Championship · Matchday 9 Match report

Sheffield United 3-0 Lincoln City: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Sheffield United

3-0Full time

Lincoln City

Saturday 10 October 2026, 14:00 UTC Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Our picks against the result

4 of 12 right

Result Lincoln City win37% 3-0
Double chance Sheffield United or Lincoln City (12)71% 3-0
Goals over/under 2.5 Under 2.556% 3 goals
More corners Sheffield United51% Level (2-2)
Yellow cards Above average 0 yellow cards · league 3.7
Yellow cards 0 yellow cards 2.5 Over77% 3.5 Over58% 4.5 Under62%
Corners Around average 4 corners · league 10.6
Corners 4 corners 9.5 Over56% 10.5 Under55% 11.5 Under64%

Match stats

Sheffield United Lincoln City

3 Goals 0
0 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
2 Corners 2

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Sheffield United vs Lincoln City brings the Championship to Bramall Lane on Saturday 10 October 2026 for Matchday 9, where our model picks a Lincoln City win and, on the double chance, Sheffield United or Lincoln City with no draw.

Why this pick?

Our model leans to Lincoln City mainly because its long-run strength rating places them slightly above Sheffield United and above the Championship average. Against that stands home advantage at Bramall Lane. What makes up for it is the recent play of both sides: Sheffield United have lost four of their last five, and their shots, chances created and touches in the opposition box all sit below the league average, while Lincoln have won their last two away league games without conceding and give up clearly fewer clear chances than most. The goal model trims the edge slightly, and the call stays narrow.

Form guide

Sheffield United

L 1-2 at Stoke City (A) Championship · 19 Sep
L 0-1 at Fleetwood Town (A) EFL Cup · 16 Sep
L 0-1 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) Championship · 13 Sep
W 2-1 at Blackburn Rovers (A) Championship · 8 Sep
L 1-3 vs Norwich City (H) Championship · 5 Sep

Lincoln City

L 1-2 vs Swansea City (H) Championship · 19 Sep
W 1-0 at Bristol City (A) Championship · 15 Sep
W 1-0 at Preston North End (A) Championship · 12 Sep
L 0-4 at AFC Bournemouth (A) EFL Cup · 8 Sep
D 1-1 vs Southampton (H) Championship · 5 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

Sheffield UnitedLincoln City

Attack 74 35 1.1 goals per match this season0.9 goals per match this season

Defence 52 65 1.4 conceded per match this season1.0 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Championship clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.