Sheffield United v Sheffield Wednesday Predictions & Betting Odds – 12th January 2018

Blades to complete double over Owls in Sheffield derby

Championship Betting

Sheffield United v Sheffield Wednesday Betting Preview – Championship 12th January 7.45pm

What will be the outcome in this tough Friday night Sheffield derby from the championship? The Blades were looking like automatic promotion contenders at one point, but their form has slipped and so has their position inside of the top seven. But their rivals are far worse off sat down in the bottom half of the table and with five league defeats in their last six played. Both of them desperately need to collect three points for what would be a massive boost.

Sheffield United v Sheffield Wednesday Betting Tips

The season has become a bit of a grind for the Blades and they have taken only the one win in their last nine league outings now W1 D3 L5. That is a serious drop in their output and they are no longer looking like the automatic promotion contenders that they were. They go into Friday night’s derby in seventh place now and clinging on to the play off places. Sheffield United have posted a W8 D1 L4 record at Bramall Lane this season but they are just W1 D1 L3 in their last five there so it suggests perhaps that they are just running out of steam a bit. Their defence does need some tightening up as they have taken one clean sheet in their last fourteen league games and therefore both teams to score at Paddy Power may be a decent option to have a look at in this Sheffield derby. United have averaged 1.7 per game but they have conceded an average of a goal against and have just the one clean sheet in their last seven home games.

In the Paddy Power correct score market the 1-1 draw is the shortest-priced option at 6/1* (Betting Odds taken January 9th, 2018 at 9.00pm) although the most frequent result this season at Bramall Lane has been a 1-0 home win. Leon Clarke is the outright favourite in the first goalscorer market and has had a really impressive season. The Blades landed a great 4- win at Hillsborough over Sheffield Wednesday earlier in the season, leaving them with a W2 D2 L1 record in their last five games against their rivals. At home, the Blades are unbeaten in their last two against Sheffield Wednesday (W1 D1) but each of the last four between these at Bramall Lane have all gone above the 2.5 goal line which is a decent betting trend to look for in this one. Sheffield United hold a W2 D2 L1 record from their five previous Championship home games against Wednesday. So there is not a lot to choose between them from that.

Sheffield Wednesday are down in the bottom half of the Championship table and they are struggling. They have suffered five defeats in their last six games (W1) and the lone victory there was out at Nottingham Forest on Boxing Day and that actually remains their only league success in their last ten games. So this season just hasn’t gotten going for them and away from home they are just W3 D4 L6 for the season and are W2 D2 L2 in their last six away from Hillsborough. They haven’t been good enough in the final third of the pitch to really get themselves going and they failed to hit the back of the net in three of their last five matches now. The Owls have averaged under a goal per game on their travels in the Championship this season, failing to score in 38% of their away games. At this stage last season, Wednesday were 15 points better off and 81% of the goals that they have conceded away from home this season have come in the second half of matches.

Sheffield United v Sheffield Wednesday Betting Odds*

Sheffield United 4/5, Draw 5/2, Sheffield Wednesday 7/2* (Betting Odds taken January 8th, 2018 at 10.21pm)

Sheffield United v Sheffield Wednesday Predictions

The Blades are value to get a win on the board in this one. They haven’t been on form at home recently, but this is a derby day and they will be up for this one. They will be keen to do the double over their rivals and with the home crowd behind them, back them to get maximum points.