Stoke City vs Sheffield United Prediction and Betting Tips | December 29th 2025

Stoke City will host Sheffield United at the bet365 Stadium on Monday in another round of the 2025-26 EFL Championship campaign. The hosts will be eager to return to winning ways following a disappointing run of games.

Stoke failed to capitalize on their chances in their last outing, which ended in a goalless draw with Preston North End, extending their run to just one win in their last six games. The Potters have now fallen two points behind the top six and will be desperate to turn things around in the coming weeks to keep their promotion playoff hopes alive.

Sheffield, on the other hand, suffered only their second loss in eight games with an end-to-end 5-3 away defeat to Wrexham and will be eager to secure a result that could see them rise as high as 16th by the end of this matchday. The Blades have picked up five wins in their last nine games, despite winning just three of their previous 14, and will be keen to build on their recently found form on Monday.

Stoke City vs Sheffield United Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• The two sides have met on 113 previous occasions going into the weekend. Stoke have won 36 of those meetings, and 30 have ended in draws while Sheffield have won the remaining 47.
• The hosts have lost each of the last four meetings between the sides.
• The visitors have kept clean sheets in each of the last three editions of this fixture.
• The first leg of this fixture this season ended in a 4-0 win to Sheffield United earlier this month.
• Stoke have the best defensive record in the league, having only conceded 21 goals in 23 games played.
• Sheffield have the third-worst defensive record in the English second tier with 36 goals conceded after 23 matches played.

Stoke City vs Sheffield United Prediction

The two teams are very evenly matched going into Monday's game but the Potters will hope to receive a boost from their home advantage and much better defensive record.

The Blades will likely be satisfied to get a draw against closely matched opponents next week but have lost their last two away outings and could see those struggles persist on Monday.

Prediction: Stoke City 2-1 Sheffield United

Stoke City vs Sheffield United Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Stoke City to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Six of the visitors' last eight games have produced more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: Yes

Edited by Peter P