With the hosts yet to get truly up and running this season and the visitors returning to action on the back of four straight victories thanks to the league's strongest defensive record, we back the Blades to get over the line in a tight contest at the Coventry Building Society Arena on Saturday.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Coventry City win with a probability of 46.33%. A win for Sheffield United had a probability of 29.31% and a draw had a probability of 24.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a Coventry City win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.33%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.13%) and 2-0 (7.46%). The likeliest Sheffield United win was 1-2 (7.14%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.42%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 5.8% likelihood.