Sheffield United vs Birmingham City Prediction and Betting Tips | December 20th 2025

The EFL Championship returns with a fresh set of fixtures as Sheffield United and Birmingham City lock horns on Saturday. The Blues are unbeaten in their last five visits to Bramall Lane, claiming two wins and three draws since January 2012, and will be looking to extend this impressive run.

Sheffield United suffered their first defeat against West Bromwich Albion since August 2022 last Friday when they were beaten 2-0 at the Hawthorns.

The Blades were unbeaten in their previous six league matches, picking up four wins and two draws while scoring 14 goals and keeping four clean sheets in that time.

Sheffield United have picked up 23 points from their 21 Championship matches so far to sit 18th in the standings, level on points with 19th-placed Swansea City.

On the other hand, Birmingham City failed to return to winning ways last Saturday when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Charlton Athletic at St. Andrew’s Stadium.

The Blues have now gone three consecutive league matches without a win, losing twice and claiming one draw since a 2-1 victory over Watford on December 1.

Birmingham City have picked up 29 points from their 21 Championship matches so far to sit 14th in the standings, level on points with 15th-placed Watford.

Sheffield United vs Birmingham City Head-To-Head and Key Numbers

• With 48 wins from the last 115 meetings between the sides, Birmingham City boast a slightly superior record in the history of this fixture.
• Sheffield United have picked up four fewer wins since their first encounter in September 1892, while the spoils have been shared on 23 occasions.
• Birmingham are unbeaten in their last five Championship away matches, losing four and claiming one draw since a 1-0 victory over Preston North End on October 21.
• Sheffield have lost just one of their last six home games in the league, while picking up three wins and two draws since the start of October.

Sheffield United vs Birmingham City Prediction

Coming off the back of a poor display against West Brom, Sheffield United will head into the weekend looking to quickly find their feet.

The Blades take on a Birmingham side who have picked up just one point from their last five away matches and we are backing them to come away with all three points.

Prediction: Sheffield United 2-1 Birmingham City

Sheffield United vs Birmingham City Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result - Sheffield United to win

Tip 2: Both sides to score - Yes (Both sides have scored in five of their last six meetings)

Tip 3: Over 10.5 corners - No (There have also been fewer than 11 corner kicks in the last six encounters between the two teams)

Edited by Peter P