Sheffield United vs Coventry City Prediction: Both sides expected to score

Sheffield United and Coventry City will kick off action in the Championship on Friday at Bramall Lane after the break. The hosts are fighting to win the championship or at least pick up an automatic promotion ticket, while the visitors continue to fight for a playoff place. Below, I have the team news, possible starting 11, some interesting facts, expert betting tips, and odds.

Sheffield United

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Sheffield United secured a 1-0 win over their neighbors, Sheffield Wednesday, in the Steel City derby before the international break, with Rhian Brewster scoring the only goal of the game. The Blades are now unbeaten in their last four games with three wins and a draw. They have lost just one in their last nine games and remain unbeaten in four of their last five games at home. They remain in the title race with 80 points in 38 games, scoring 53 and conceding 28. They have the same number of points as the league leaders, Leeds United, and are just two points above third-placed Burnley. However, Vinicius Souza, Alfie Gilchrist, Harry Clarke, Rhys Norrington-Davies, Tom Davies, Oliver Arblaster, and Jamie Shackleton are ruled out of this game due to injuries.

Coventry City

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Coventry City secured a 3-0 win over Sunderland before the break to quickly move on from their 2-0 loss to Derby County. Against the Black Cats, Haji Wright opened the scoring in the 21st minute and went on to scored the second and third in the 29th and 73rd minutes, respectively. The Sky Blues have won six of their last seven games and four of their last five on the road. They sit 5th on the table with 59 points in 38 games, scoring 55 goals and conceding 48. However, Ben Sheaf, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Milan van Ewijk, B. Thomas-Asante, and Jack Rudoni are ruled out of this game due to injuries.

Possible Starting 11

Sheffield United — Michael Cooper, Hamza Choudhury, Rob Holding, Jack Robinson, Harrison Burrows, Femi Seriki, Sydie Peck, Ben Brereton Díaz, Callum O'Hare, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, Rhian Brewster.

Coventry City — Oliver Dovin, Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Liam Kitching, Jay Dasilva, Victor Torp, Matt Grimes, Jamie Allen, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Haji Wright, Ephron Mason-Clark.

Match Facts

• The Blades are unbeaten in eight of their last nine games;
• The Sky Blues have won six of their last seven games;
• The Blades are unbeaten in their last six home games against the Sky Blues;
• The Blades have scored in each of their last nine games;
• The Sky Blues have scored in seven of their last eight games;
• The visitors have conceded in five of their last six games;
• Three of the last four games between both sides saw the BTTS and the Over 2.5 goals results.

Expert Betting Tips

Both sides went into the international break with the needed points, and they are both showing resilience in their quests for promotion. However, while I expect excellent displays from both sides, I still have a slight bias for the hosts to win. They have been unbeaten in their last six home games against the Sky Blues.

Our prediction for this match is for both teams to score, for odds of 1.81 at Betway. 

Our second prediction is to see more than two goals for odds of 2.01 at 1xbet.

Our third prediction is a win for the hosts at odds of 2.07 at Bet365.