Sheffield Utd vs Derby County Prediction & Preview - Championship
The only genuine doubt about Sheffield United vs Derby County is whether the Blades can follow one good result with another, because Derby have not won any of their last six. The Championship fixture kicks off at Bramall Lane at 12:30 BST on Saturday, 24 October 2026, with Chris Wilder's side on six points from their last six games and John Eustace's on two.
What time is Sheffield United vs Derby County kick-off?
Sheffield United vs Derby County kicks off at 12:30 BST on Saturday, 24 October 2026 at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, in the Championship.
- Fixture: Sheffield United v Derby County
- Competition: Championship
- Date: Saturday, 24 October 2026
- Kick-off: 12:30 BST
- Venue: Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Everything else kicking off this weekend sits on the live football predictions list.
Sheffield United blow hot and cold
Sheffield United have won two, drawn none and lost four of their last six, taking six points and scoring seven while conceding seven. Read the sequence rather than the total and the problem is obvious.
They won 1-0 away to Bristol City on 17 October, 7 days before this match. The game before that they lost 2-3 away to Portsmouth. The one before that they won 3-0 at home to Lincoln City. Good week, bad week, good week.
Two clean sheets in six is useful. Failing to score in two of six, including a 0-1 home defeat by Wolverhampton, is the reason nobody at Bramall Lane is taking Saturday for granted. United have won one of their last two home games.
Derby County cannot find a goal
Derby County have drawn two and lost four of their last six, picking up two points, scoring four goals and conceding ten. They did not score twice in any of those six matches and kept no clean sheet in the run.
The most recent was a 0-1 home defeat by Stoke City on 17 October, 7 days before this match. Before that came a 1-4 away at Queens Park Rangers and a 1-1 at home with Wrexham. Four home games in that stretch, no wins.
Team news
Sheffield United are without Jamie Shackleton, who Wilder said has had a difficult period with repeated setbacks (Yahoo Sports). Derby's defensive list is far longer: Sondre Langas is out for the rest of 2026 with a groin injury picked up at Queens Park Rangers, joining Matt Clarke, Eiran Cashin, Max Johnston, Derry Murkin and Charlie Taylor, with goalkeeper Jacob Widell Zetterstrom and forward Patrick Agyemang also sidelined (Sports Mole). Lewis Travis went off against Stoke City and Eustace said afterwards he had not yet spoken to the medical department about him (The72). Derby have since added the 33-year-old defender Jack Robinson on a three-month deal, which takes him back to the ground where he spent five years (Sheff United Way).
The last Sheffield United vs Derby County meeting
Sheffield United won the last meeting between the two, 2-1 at Pride Park on 2 May 2026, 175 days before this match. Derby scored once and lost, which has become the pattern.
Sheffield United vs Derby County prediction
Sheffield United should beat Derby County in this Championship fixture at Bramall Lane, and 2-0 is the scoreline their numbers point to. Derby have scored four goals in six games and never twice in one of them, so they need a clean sheet to get anything, and they have not kept one in that run. United's two wins in six were a 3-0 and a 1-0, which says they can win either kind of game. Wolverhampton did leave Bramall Lane with a 1-0 last month, so the hosts are beatable at home - just not, on this evidence, by this Derby side.
Our prediction: Sheffield United 2-0 Derby County
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