Sheffield United
Sheffield United have won two, drawn one and lost two of their last five, unbeaten in their last two at home (3-1 vs Leicester City, 0-0 vs Oxford United).
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town have won three and drawn two of their last five matches, including a 3-0 win over Blackburn Rovers in their last home game.
Key Players
- Kieran McKenna’s side have the benefit of Jaden Philogene-Bidace’s form right now with the former Coventry ace bagging nine in 25 appearances this season.
- Callum O’Hare has six in 26 for United and is their most reliable attacking threat, but Femi Seriki has three assists in the last five and the hosts’ goals have flown in.
Betting Insights
- The Tractor Boys are 2.48 to win while the hosts are 2.9 and the draw is 3.3.
- But we’re going for Both Teams To Score at 1.7 because we can’t rely on either team for a clean sheet and it fits the scoring and conceding averages for both clubs at home and away.
Prediction
- With Chris Wilder back at Sheffield United and Kieran McKenna still in charge at Ipswich Town, Saturday’s Championship match-up has an intriguing tactical element that should make it competitive.
- Wilder, reappointed by the Blades in September 2025, has the 3-5-2 system down to a T and his teams will always press the game with overlapping centre-backs, plenty of verticality and an ordered structure that allows them to control the transitions.
- McKenna, who has been in charge at Ipswich since December 2021, has created one of the Championship’s most aggressive pressing sides, playing on the front foot, looking to overload wide areas and create problems in behind the opposition’s defence.
- Wilder’s return to the Blades must be seen as a statement of intent after United’s 5-0 thrashing at Portman Road four months ago.
- We will take the visitors to edge this competitive contest, however, because they are in the better form and the odds on offer for the two sides to score are so tempting.
- Ipswich are third in the Championship on 47 points from 26 games while United are 17th on 32 after the same number of matches.
