West Bromwich Albion vs Sheffield United: Prediction, Lineups & Odds (12/12/25)

West Bromwich Albion will look to kickstart their campaign when they welcome Championship rivals Sheffield United to The Hawthorns on Friday night.

Our Three Predictions For West Bromwich Albion vs Sheffield United

• First Prediction: Match Result – Draw – 11/5
• Second Prediction: Both Teams To Score – 4/5
• Third Prediction: Over 1.5 Goals – 4/11

First Prediction For West Bromwich Albion vs Sheffield United – Match Result – Draw – 11/5

After a good start to the season, West Brom have well and truly fallen off in recent weeks. Sitting within the play-off places in mid-October, a run of just 2 wins in 10 games has seen them tumble down the table to 16th.

They now welcome Sheffield United to The Hawthorns, who are enjoying a rich vein of form in recent weeks. After recovering from the ill-fated tenure of Ruben Selles, the Spaniard’s predecessor and successor Chris Wilder currently has his team on a 6-game unbeaten run. As a result, they are now just 1 place and 2 points below the Baggies.

Ryan Mason’s team have lost their last 2, although these both came away from home. Their form in front of their own supporters is in stark contrast to that on the road, with only Derby County leaving the West Midlands will all 3 points.

The Blades dropped points themselves on Tuesday when they were held by struggling Norwich City, and this could be another stalemate.

Second Prediction For West Bromwich Albion vs Sheffield United – Both Teams To Score – 4/5

West Brom have seen 60% of their fixtures have both teams score so far this season. This number does rise to 67% when taking just home games into account, which includes their last 3 at The Hawthorns.

In contrast, only Stoke City have been involved in fewer games than Sheffield United where this market as been achieved. This equates to 40% of their outings thus far.

Despite that, the Blades have only failed to score once since the beginning of October, which came in a 0-0 draw with Queens Park Rangers last month. Furthermore, WBA are also in decent goalscoring form, having found the back of the net themselves in each of their last 6. 

Third Prediction For West Bromwich Albion vs Sheffield United – Over 1.5 Goals – 4/11

A safer bet than over 2.5 goals, with Sheffield United and West Brom having been involved in high scoring affairs 55% and 50% respectively. This doesn’t increase dramatically for over 1.5 goals, although both teams recent goalscoring antics mean it is one we expect.

The home side have seen the net breached on at least 2 occasions in 65% of their outings to date, with the Blades slightly further back on 60%. However, West Brom’s last 5 games have seen an impressive 21 goals, whilst the visitors’ outings have generated 17.

As such, it would be somewhat of a shock to see this game finish goalless or be settled by a solitary strike.

Best Odds For West Bromwich Albion vs Sheffield United

Full Preview Of The Game: Last Results And Head-To-Head:

West Brom boss Ryan Mason finds himself under pressure after taking on the position in the summer. An unbeaten opening 4 games has thus far proved to be a false dawn, and they currently sit 16th in the Championship and 6 points off the play-off positions.

This hasn’t been helped by their recent form. The Baggies have won 1 of their last 5, which came with a 3-2 victory over Swansea City at the end of last month. They also lost to Coventry City and Southampton by the same scoreline, whilst also going down 3-1 to Queens Park Rangers.

That win over the Swans extended their recent unbeaten home record to 7 games though. The West Midlands-based outfit also drew 1-1 with Birmingham City and beat Oxford United 2-1 throughout November.

Meanwhile, Sheffield United are starting to show just why they hit 90 points last season. Forgetting the dreadful tenure of Ruben Selles, the reappointment of Chris Wilder has started to generate results and they enter this game in the midst of a 6-game unbeaten run.

Their latest result was perhaps the most disappointing, drawing 1-1 against struggling Norwich City at Bramall Lane. However, the Blades preceded that with big wins over Sheffield Wednesday (3-0), Portsmouth (3-0), Leicester City (3-2) and Stoke City (4-0).

Sheffield United are unbeaten in their last 4 meetings with West Brom, although there isn’t much to separate the 2 teams over the years. Both of last season’s results ended in a draw. This is 2 of 30 ties between the pair since their first clash in 1893.

The Baggies slightly edge the head-to-head, winning 48 of the previous 124 meetings, with the last coming in 2022. The Yorkshire-based side have 46 victories.

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Where To Watch West Bromwich Albion vs Sheffield United

Where can I watch this game, either in person or on TV?

• Location: The Hawthorns, Halfords Lane, West Bromwich, B71 4LF
• Date: December 12th, 2025
• TV Channel: Sky Sports Football, Sky Sports Ultra HDR

Probable Lineups For West Bromwich Albion vs Sheffield United

Predicted West Bromwich Albion Lineup

• Lineup: Wildsmith; Bielik, Phillips, Mepham, Styles; Diakite, Molumby; Grant, Price, Johnston; Heggebo
• Injured/Suspended: Collyer, Wallace, Williams
• Manager: Ryan Mason

Predicted Sheffield United Lineup

• Lineup: Cooper; Seriki, Tanganga, Bindon, Burrows; Hamer, Arblaster; Chong, O’Hare; Campbell, Bamford
• Injured/Suspended: Godfrey, Mee, Ogbene, Davies, Chong, McGuinness, Peck, McCallum, Riedewald
• Manager: Chris Wilder

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