Sheffield United 1-0 Preston North End — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Championship, 8 Mar 2025

📅08/03/2025 · 🕒18:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 0-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
45%
1.72
Draw
29%
3.45
Away
26%
4.47
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
58%
1.68
Over 2.5
42%
2.07
Both Teams to Score
Yes
44%
2.03
No
56%
1.7
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✓
32%
2.68
2-3 Goals
39%
1.74
4-5 Goals
20%
4.07
6+ Goals
9%
19.7
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 2.68 — our 32% vs market 30.4%. Landed.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
19%
2.22
1/2
7%
34.5
1/X
7%
15.1
X/1
16%
4.02
X/2
10%
9.59
X/X
16%
4.53
2/1
9%
26.0
2/2
9%
8.31
2/X
7%
16.9
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
45%
Home Win
54%
-10.0pp
29%
Draw
26%
+3.2pp
26%
Away Win
20%
+6.8pp
58%
Under 2.5
56%
+2.2pp
42%
Over 2.5
44%
-2.2pp
44%
BTTS Yes
45%
-0.8pp
56%
BTTS No
55%
+0.8pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Sheffield United EU Bookmakers 58%
Head to Head
AWAY Preston North End EU Bookmakers 22%
+3% / +17% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +7% / +6%
1.67/0.87 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.01/1.23
+4% / +27% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +0% / +17%
51% Ball Possession 49%
13 Total Shots 9
5 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
326 · 76% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 299 · 74%
28.9 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 17.2
21.6 Crosses 15.2
2.3 Yellow Cards 2.3
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Sheffield United
4W-2D-0L
AWAY Preston North End
2.17 Avg Goals (FT) 0.83
1.94 xG 1.55
54% Ball Possession 46%
15 Total Shots 11
6 Shots on Target 4
7 Corners 5
361 Passes 279
79% Pass Accuracy 74%
31 Box Touches 22
19 Crosses 20
2 Yellow Cards 1
09.08.2024 Preston North End Preston North End 0-2 HT 0-1 Sheffield United Sheffield United İNCL
29.04.2023 Sheffield United Sheffield United 4-1 HT 1-0 Preston North End Preston North End İNCL
17.09.2022 Preston North End Preston North End 0-2 HT 0-1 Sheffield United Sheffield United İNCL
18.01.2022 Preston North End Preston North End 2-2 HT 0-2 Sheffield United Sheffield United İNCL
14.09.2021 Sheffield United Sheffield United 2-2 HT 1-1 Preston North End Preston North End İNCL
06.04.2019 Preston North End Preston North End 0-1 HT 0-1 Sheffield United Sheffield United İNCL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Sheffield United
1-0
AWAY Preston North End
1.44 xG 0.31
60% Ball Possession 40%
11 Total Shots 8
5 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 3
381 Passes 215
80% Pass Accuracy 67%
26 Box Touches 12
19 Crosses 13
1 Yellow Cards 4
POST-MATCH Sheffield United vs Preston North End
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Sheffield United squeezed past Preston North End 1-0. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As we said in the preview, our model had Sheffield United as the likeliest winner at 45%, and the 1-0 landed on that lead. We had also flagged under 2.5 goals (58%), no to both teams scoring (56%), and both reads landed as well.

On the day, Sheffield United had 60% of the ball to Preston North End's 40%, shots finished 11-8, expected goals 1.44 to 0.31.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Sheffield United had the better of it with 4 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 2.17 goals for Sheffield United and 0.83 for Preston North End.

What was the final score of Sheffield United vs Preston North End?

Sheffield United 1-0 Preston North End in the England - Championship on 08/03/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Sheffield United vs Preston North End?

Before kick-off our model rated a Sheffield United win the most likely single outcome at about 45%, with the full match-result split Sheffield United 45%, draw 29%, Preston North End 26%. The final score 1-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Sheffield United), Under 2.5, BTTS No — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Sheffield United) ✓ Under 2.5 ✓ BTTS No
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