Sheffield United vs Leicester City Preview, prediction, lineups, betting tips & odds | EFL Championship 2025-26

The Blades have already defeated the Foxes once this season.

Sheffield United are gearing up for a face-off against Leicester City in their matchweek 25 contest of the 2025-26 EFL Championship. This is going to be an entertaining outing, which will take place at Bramall Lane.

The Blades are coming in after securing a 2-1 win against Stoke City in their previous outing. It was a good performance by them overall, which helped them secure three important points. Sheffield United will be at home for their upcoming fixture and it will be an added advantage for them. They are in 17th place on the league table.

Leicester City edged past Derby County in their last league game. They performed well to secure an important win. The Foxes are now in the 12th spot on the EFL Championship points table and will be keen to extend their winning run. They were outplayed by the Blades last time around and the next one will be tough away from home.

Kick-off:

• Location: Sheffield, England
• Stadium: Bramall Lane
• Date: Thursday, January 1
• Kick-off Time: 11:00 p.m. IST/ 05:30 p.m. GMT/ 12:30 p.m. ET/ 09:30 a.m. PT
• Referee: Farai Hallam
• VAR: Not in use

Form:

Sheffield: D-L-W-L-W

Leicester: D-W-L-L-W

Players to Watch

Thomas Cannon (Sheffield United)

The 23-year-old was one of the goal scorers for the Blades in their 2-1 victory over the Potters. It was an important goal of Thomas Cannon. He will be ready to help his side in the attacking front yet again. Even though he has only scored three goals in the English League Championship this season, Cannon is going to play a crucial part for Sheffield United.

Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City)

Bobby De Cordova-Reid scored an early goal for his side in the previous. It was an important goal and Leicester secured a 2-1 win against the Rams. He can control the midfield well and is surely capable of scoring goals. Cordova-Reid is going to be an important aspect for the visitors.

Bobby opens the scoring in #LEIDER ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/4ereAQtUPi

— Leicester City (@LCFC) December 30, 2025

Match Facts

• Sheffield United have won two of their last five matches.
• Leicester City have only bagged a single win in their last three games.
• This will the the second meeting between these clubs this season.

Sheffield Utd vs Leicester: Betting Tips and Odds

• Sheffield United to win @19/20 BetFred
• Thomas Cannon to score @16/5 Virgin Bet
• Goals over 3.5 @23/10

Injury and Team News

Sheffield United will miss out on the services of Ben Mee, Ben Godfrey, Chiedozie Ogbene, Sydie Peck and Tom Davies. They are injured.

Harry Souttar, Boubakary Soumare, Hamza Choudhury, Aaron Ramsey, Jannik Vastergaard and Victor Kristiansen are not going to be in action for Leicester City. They are injured. Patson Daka is on international duty.

Head-to-Head

Total matches: 99

Sheffield won: 32

Leicester won: 35

Draws: 32

Predicted Lineups

Sheffield Utd predicted lineup (4-4-2)

Cooper (GK); Seriki, Tanganga, Bindon, Burrows; Brooks, Soumaré, Riedewald, O’Hare; Cannon, Campbell

Leicester predicted lineup (4-2-3-1)

Stolarczyk (GK); Pereira, Okoli, Nelson, Thomas; Skipp, James; Issahaku, De Cordova-Reid, Mavididi; Ayew

Match Prediction

These two clubs are going to at each other once again this season. Sheffield United are likely to secure a win once again over Leicester City in their upcoming EFL Championship clash.

Prediction: Sheffield 3-2 Leicester

Telecast Details

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USA: CBS Sports Network

UK: Sky Sports TV, Sky Sports+

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