Championship 25/26 · 20 Dec 2025

Sheffield United 3–0 Birmingham City

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Nov 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Sheffield United favourites at 43%.

Sheffield United won and made the better chances: 2.8 xG to 0.6.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Japhet Tanganga, 55.9 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Gustavo Hamer +11.2.

Well below it: Jack Robinson −16.6, Christoph Klarer −15.0.

Each side's last five results before this match.

12 Dec 2025	L 0–2	at West Bromwich Albion Championship
9 Dec 2025	D 1–1	v Norwich City Championship
6 Dec 2025	W 4–0	v Stoke City Championship
29 Nov 2025	W 3–2	at Leicester City Championship
26 Nov 2025	W 3–0	v Portsmouth Championship

13 Dec 2025	D 1–1	v Charlton Athletic Championship
9 Dec 2025	L 1–2	at Queens Park Rangers Championship
6 Dec 2025	L 1–3	at Southampton Championship
1 Dec 2025	W 2–1	v Watford Championship
26 Nov 2025	D 1–1	at West Bromwich Albion Championship

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Japhet Tanganga Defender	90	0	0	0.01	55.9	+7.0
Michael Cooper Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	54.6	+6.0
Gustavo Hamer Midfielder	57	1	1	0.67	51.6	+11.2
Tyler Bindon Defender	90	1	0	0.11	50.0	+0.8
Oliver Arblaster Midfielder	71	0	1	0.09	47.7	–
Patrick Bamford Forward	57	1	0	0.81	45.8	−0.9
Tahith Chong Midfielder	90	0	0	0.04	41.0	–
Callum O'Hare Midfielder	90	0	0	0.34	40.5	−2.6
Thomas Cannon Forward	33	0	0	0.14	40.5	–
Jaïro Riedewald Midfielder	77	0	0	–	40.4	+1.6
Djibril Soumaré Midfielder	19	0	0	–	40.1	–
Sam McCallum Defender	72	0	0	0.02	38.8	+5.5
Danny Ings Forward	33	0	0	0.53	35.1	–
Andre Brooks Midfielder	13	0	0	–	32.6	–
Femi Seriki Defender	90	0	0	0.03	28.8	−6.9
Harrison Burrows Defender	18	0	0	–	28.0	–

Player	Min	xG	Score	vs usual
Tommy Doyle Midfielder	18	–	69.1	–
Ryan Allsop Goalkeeper	90	–	48.6	+2.6
Seung Ho Paik Midfielder	90	–	41.8	−3.6
Marc Leonard Midfielder	60	0.07	40.9	+0.9
Eiran Cashin Defender	26	–	40.8	–
Tomoki Iwata Midfielder	90	0.05	40.6	+1.5
Lewis Koumas Forward	27	–	37.9	–
Phil Neumann Defender	90	0.40	37.0	−5.6
Christoph Klarer Defender	90	0.05	36.4	−15.0
Willum Thor Willumsson Midfielder	63	–	34.3	–
Demarai Gray Midfielder	64	0.04	33.9	−6.1
Jack Robinson Defender	64	–	33.8	−16.6
Lyndon Dykes Forward	26	0.05	32.9	–
Jay Stansfield Midfielder	83	–	31.6	−4.8
Patrick Roberts Midfielder	11	–	31.4	–
Keshi Anderson Midfielder	30	–	26.0	–