- 1 Sheffield United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers: one point apart, two very different looks
- 2 Sheffield United: an instant response after the setback
- 3 Wolverhampton: 13 scored, no clean sheets
- 4 Football Prediction Sheffield United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Sheffield United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers: one point apart, two very different looks 
Sheffield United have 10 points, Wolverhampton 8: just one point separates the sides in the table, with one sitting 10th and the other 11th. Kick-off is set for Sunday at 13:00 at Bramall Lane.
The Blades have played one more game than their visitors. That goes some way to explaining the gap between the two records.
The stylistic contrast is obvious the second you look at the goals. Wolverhampton have scored 13 in five league games, while Sheffield United opened the season with three clean sheets or nearly clean sheets.
The Wolves are back in the Championship after dropping out of the Premier League and changed manager over the summer. Cesar Peixoto replaced Rob Edwards in the Midlands dugout.
Sheffield United, meanwhile, are trying to wipe out the memory of a disappointing 2025-26 campaign that ended in 13th place. Chris Wilder has lost just once in eight competitive games since the restart.
Both sides come in with just one league defeat each. Neither, though, has really convinced across a full 90 minutes.
Wolverhampton’s weak spot is clear enough: 10 goals conceded in five league games, with no clean sheet at all. That is the key tactical battle in this one.
Against that sort of softness, the issue is not whether Sheffield United will create chances, but whether they can take them.
Bramall Lane used to be a proper edge for the Blades, but this season has started badly there. Two of their first three draws came on home soil, before the defeat to Norwich.
Wolverhampton arrive with the better attack and the shakier defence. The Midlands club are living with that imbalance since Peixoto took over.
Sheffield United: an instant response after the setback 
Sheffield United began the season with three straight draws. Two wins and one defeat followed, leaving them on 10 points from six league games.
The first stumble came last week at home. Norwich City won 3-1 at Bramall Lane, with Patrick Bamford levelling on 23 minutes before Mohamed Toure restored the visitors’ lead just before half-time.
Mathias Kvistgaarden sealed it on the hour. It remains the Blades’ only defeat in eight competitive matches.
The reply came on Tuesday night at Ewood Park. Trailing after a Kristi Montgomery goal, Wilder’s side turned things around to beat Blackburn 2-1 thanks to Tom Cannon and then Sydie Peck on 44 minutes.
Peck now comes in off the back of a goal and an assist in the same game. Cannon, who scored on his return to the starting line-up, should keep his place up front.
Bamford has two Championship goals this season, after scoring 12 in 28 matches last year. His partnership with Cannon is the staff’s main attacking gamble.
Harrison Burrows, Femi Seriki, Tahith Chong and Ryan One remain out. Liam Kitching, signed on the final day of the 2026 summer window, will join Japhet Tanganga in a back three after Tuesday’s switch.
Joe Rothwell, Kalvin Phillips, Oliver Arblaster and Jairo Riedewald are vying for spots in midfield. That depth is Wilder’s biggest asset in a game that should be scrappy and full of duels.
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Wolverhampton: 13 scored, no clean sheets 
Wolverhampton have scored 13 and conceded 10 in five Championship games. The numbers sum up the sort of side Peixoto is trying to build.
The start was lively: a 2-2 draw with Blackburn, a 3-1 win at Preston and a 4-1 demolition of Stoke City. Nine goals in those three games.
A 2-0 EFL Cup win at Sheffield Wednesday was squeezed in between those league outings. Then came the trip to West Ham, where the feel-good run ended.
The Wolves took their first defeat there, losing 4-2 after twice falling two goals behind. Marshall Munetsi and a Konstantinos Mavropanos own goal were not enough.
The Birmingham derby exposed the defensive issues again last week. Twice in front through Fer Lopez and Ladislav Krejci, the visitors were held to a 2-2 draw by Jay Stansfield and a Jackson Tchatchoua own goal.
Fer Lopez has been the biggest winner in this attacking setup, with three goals and two assists in five league games. Adam Armstrong and Raul Jimenez both started in Birmingham.
Rafiki Said has not featured this season because of injury, and neither have Kieran Trippier, Yerson Mosquera or Jean-Ricner Bellegarde. Jordan James, brought in on loan this summer, is pushing for his first league start in an advanced midfield role.
Mateus Mane, 18, is also in the frame for a place in the attacking unit. Peixoto has plenty of options up top, which explains part of those 13 goals in five league games.
Expected Sheffield United XI: Cooper ; Choudhury, Tanganga, Kitching, McCallum ; Donovan, Rothwell, Peck, Brereton Diaz ; Cannon, Bamford
Expected Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa ; Tchatchoua, Djiga, Krejci, Bueno ; Andre, Munetsi ; Gomes, James, Lopez ; Jimenez
Football Prediction Sheffield United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Our prediction: Both teams to score at Sheffield
Wolverhampton have not kept a clean sheet in five Championship games. 10 goals conceded in that spell tells its own story, and it does not depend on who they are facing.
Sheffield United have scored in their last four outings, including against Norwich and at Blackburn. At the other end, the Wolves’ 13 goals in five matches mean they are a constant threat.
The latest meeting points the same way: Norwich scored three times at Bramall Lane last week. Sheffield United’s defence is hardly watertight either.
So the play is both teams to score. A side averaging 2.6 goals per game against a team that has found the net four matches on the spin makes a 0-0 or one-sided contest the least likely outcome.
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