Bristol City vs Sheffield United prediction | 17 Oct 2026 | xGtoday

17 October 2026
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28%
3.70

Bristol City
Ranking: #252 overall, #36 in England

60.7 → 63.9 (+3.2 over last 10 games)

Rating
4-1 12 Sep Southampton (A) 62.4 +0.8
0-1 15 Sep Lincoln City (H) 62.9 +0.5
1-0 18 Sep Watford (H) 63.4 +0.5
1-1 10 Oct Charlton (A) 63.1 -0.3
0-1 13 Oct Blackburn (H) 63.9 +0.8
Sheffield United
Ranking: #263 overall, #37 in England

67.3 → 63.7 (-3.6 over last 10 games)

Rating
1-2 08 Sep Blackburn (A) 65.0 -0.6
0-1 13 Sep Wolves (H) 64.6 -0.4
2-1 19 Sep Stoke City (A) 64.4 -0.2
3-0 10 Oct Lincoln City (H) 63.7 -0.7
3-2 14 Oct Portsmouth (A) 63.7 0.0

Bristol City vs Sheffield United: by the numbers

Sheffield United trail Bristol City by 11 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 1 in England.

The recent trend shows Bristol City on the rise, +3.2 rating points over their last 10 matches, while Sheffield United has gone the other way at -3.6.

Bristol City lost 0.6 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 6 April 2026.

Bristol City first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 70.3 on 2 March 2019.

The highest Sheffield United have ever stood in our European rankings is joint #44, first reached on 27 February 2020.