Championship

Championship | Gameweek 1

Aug 7, 2021 at 8pm UK

Bramall Lane

Sheff Utd
0 - 1
Birmingham

Brewster (71')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Colin (19')
Pedersen (42'), Woods (66'), Leko (77'), Colin (79'), Castillo (86'), Gardner (90')

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Aug 7, 22:11

The Match

Match Report

The Blues were 1-0 winners in the Sky Bet Championship opener at Bramall Lane.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Sheffield United and Birmingham City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Birmingham City win with a probability of 38.69%. A win for Sheffield United had a probability of 31.06% and a draw had a probability of 30.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Birmingham City win was 0-1 with a probability of 14.11%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (7.77%) and 1-2 (7.4%). The likeliest Sheffield United win was 1-0 (12.22%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.45%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 14.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-1 win for Birmingham City in this match.

Result
Sheffield United	Draw	Birmingham City
31.06%	30.25%	38.69%

Both teams to score 41%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

33.78%

66.21%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

15.27%

84.73%

Sheffield United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

61.44%

38.55%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

24.7%

75.3%

Birmingham City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

66.73%

33.27%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

30.12%

69.88%

Score Analysis

Sheffield United 31.06%

Birmingham City 38.68%

Draw 30.24%

Sheffield United	Draw	Birmingham City
1-0 @ 12.22% 2-1 @ 6.41% 2-0 @ 5.83% 3-1 @ 2.04% 3-0 @ 1.85% 3-2 @ 1.12% Other @ 1.59% Total : 31.06%	1-1 @ 13.45% 0-0 @ 12.82% 2-2 @ 3.53% Other @ 0.44% Total : 30.24%	0-1 @ 14.11% 0-2 @ 7.77% 1-2 @ 7.4% 0-3 @ 2.85% 1-3 @ 2.72% 2-3 @ 1.29% Other @ 2.54% Total : 38.68%

How you voted: Sheff Utd vs Birmingham

Sheffield United

69.0%

Draw

20.7%

Birmingham City

10.3%