

50%

1/2 games · League 55%

Over 3.5 cards

100%

2/2 games · League 53%

Middlesbrough clean sheet

100%

1/1 games · League 25%

Sheffield United clean sheet

0%

0/1 games · League 25%

Middlesbrough fail to score

0%

0/1 games · League 25%

Sheffield United fail to score

100%

1/1 games · League 25%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

1.0

League 2.6

Corners

10.5

League 10.3

Cards

5.5

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Middlesbrough

3-4-2-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

31

Solomon Brynn

DEFENDERS

2

5

12

MIDFIELDERS

10

Aidan Morris

Hayden Hackney

FORWARDS

9

SUBSTITUTES

25

28

Sheffield United

4-3-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Michael Cooper

DEFENDERS

5

14

MIDFIELDERS

42

Sydie Peck

Callum O'Hare

Gustavo Hamer

FORWARDS

23

Tyrese Campbell

Andre Brooks

Louie Barry

SUBSTITUTES

17

3

38

9

19

26

Referee: Lewis Smith

25 games in the Championship this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.9

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.9

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

19.3

League 21.5

Penalties per game

0.08

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

MID

SHE

Match

League

Goals per match

2.3

2.6

Over 0.5

100%

3/3

100%

3/3

100%

6/6

95%

Over 1.5

67%

2/3

33%

1/3

50%

3/6

70%

Over 2.5

67%

2/3

33%

1/3

50%

3/6

51%

Over 3.5

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

17%

1/6

19%

Over 4.5

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

17%

1/6

14%

Bet

MID

SHE

Match

League

Yes

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

33%

2/6

59%

Yes and win

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

20%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

33%

2/6

43%

Yes and draw

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/6

19%

Yes and loss

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

20%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/6

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Bet

MID

SHE

Match

League

Corners per match

10.7

14.7

12.7

10.1

Over 7.5

100%

3/3

100%

3/3

100%

6/6

84%

Over 8.5

67%

2/3

100%

3/3

83%

5/6

76%

Over 9.5

33%

1/3

100%

3/3

67%

4/6

57%

Over 10.5

33%

1/3

100%

3/3

67%

4/6

35%

Over 11.5

33%

1/3

100%

3/3

67%

4/6

30%

Over 12.5

33%

1/3

67%

2/3

50%

3/6

22%

Referee Lewis Smith: 3.9 cards and 19.3 fouls per game in 25 games this season

Bet

MID

SHE

Match

League

Cards per match

6.7

3.0

4.8

4.1

Over 2.5

100%

3/3

67%

2/3

83%

5/6

78%

Over 3.5

100%

3/3

67%

2/3

83%

5/6

54%

Over 4.5

67%

2/3

33%

1/3

50%

3/6

38%

Over 5.5

67%

2/3

0%

0/3

33%

2/6

30%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Alfie Jones

3 starts · 0.3 per 90

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

Dael Fry

3 starts · 0.3 per 90

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

Hayden Hackney

3 starts · 0.3 per 90

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Middlesbrough

Last 5 games before this match

23 Aug

Norwich City

(A)

2-1

W

16 Aug

Millwall

(A)

3-0

W

9 Aug

Swansea City

(H)

1-0

W

Sheffield United

Last 5 games before this match

23 Aug

Millwall

(H)

0-1

L

16 Aug

Swansea City

(A)

0-1

L

9 Aug

Bristol City

(H)

1-4

L

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Middlesbrough and Sheffield United haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

Championship table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Coventry

46

28

11

7

97

45

+52

95

W

D

2

Ipswich

46

23

15

8

80

47

+33

84

W

D

W

D

3

Millwall

46

24

11

64

49

+15

83

W

D

W

D

4

Southampton

46

22

14

10

82

56

+26

80

W

D

W

5

Middlesbrough

46

22

14

10

72

47

+25

80

D

W

D

L

6

Hull City

46

21

10

15

70

66

+4

73

W

L

D

L

7

Wrexham

46

19

14

13

69

65

+4

71

D

L

W

L

8

Derby

46

20

9

17

67

59

+8

69

L

W

L

W

L

9

Norwich

46

19

8

19

63

56

+7

65

L

D

W

L

10

Birmingham

46

17

13

16

57

56

+1

64

D

W

D

W

11

Swansea

46

18

10

18

57

59

-2

64

W

D

W

L

W

12

Bristol City

46

17

11

18

59

0

62

W

L

D

L

D

13

Sheffield Utd

46

18

6

22

66

0

60

W

L

W

14

Preston

46

15

16

55

62

-7

60

L

W

L

W

15

QPR

46

16

10

20

61

73

-12

58

L

D

16

Watford

46

14

15

17

53

65

-12

57

L

17

Stoke City

46

15

10

21

51

56

-5

55

L

D

18

Portsmouth

46

14

13

19

49

64

-15

55

D

W

L

W

19

West Brom

46

13

14

19

48

58

-10

53

L

D

W

D

20

Charlton

46

13

14

19

44

58

-14

53

L

W

L

D

L

21

Leicester

46

12

16

18

58

68

-10

52

W

D

L

22

Blackburn

46

13

20

42

56

-14

52

L

W

D

L

D

23

Oxford Utd

46

11

14

21

45

59

-14

47

L

W

L

W

24

Sheffield Wed

46

2

12

32

29

89

-60

18

W

L

D

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Middlesbrough v Sheffield United: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Middlesbrough

Sheffield United

Referee: Lewis Smith

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Middlesbrough

Sheffield United

Head to head

Championship table