Portsmouth vs Sheffield United betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Championship match on September 28th, 2024

Portsmouth and Sheffield United will play on Saturday, September 28th, 2024, at 14:00h (UTC), in a Championship game to be held in England, check the Portsmouth vs Sheffield United betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Portsmouth vs Sheffield United will occur

The game takes place in the small Fratton Park stadium, in the city of Portsmouth, with a capacity for 20688 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

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Introduction to the Portsmouth vs Sheffield United betting tip 2024/2025

The Championship has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.67 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.53 goals per match played.

Portsmouth last match

Portsmouth comes from a defeat recorded in the last match played. The opponent was Burnley, in a match valid for Championship, and the two teams finished the match with a score of 2-1. On the field, J. Mousinho's team lined up with a 4-1-4-1.

This defeat was something that was already predicted before the game. The odds for them to win, of 6.50 indicated as much.

The defense certainly did not have an easy time in this match. The worst in the department is perhaps Connor Ogilvie, who was missing in the most important moments of the match. One of the worst on the field.

Sheffield United last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Championship, Sheffield United, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Derby County team with a final score of 1-0.

The positive result confirmed that the team's favoritism before the start of the match was certain, making the odds 1.75.

Portsmouth vs Sheffield United h2h

The last time these two teams clashed was on 20-04-2013, in a match of the 2012/2013 season of the League One, and the match ended with a 3-0 win for Portsmouth.

The Sheffield United team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Portsmouth its counterpart.

Teams with different capacities and aspirations.

P. Hodskinson and M. Jones will be assisting the referee M. Donohue in this football match.

Portsmouth

Championship leaderboard now

With 3 points won, Portsmouth is in 23rd place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 0 wins against 3 losses, plus 3 draws.

The team, has a slight disadvantage of 1 point against Sheffield Wednesday team who occupies position 22 in the 7th round.

Portsmouth analysis

Currently, Portsmouth has a tally of 7 goals scored and 13 goals against, at the end of round 6 of Championship.

Portsmouth team comes to this game with a sequence of 3 losses in the Championship that has been affecting the team's morale.

Portsmouth has a ball possession percentage of 44.17% in the league. This indicates that it is not the kind of team that shows up on the field to create play. Fans hope that something will change for the next match against Sheffield United and especially that the team will score more goals.

The adaptation of Josh Murphy with the new jersey has not been the best. He had another disappointing performance in Portsmouth last game of the season, against Burnley. In the clash, the midfielder failed to be effective and did little for the team. Despite the good expectations for the player, his performance is starting to worry.

Best goalscorer from Portsmouth

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Callum Lang. Portsmouth owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 3 goals in this season.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Sheffield United

Championship leaderboard now

The Sheffield United team with 12 points currently occupies the 5th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Play-off, with a campaign of 4 wins, 2 draws, and 0 losses.

Blackburn Rovers ranks just above, occupying 4th place in the 7th round, the team has the same number of points.

Sheffield United analysis

We have reached matchday 6 in Championship and at the moment Sheffield United has made 9 goals and conceded 3.

Sheffield United is in an enviable position! Having 3 wins in the Championship, they are the sure favorite.

The average number of shots toward the net of Sheffield United can give us useful indications about the team's offensive abilities, and its goal average. The team counted 4.17 shots into the opponent's goal for each match played.

This is a top 5 team in the Championship that wants to keep up with the good performances!

Opponents usually do not have much of a chance against away team Sheffield United, with a balance of 2 wins, 0 losses, and 1 draw in the Championship.

Best goalscorer from Sheffield United

Gustavo Hamer has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 4 goals scored in the competition, the Midfielder has been instrumental in leading Sheffield United to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

For bettors some entries may be relevant for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Portsmouth is Callum Lang, who has already scored 3 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Sheffield United is Gustavo Hamer, he has scored in 4 opportunities.

Sheffield United has conceded 1 away goal in 3 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that Sheffield United will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 3-0, something to take into consideration.

The best time to place bets is between 75-90 minutes as some study have shown this to be where most goals happen.

Seeing that Sheffield United has an average of 1.67 goals per match outside their domains, the option under 2.5 goals is an appealing one. This market makes much sense since the team usually doesn't concede goals playing as a visitor.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 5 corners per game, making this something to note in attempting to obtain good betting results.

Sheffield United is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.17 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Sheffield United in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Portsmouth has an average of 3.1 yellow cards per game over the 6 rounds, while Sheffield United has an average of 2.3. In other words, these teams together are averaging 6.33 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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