Bristol City v Sheffield Utd

It’s interesting to see the bookies so short about the chances of Chris Wilder’s Sheffield United when they travel to Bristol City on Saturday. There isn’t a lot to pick between the sides in the betting, but home advantage has certainly been used by Bristol City over the past couple of years, winning 23 of their 49 home matches over the past two seasons or so.

The Robins have been pretty clinical this season – with shot data showing 92-75 in their favour, and an impressive 37-20 when looking at on-target efforts. Sheffield United are less impressive , posting 77-66 and 28-21. Still decent, but not enough that they should be edging towards favourites at Ashton Gate.

Form has played a big part in this price, but I get the feeling that the 4-1 win over Aston Villa is being given too much credit, while the 3-0 win over Bolton was nothing enormously unexpected. We shouldn’t forget the Robins have also collected nine points from three games, winning away at QPR and Swansea before taking Blackburn down 4-1 last time out.

With a fresh squad after the international break, we’re siding with Bristol City in this one at 7/4.

1pt Bristol City to beat Sheffield United

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