Sheffield United’s Chances of Winning the Championship And Gaining Automatic Promotion With Four Games to Go | OneFootball

The vast majority of Sheffield United supporters’ bubbles may have burst after the three recent defeats, seeing the Blades slide from top of the league down to third.

But with just two points separating third and first, much crazier things have happened in the Championship, so Unitedites must keep the faith. That’s easier said than done however, especially given United’s last three performances.

The Blades have struggled all season to be consistent creators, registering just 52.2 non-penalty expected goals – ranking eighth in the Championship. These limitations have more than shown in recent days as both Oxford United, Millwall and Plymouth have sat in a low block, packed out the box and invited the Blades to swing in cross after cross, which is just not the correct way to break down a low block.

When the Blades just resort to throwing it in and hoping for the best, like last Tuesday night and last Saturday, United often lose. There have only been four games this season where Sheffield United have registered over 25 crossing attempts, and to no real surprise, they’ve lost all four of them.

Chris Wilder needs to find a solution to this lack of creativity issue when facing a low block because it’s not for a lack of quality players. Gustavo Hamer, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi and Tyrese Campbell all have that explosiveness and intricacy to their game. However, Wilder has not fielded all three of these players on the same pitch for months.

Sheffield United’s Chances of Winning the Championship And Gaining Automatic Promotion

Sheffield United, sat in third with four games to go, mathematically must win all of their remaining games, including their trip to Burnley on Easter Monday. Four wins, that’s including at Turf Moor,  may do it, but that would mean the Blades would also be relying on league leaders Leeds United or the Clarets to slip up in at least one of their other remaining four matches.

According to Opta’s supercomputer predictions, United now have a 0.72% chance of winning the league (it was 40.4% before the Oxford game), and a 7.3% chance of automatic promotion.

Burnley have a 33.78% chance of winning the title, and a 94% of automatic promotion. Meanwhile, Leeds have a 65.5% chance of clinching the second tier, and boast a 98.7% chance of automatic promotion. But as we all know, the Championship loves to throw out plenty of unexpected results at this stage of the campaign.

For those looking to get in on the action from a betting angle, the Paddy Power sign up offer provides a great opportunity to back the Blades to still win promotion, despite their latest hiccups, or explore a range of other Championship markets.