Sheffield United – Leicester. Forecast and announcement for the Championship match

On January 1, Bramell Lane will host a match of the 25th round of the English Championship, in which Sheffield United will meet with Leicester City. The match will start at 19:30 Kyiv time.

Sheffield United

The team, after another unsuccessful attempt to prove itself in the Premier League, returned to the more familiar level of the Championship in 2024. There, they expected quality play and leading positions from her, as well as from any decent football player. But in the end, instead, they were ten points behind Leeds from Burnley (90 against 100), and in the playoffs, having confidently reached the final and opening the score there, the favorite lost to Sunderland with a decisive goal in the 90+ minute.

This, it seems, became a blow from which they have not yet recovered. On the contrary, the club can reach the struggle for survival! However, recently the threats of this have been reduced by a number of victories, including ending December by winning against Birmingham and Stoke City, although there was room for a 3-5 with Wrexham in between these matches.

Leicester City

The club will always be associated with the Ranieri – Vardy championship. But in general, having risen after the last fall, he looked frankly bad in the Premier League last season. And he lost the fight for survival there, without much controversy. As a result, we had to go to the Championship for the second time in two years.

As last time, the team was perceived as a potential favorite there. Only Cifuentes, the current coach, cannot stand the comparison with Maresca, who worked at Stamford Bridge in 2023/2024. There were just one more wins than losses, nine against eight. Yes, in the last round they won precisely in Derby County. But they only climbed to the twelfth place – clearly the fans who were pampered in the past years were expecting something different for the winter holidays.

Statistics of personal meetings

Leicester had seven wins in a row, in various tournaments. But in November, he lost at home 2:3.

Forecast

Bookmakers GGBET rate the teams’ chances with very decent odds: 1.76 for Sheffield and 4.33 for Leicester. And which forecast to choose is up to you. Play with the best odds, get instant payouts and support your favorite team with us.

Bookmakers expect the hosts to win again in Sheffield. But both clubs are unstable – let’s bet on a total of more than 2.5 goals (coefficient – 1.84).