Leicester City – Sheffield Utd

Sheffield United will extend their unbeaten streak

If last season Leicester City and Sheffield United had everything go as planned, they would be meeting in the Premier League now. However, neither team achieved their objectives that football year. Leicester lasted only one season in the elite division after returning there and dropped back to the Championship. Meanwhile, Sheffield United spent almost the entire 2024/2025 season in the automatic promotion zone, but in the final stretch, they lost their Premier League spot to Burnley and slipped into the playoff zone. There, the "Blades" easily defeated Bristol City but flopped in the final against Sunderland. Following this failure, Sheffield United sacked Chris Wilder and after just six rounds of the new season, they faced an urgent need to reinstate him as head coach. Only after that did the "Blades" begin to secure victories and look somewhat decent in the Championship. After seventeen rounds, both Leicester and Sheffield United show unpreparedness to compete for a Premier League spot, being placed in the lower half of the league table. Bookmakers have made the home team the favorites for the upcoming match, offering odds of 2.08 on their victory. If Coventry City has already "applied" for one of the automatic promotion spots in the Premier League, having pulled away from their pursuers at the top of the table, then Leicester could very well fight for second place or a playoff position. Despite being in the fifteenth position, the density of the league allows for swift movement upwards in the case of a prolonged stable series of point accumulation. However, the "Foxes" repeatedly demonstrate poor results. For instance, a month ago, the team recorded a three-match losing streak, and in the last round, they were crushed by Southampton with a score of 0:3. Sheffield United, on the other hand, has entered the most successful period of the season. Unfortunately, for the "Blades", this can only be described as three matches without defeat and seven points out of nine possible. The last two rounds particularly boosted the morale of Wilder's squad, as they won these matches with a score of 3:0. One of the victories was recorded in the Sheffield derby, which could give the team an additional impetus. The guests will not lose.