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


Bristol City
Ranking: #371 overall, #47 in England

62.6 → 60.5 (-2.1 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-1 25 Apr Birmingham (A) 61.4 -0.2
2-0 02 May Stoke City (H) 61.9 +0.5
0-2 15 Aug Millwall (H) 60.7 -1.2
2-2 22 Aug Birmingham (A) 61.1 +0.4
2-1 29 Aug Portsmouth (H) 60.5 -0.6
Sheffield United
Ranking: #177 overall, #26 in England

68.2 → 67.6 (-0.6 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-3 25 Apr Preston (H) 67.9 -0.5
1-2 02 May Derby (A) 67.8 -0.1
0-0 15 Aug Birmingham (H) 67.3 -0.5
0-0 22 Aug Swansea City (A) 67.9 +0.6
2-2 29 Aug Cardiff City (A) 67.6 -0.3

Bristol City vs Sheffield United: by the numbers

Bristol City trail Sheffield United by 194 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 21 in England.

The recent trend shows Sheffield United on the rise, -0.6 rating points over their last 10 matches, while Bristol City has gone the other way at -2.1.

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

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

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