Blackburn vs Sheffield United Prediction - 8 September 2026
Our pick:Under 3.5 goals
Odds 1.36Won
- Correct score
- 1-1
- Alternative
- 0-1
- Under 3.5 goals
- 5/5Blackburn · last 5 games
Form
- L 1-2
- D 0-0
- L 1-2
- L 1-2
- W 2-1
- L 1-3
- W 3-2
- D 2-2
- W 2-1
- D 0-0
Head to head
- 25 Aug 2026 Blackburn 1 Sheffield United 2 League Cup
Match highlights
PremiumMatch analysis
A combined 2.6 goals a game is why Superior is on Under 3.5 for Blackburn's home game with Sheffield United on 8 September, priced at 1.36 and rated a 79 percent shot by the model. Both sides have kept most of their recent form tight, including their one head-to-head meeting this season, a 1-2 Sheffield United win that still finished with just three goals.
A combined 2.6 goals a game against a 3.5 line
Blackburn have scored more than once just once in their last five, a 2-1 home win sandwiched between two draws and two defeats. Sheffield United's own run reads three wins and two draws, and even their busiest attacking day, a 3-2 win on the road, still finished under four. Add the two rates together and the projection sits at 2.6, comfortably inside the line.
Both arrive on the same three days' rest
Blackburn and Sheffield United have each played four times in the last fortnight and go again here on three days' rest apiece, scheduling that tends to flatten a scoreline rather than open it up. Their only meeting this season, a 1-2 Sheffield United win on 25 August, still finished with exactly three goals, right at the ceiling this line allows.
Sheffield United's 3-2 away day is the real threat to the total
Under 3.5 loses if this match produces four goals or more. Sheffield United's heaviest attacking showing this run was that 3-2 away win, and Blackburn have already shipped two goals at home twice in their last five. Either side repeating that kind of afternoon, rather than the tighter games that dominate their recent form, is what clears this line.
More tips for this game
- Goals: Under 3.5
- Goals: Under 2.5
Premium
After full time
Top five correct scores
- 1-113.2%Our score
- 0-112.3%Alternative
- 1-010.8%
- 0-010.0%
- 1-28.1%
Top five combined: 54.4%
Full score grid
Score Matrix
Goals and BTTS chances
Combos
- Draw and under 2.5 goals23.2%
- Sheffield United win and over 2.5 goals19.7%
- Blackburn win and over 2.5 goals15.6%
- Blackburn win and both teams score12.8%
| Blackburn | Sheffield United | |
|---|---|---|
| Outcome markets | ||
| Win or draw | 60.5% | 67.8% |
| Draw no bet | 44.9% | 55.1% |
| Win to nil | 19.4% | 24.1% |
| Either team wins | 71.7% | |
| Team goals | ||
| To score | 65.9% | 70.6% |
| Over 1.5 goals | 29.2% | 34.6% |
| Clean sheet | 29.4% | 34.1% |
Today's acca
2 games, total odds 1.61
Formations
Confirmed formations
League table
League table
| # | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | +10 | 25 | |
| 2 | 11 | +8 | 23 | |
| 3 | 11 | +18 | 22 | |
| 4 | 11 | +9 | 20 | |
| 5 | 11 | +3 | 20 | |
| 6 | 11 | +2 | 19 | |
| 7 | 11 | +3 | 18 | |
| 8 | 11 | +11 | 17 | |
| 9 | 11 | +3 | 17 | |
| 10 | 11 | +1 | 15 | |
| 11 | 11 | +1 | 15 | |
| 12 | 11 | 0 | 15 | |
| 13 | 11 | 0 | 15 | |
| 14 | 11 | -1 | 14 | |
| 15 | 11 | -3 | 14 | |
| 16 | 11 | -5 | 14 | |
| 17 | 12 | -7 | 14 | |
| 18 | 11 | -10 | 12 | |
| 19 | 11 | +1 | 11 | |
| 20 | 11 | -9 | 11 | |
| 21 | 11 | -4 | 9 | |
| 22 | 11 | -5 | 8 | |
| 23 | 11 | -11 | 6 | |
| 24 | 11 | -15 | 4 |
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 25 | |
| 2 | Swansea | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 23 | |
| 3 | West Ham | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 22 | |
| 4 | Birmingham | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 20 | |
| 5 | West Brom | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 20 | |
| 6 | Stoke City | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 19 | |
| 7 | Wolves | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 18 | |
| 8 | Southampton | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 17 | |
| 9 | QPR | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 17 | |
| 10 | Blackburn | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 15 | |
| 11 | Sheffield United | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 15 | |
| 12 | Millwall | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 15 | |
| 13 | Portsmouth | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 15 | |
| 14 | Wrexham | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 14 | |
| 15 | Bristol City | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 14 | |
| 16 | Charlton | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 14 | |
| 17 | Bolton | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 14 | |
| 18 | Lincoln | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 12 | |
| 19 | Cardiff | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 11 | |
| 20 | Watford | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 11 | |
| 21 | Norwich | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 21 | -4 | 9 | |
| 22 | Burnley | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -5 | 8 | |
| 23 | Derby | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 6 | |
| 24 | Preston | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 4 |