Sheffield United 1–4 Bristol City — Championship 2025/26 Match Stats

Championship · 2025Sat, 9 Aug 2025, 16:30 UTCBramall Lane

Sheffield United

1–4Historical match

Bristol City

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Bristol City won 1–4.

Shots: 209
Shots on target: 65
Expected goals: 2.31.3
Possession: 74%26%

Full time

What the match recorded

Bristol City beat Sheffield United 4–1. Recorded in this match (Sheffield United – Bristol City): shots 20–9, shots on target 6–5, expected goals 2.3–1.3, possession 74%–26%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots20 shots9 shotsSheffield United 20 shots, Bristol City 9 shots
Shots on target6 shots5 shotsSheffield United 6 shots, Bristol City 5 shots
Expected goals2.3 xG1.3 xGSheffield United 2.3 xG, Bristol City 1.3 xG
Possession74%26%Sheffield United 74%, Bristol City 26%
Corners14 corners3 cornersSheffield United 14 corners, Bristol City 3 corners
Fouls10 fouls10 foulsSheffield United 10 fouls, Bristol City 10 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Sheffield United: 20 shots, 6 on target, 2.31 xG. Bristol City: 9 shots, 5 on target, 1.30 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Sheffield United 2.31 xG · Bristol City 1.30 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

4Sheffield United

1Draws

0Bristol City

12 May 2025Sheffield United — Bristol City · Championship3–0

8 May 2025Bristol City — Sheffield United · Championship0–3

11 Mar 2025Sheffield United — Bristol City · Championship1–1

5 Nov 2024Bristol City — Sheffield United · Championship1–2

18 Apr 2023Sheffield United — Bristol City · Championship1–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade D · UnavailableUnavailable — unavailable

Season samples1 / 1home / away teams

Recent samples1 / 1last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 9 Aug 2025, 20:30 UTC · analysis-v4