What we expect
Player forecasts
How much each player is expected to threaten the goal if he starts — lineups are confirmed about an hour before kickoff.
Based on counted shooting from the 2025/26 season in this competition.
These are forecasts, not tips. A player’s rate is weighted toward the league average when it rests on fewer minutes, so a small sample never reads as a certainty.
Model inputs
Common questions
Who will win Stoke City vs Sheffield United?
Bawler's model rates this match: Sheffield United are favoured (43% win probability vs 30% for Stoke City, 26% draw). The model uses rolling xG, recent form, and lineup data.
What is the predicted score for Stoke City vs Sheffield United?
The most likely scoreline from Bawler's model is Stoke City 1-1 Sheffield United (12.5% probability). Expected total goals: 2.82.
How does Bawler predict Stoke City vs Sheffield United?
Bawler builds each side's expected goals from a rolling 26-match window, adjusts for home advantage and for injuries or absences in the confirmed squads, then runs the resulting scoreline distribution to get win, draw and both-teams-to-score probabilities. For this match that gives Stoke City 30%, the draw 26% and Sheffield United 43%. Every prediction is published before kickoff and settled afterwards.
Will both teams score in Stoke City vs Sheffield United?
BTTS: Yes (57% probability) — both attacks should find the net. Based on home expected goals 1.26 and away expected goals 1.55.
Over or under 2.5 goals in Stoke City vs Sheffield United?
Bawler's model gives a combined expected-goals total of 2.82. The lean is Over 2.5 (a goal-fest is on the cards).