Blackburn vs Sheffield United Prediction: Full steam ahead for Blades recovery

Two of the Championship’s bottom three meet at Ewood Park on Tuesday (19:45, Sky Sports+) when Blackburn Rovers will hope to gain their first home win of the season against a Sheffield United side who will be buoyed by their 1-0 success over Watford on Saturday. 

Below you can find my Blackburn vs Sheffield United predictions.

Team news

Blackburn are set to be without Hayden Carter, Moussa Baradji, Harry Pickering and Todd Cantwell, while they are also sweating on the availability of back-injury victim Lewis Miller, so it looks as if Scott Wharton and Seam McLoughlin will play alongside each other in the heart of the Rovers defence.

Blades boss Chris Wilder looks set to keep faith with the team that won 1-0 against Watford on Saturday as Oliver Arblaster, Tahith Chong, Ben Godfrey, Tom Davies and influential creative midfielder Gustavo Hamer are all ruled out.

Blackburn vs Sheffield United Odds

A close match is expected between these Championship strugglers as Blackburn are 8/5 to take three points, while United are 9/5. The draw is available at 11/5.

Punters who are expecting goals can get 11/10 that there will be at least three in the match, while those in favour of both teams finding the net can get 4/5.

United striker Tyrese Campbell is 11/2 favourite to score the game’s first goal, just ahead of Blockburn’s Andri Gudjohnsen, who is 6/1.

Sheffield United to win @ 9/5  

Sheffield United to win Blackburn have yet to win at home this season, and that could continue as the struggling Blades will hope a 1-0 win over Watford on Saturday helps them turn the corner.

Wilder’s side had lost 1-0 at Hull before the international break despite creating the better chances and those two performances have given the returning Blades boss something to build upon.

They have already claimed a 1-0 victory at another struggler, Oxford United, and it could be that they just hold the edge over Rovers, who were beaten 2-0 last time out by second-tier leaders Coventry.

Bet Builder - Sydie Peck to score at any time, draw or Sheffield United double chance and under 2.5 goals @ 19/1 

Blades midfielder Sydie Peck has yet to open his account for the Yorkshire outfit, but he has not been shy in trying his luck, having had 15 shots in 10 appearances this season, so this could be the night he gets off the mark.

The Blades look to be in a better place than Rovers, who have yet to win at Ewood Park this term, so expect the visitors to get something from their trip across the Pennines.

Meanwhile, with just two of United’s games featuring more than two goals and Blackburn scoring seven goals from their nine matches, don’t expect there to be more than two on Tuesday.

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