{"id":42891,"date":"2025-05-20T08:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T07:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mansionbet.com\/blog\/?p=42891"},"modified":"2025-05-20T07:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T06:52:09","slug":"efl-championship-sheffield-united-vs-sunderland-betting-tips-odds-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mansionbet.com\/blog\/sports\/football\/efl-championship-sheffield-united-vs-sunderland-betting-tips-odds-prediction\/","title":{"rendered":"EFL Championship: Sheffield United vs Sunderland – Betting Tips, Odds & Prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sheffield United and Sunderland meet at Wembley Stadium to contest \u201cthe richest game in football\u201d in the Playoff Final on Saturday, May 24th<\/sup>. View our England Championship betting<\/a> tips for the showpiece showdown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheffield United vs Sunderland Best Odds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Sheffield United 5\/4 (+125) <\/a><\/td>X 23\/10 (+230)<\/a> <\/td>Sunderland 11\/5 (+220)<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
Over 13\/10 (+130)<\/a> <\/td>2.5 Goals <\/strong><\/td>Under 8\/13 (-163) <\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Yes 1\/1 (+100)<\/a> <\/td>BTTS <\/strong><\/td>No 8\/11 (-138)<\/a> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sheffield United vs Sunderland Analysis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sheffield United<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sheffield United will feel they have earned promotion to the Premier League having accumulated a mammoth 90 points during the Championship\u2019s regular campaign, though the Blades have one more hurdle to overcome before they get their just deserts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Wilder\u2019s side saw off Bristol City in the playoff semi-finals, recording 3-0 wins in each leg to advance to Saturday\u2019s showpiece final at Wembley with relative ease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Blades lost 2-1 when they last faced Sunderland in January, though they created more in expected goals (1.60-1.00) and mustered more shots (15-14) than the Black Cats on that occasion, and Sheff Utd will hope for more fortune in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

United will kick off at Wembley as favourites to triumph on sites for sports betting<\/a>, though the Blades will have to overcome their playoff hoodoo to prevail having fallen short in all five of their previous second-tier play-off campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team news:<\/strong> Rhys Norrington-Davies, Ollie Arblaster, Sai Sachdev and Harrison Clarke are all expected to miss out on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Predicted Lineup: <\/strong>Cooper, Choudhury, Ahmedhodzic, Robinson, Burrows, Brooks, Peck, Souza, Hamer, Cannon, Moore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunderland<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sunderland just about kept their dreams of returning to the Premier League for the first time since 2017 alive when they scored a 122nd<\/sup>-minute goal through Daniel Ballard to edge out Coventry in the playoff semi-final second leg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Optimists will say that Ballard\u2019s dramatic header was a \u201cname on the trophy\u201d sort of moment, though Sunderland were arguably second best in both legs against the Sky Blues, and a major improvement will be needed to triumph at Wembley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunderland, who are listed as underdogs on EFL betting sites<\/a>, conceded 34 shots over their two semi-final encounters with Coventry, and if they fail to tighten up defensively, they could be punished by a more clinical Sheffield United outfit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team news:<\/strong> Sunderland will be without Jayden Danns and Ian Poveda in the playoff final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Predicted Lineup:<\/strong> Patterson, Hume, Ballard, O’Nien, Cirkin, Roberts, Neil, Bellingham, Le Fee, Mayenda, Isidor   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheffield United vs Sunderland Stats and Trends<\/h2>\n\n\n\n