Football Park's Best Bets | Steel City Derby Bet Builder

Football finally returns this weekend, after a long, although unexpectedly entertaining, international break, and with it the Steel City Derby draws closer.

This particular meeting between age-old rivals Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday promises to be one of the most unpredictable in recent history, with both sides lingering in the relegation zone and dealing with various problems in the background.

Sheffield Wednesday have gone into administration, and with it have been handed a whopping 12-point deduction that leaves them on -4, while Sheffield United’s dire start to the season has seen Blades legend Chris Wilder re-hired for the third time, as he looks to guide the red and white striped side up the table from the dugout at Bramall Lane.

With genuine concern for league positions as well as pride and bragging rights on the line, this Steel City Derby promises to be an early Christmas cracker, so you just know we had to hop onto it and make you lucky lot a bet builder.

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Football Park’s Steel City Derby Bet Builder

Sheffield United to Win

Both Teams to Score

Over 2.5 Goals

Sheffield Wednesday to Be Shown a Card First

Total Odds: 12.36

Why We’re Backing This Bet

We all know that in any given derby game, anything can and usually does happen. Red cards, late drama, high-scoring games and even higher stakes are never far away when rivals clash, and the two Sheffield sides are more familiar with these terms than most.

Both sides have strong motive to go after the game - as play-off finalists last year, United are under pressure to get back to the top half, and despite rehiring the steady hand of Wilder, results have hardly improved.

On the other hand, Wednesday’s points total still sits in the negative, with their results being good enough for eight points. While this total wouldn’t be enough to move them off the bottom even without the deduction, the deduction means that every game from now until the end of the season is a cup final for the Owls. Their sole focus each and every game will be to come away with points, be it scratching, clawing, playing dirty or any other means.

Without the context, the Steel City Derby is always a fixture to look out for in the Championship calendar - it’s unpredictability, tradition of drama, and the hostility between the two sets of fans create a cauldron of atmosphere, where it becomes very easy for a player to make a poor decision.

Sheffield To Return to Winning Ways

Despite the obvious importance of points in the case of Sheffield Wednesday, we have picked United to win simply due to the Championship experience throughout their team.

Wednesday have been under a transfer embargo since the summer, meaning that with no new signings, they have only been allowed to sign free agents and promote youth team players, making their squad a mishmash of very different players.

Meanwhile, Sheffield United have a squad built for the Championship. While the likes of Japhet Tanganga, Callum O’Hare, Tahith Chong and Gustavo Hamer may not be performing anywhere near their typically high standards, we all know the quality is there, and it is this quality that will carry the Blades to a win over their city rivals.

Goals At Both Ends

I know, the last four Steel City Derbies have only yielded two goals, but bear with me.

While the two sides have an exceptionally low-scoring recent history against each other, the same cannot be said for their other recent fixtures.

Both sides have scored in four out of United’s last five games, while Sheffield Wednesday have scored and conceded in three games across the same period. That makes a grand total of 7/10 games in which both teams to score bets have landed, and with both sides vulnerable at the back, their respective attacks should have plenty of room to operate on Sunday.

Not Just One Each

Linking back to what I said earlier, this game is vital for both sides. Looking to regain a modicum of safety, both sides will be desperate for the win here, and both will go at each other tooth and claw.

As a result, this game is likely to be frenetic, end-to-end, and with no shortage of attacking drama. When one side takes the lead, the other will come back at them with a vengeance, desperate to silence their bitter enemies and peg them back immediately.

Don’t expect much sitting back in this game…

Wreckless Wednesday

Wednesday has a tendency to let The Blades' players know they are there. Over the course of their last six meetings, United have accumulated six cards. Wednesday have more than double that total, accruing 13 in all, including a red card earned back in 2018.

It’s fair to say from those numbers that the Owls like to send an early message and, given the predicaments that both sides find themselves in, they will likely come out with even more gusto than usual.

Of course, it is a 50/50 bet, but given Wednesday’s track record of cards in these fixtures, I know who I would bet on to receive the first card of the game…

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