Played 2,080
Draw % 25.6%
No-draw N 6
Max streak 30 26 Dec 2020 → 10 Aug 2021
Avg top run 18.7 top 10
Draw debt E 1.10
p50 22.0%
p100 16.0%
Draw score 0.229 rank #590 Draws 533
Trophies 3 competitions
🏆 4 × Champion (1898, 1901, 1914, 1924)
🥈 2 × Runner-up (1900, 1935)
🏆 1 × Champion (2016)
🥉 1 × Third (2011)
🥈 3 × Runner-up (2005, 2018, 2022)
🥉 3 × Third (2002, 2008, 2024)
Team strength · Elo all ratings ›
Rating 1,740 everyone starts at 1500
Peak 1,939 reached 11 Jul 2020
Rank #231 of 14,598 clubs
Matches rated 2,080 last 19 Sep 2026

What this team's results have earned: every match in the database is replayed in date order, both sides start at 1500 and the winner takes points from the loser. The rating is the one it held after its last rated match, and the rank counts every club ever rated, sides that no longer play included. A measure of strength, not a forecast of the next result. Computed 3 Oct 2026.

Recent form · draws highlighted
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Over 582 matches (Jan 2015 – Sep 2026), Sheffield United drew 120 where the draw model expected 155.4 from those particular fixtures — about 35 fewer, or 3.3 standard errors, well beyond the model — which is as likely to be a gap in the model as a property of Sheffield United.

As unusual as a coin landing the same way 10 times running. A flat league average would have expected 153.5 instead — "more draws than the league" and "more draws than these fixtures deserved" are different claims. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.

Longest no-draw runs all on the records page ›
# Run From → To
1 30 26 Dec 2020 → 10 Aug 2021 ▸ matches
2 27 28 Mar 2017 → 21 Nov 2017 ▸ matches
3 25 07 Feb 2023 → 27 Aug 2023 ▸ matches
4 23 05 Nov 2011 → 10 Mar 2012 ▸ matches
5 17 22 Jul 2025 → 04 Nov 2025 ▸ matches
6 15 04 Jan 2003 → 12 Mar 2003 ▸ matches
7 13 01 Jan 2025 → 08 Mar 2025 ▸ matches
8 13 19 Feb 2011 → 25 Apr 2011 ▸ matches
9 12 30 Apr 2005 → 17 Sep 2005 ▸ matches
10 12 23 Aug 2003 → 18 Oct 2003 ▸ matches
By competition (all-time)
CompetitionPDDraw%NMax
Championship 1020 270 26.5% 5 18
FA Cup 393 96 24.4% 1 6
League One 276 76 27.5% 7 19
Premier League 194 47 24.2% 7 24
League Cup 182 39 21.4% 3 7
Club Friendlies 15 5 33.3% 0 3
By calendar year
YearPDDraw%Max
2026 40 9 22.5% 7
2025 50 4 8.0% 17
2024 46 10 21.7% 9
2023 49 7 14.3% 25
2022 51 12 23.5% 9
2021 51 6 11.8% 28
2020 39 8 20.5% 8
2019 45 14 31.1% 5
2018 51 14 27.5% 10
2017 49 7 14.3% 27
2016 53 11 20.8% 6
2015 58 18 31.0% 9
2014 59 16 27.1% 9
2013 49 15 30.6% 6
2012 53 15 28.3% 14
2011 51 11 21.6% 13
2010 49 11 22.5% 8
2009 49 15 30.6% 5
2008 54 18 33.3% 9
2007 47 11 23.4% 9
2006 43 12 27.9% 4
2005 55 14 25.5% 12
2004 54 16 29.6% 11
2003 55 10 18.2% 15
2002 51 11 21.6% 7
2001 50 16 32.0% 8
2000 53 17 32.1% 7
1999 54 15 27.8% 9
1998 59 19 32.2% 5
1997 51 18 35.3% 5
1996 55 16 29.1% 9
1995 48 16 33.3% 9
1994 48 16 33.3% 6
1993 32 13 40.6% 4
1992 8 2 25.0% 2
1991 4 1 25.0% 2
1990 11 3 27.3% 4
1989 6 2 33.3% 2
1988 10 2 20.0% 4
1987 5 2 40.0% 2
1986 5 1 20.0% 2
1985 5 0 0.0% 4
1984 6 3 50.0% 1
1983 9 4 44.4% 1
1982 9 3 33.3% 2
1981 6 2 33.3% 2
1980 6 3 50.0% 1
1979 6 2 33.3% 3
1978 3 0 0.0% 2
1977 3 1 33.3% 1
1976 2 0 0.0% 1
1975 4 0 0.0% 2
1974 5 1 20.0% 2
1973 3 0 0.0% 2
1972 6 2 33.3% 2
1971 6 1 16.7% 2
1970 4 0 0.0% 2
1969 4 0 0.0% 3
1968 5 0 0.0% 4
1967 5 1 20.0% 2
1966 7 1 14.3% 4
1965 4 1 25.0% 2
1964 4 1 25.0% 1
1963 4 0 0.0% 3
1962 10 3 30.0% 3
1961 12 4 33.3% 4
1960 5 0 0.0% 4
1959 6 2 33.3% 2
1958 4 1 25.0% 2
1957 3 2 66.7% 1
1956 4 1 25.0% 2
1955 1 0 0.0% 1
1954 2 1 50.0% 1
1953 3 1 33.3% 1
1952 5 1 20.0% 3
1951 3 1 33.3% 1
1950 3 1 33.3% 1
1949 2 0 0.0% 2
1948 1 0 0.0% 1
1947 5 1 20.0% 3
1946 4 1 25.0% 3
1939 4 1 25.0% 2
1938 3 1 33.3% 1
1937 3 1 33.3% 1
1936 8 2 25.0% 5
1935 2 0 0.0% 2
1934 1 0 0.0% 1
1933 2 0 0.0% 2
1932 2 0 0.0% 2
1931 4 1 25.0% 3
1930 2 0 0.0% 2
1929 1 0 0.0% 1
1928 8 3 37.5% 2
1927 1 0 0.0% 1
1926 2 0 0.0% 2
1925 6 0 0.0% 6
1924 1 0 0.0% 1
1923 9 4 44.4% 4
1922 1 0 0.0% 1
1921 1 0 0.0% 1
1920 2 0 0.0% 2
1915 7 1 14.3% 3
1914 8 3 37.5% 3
1913 1 0 0.0% 1
1912 1 0 0.0% 1
1911 1 0 0.0% 1
1910 1 0 0.0% 1
1909 1 0 0.0% 1
1908 2 1 50.0% 1
1907 1 0 0.0% 1
1906 2 0 0.0% 2
1905 1 0 0.0% 1
1904 3 0 0.0% 3
1903 2 0 0.0% 2
1902 9 4 44.4% 2
1901 7 2 28.6% 3
1900 5 2 40.0% 1
1899 9 4 44.4% 2
1898 2 1 50.0% 1
1897 1 0 0.0% 1
1896 3 1 33.3% 2
1895 3 1 33.3% 1
1894 1 0 0.0% 1
1893 2 0 0.0% 2
1892 2 0 0.0% 2
1891 1 0 0.0% 1
1890 2 0 0.0% 2
Matches all results ›
Date Home Score Away R Tournament
25 Jan 2020 Millwall 0–2 Sheffield United A ENG · FA Cup
21 Jan 2020 Sheffield United 0–1 Manchester City A ENG · Premier League
18 Jan 2020 Arsenal 1–1 Sheffield United D ENG · Premier League
10 Jan 2020 Sheffield United 1–0 West Ham United H ENG · Premier League
05 Jan 2020 Sheffield United 2–1 Fylde H ENG · FA Cup
02 Jan 2020 Liverpool 2–0 Sheffield United H ENG · Premier League
29 Dec 2019 Manchester City 2–0 Sheffield United H ENG · Premier League
26 Dec 2019 Sheffield United 1–1 Watford D ENG · Premier League
21 Dec 2019 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Sheffield United A ENG · Premier League
14 Dec 2019 Sheffield United 2–0 Aston Villa H ENG · Premier League
08 Dec 2019 Norwich City 1–2 Sheffield United A ENG · Premier League
05 Dec 2019 Sheffield United 0–2 Newcastle United A ENG · Premier League
01 Dec 2019 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Sheffield United D ENG · Premier League
24 Nov 2019 Sheffield United 3–3 Manchester United D ENG · Premier League
09 Nov 2019 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Sheffield United D ENG · Premier League
02 Nov 2019 Sheffield United 3–0 Burnley H ENG · Premier League
26 Oct 2019 West Ham United 1–1 Sheffield United D ENG · Premier League
21 Oct 2019 Sheffield United 1–0 Arsenal H ENG · Premier League
05 Oct 2019 Watford 0–0 Sheffield United D ENG · Premier League
28 Sep 2019 Sheffield United 0–1 Liverpool A ENG · Premier League
25 Sep 2019 Sheffield United 0–1 Sunderland A ENG · League Cup
21 Sep 2019 Everton 0–2 Sheffield United A ENG · Premier League
14 Sep 2019 Sheffield United 0–1 Southampton A ENG · Premier League
31 Aug 2019 Chelsea 2–2 Sheffield United D ENG · Premier League
27 Aug 2019 Sheffield United 2–1 Blackburn Rovers H ENG · League Cup
24 Aug 2019 Sheffield United 1–2 Leicester City A ENG · Premier League
18 Aug 2019 Sheffield United 1–0 Crystal Palace H ENG · Premier League
10 Aug 2019 Bournemouth 1–1 Sheffield United D ENG · Premier League
12 Jul 2019 Real Betis 0–1 Sheffield United A ITL · Club Friendlies
05 May 2019 Stoke City 2–2 Sheffield United D ENG · Championship
27 Apr 2019 Sheffield United 2–0 Ipswich Town H ENG · Championship
22 Apr 2019 Hull City 0–3 Sheffield United A ENG · Championship
19 Apr 2019 Sheffield United 2–0 Nottingham Forest H ENG · Championship
13 Apr 2019 Sheffield United 1–1 Millwall D ENG · Championship
10 Apr 2019 Birmingham City 1–1 Sheffield United D ENG · Championship
06 Apr 2019 Preston North End 0–1 Sheffield United A ENG · Championship
30 Mar 2019 Sheffield United 2–3 Bristol City A ENG · Championship
16 Mar 2019 Leeds United 0–1 Sheffield United A ENG · Championship
12 Mar 2019 Sheffield United 2–0 Brentford H ENG · Championship
09 Mar 2019 Sheffield United 2–0 Rotherham United H ENG · Championship
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Upcoming fixtures
Date Home · Away 1 / X / 2 Draw · logistic Tournament
Sat, 10 Oct 2026
10 Oct 14:00 Sheffield United vs Lincoln City – / – / – 29.6% ENG · Championship
Wed, 14 Oct 2026
14 Oct 18:45 Portsmouth vs Sheffield United – / – / – 29.6% ENG · Championship
Sat, 17 Oct 2026
17 Oct 14:00 Bristol City vs Sheffield United – / – / – 29.0% ENG · Championship
Sat, 24 Oct 2026
24 Oct 11:30 Sheffield United vs Derby County – / – / – 27.8% ENG · Championship
Fri, 30 Oct 2026
30 Oct 20:00 Sheffield United vs Wrexham – / – / – 29.0% ENG · Championship
Tue, 03 Nov 2026
03 Nov 19:45 Preston North End vs Sheffield United – / – / – 28.1% ENG · Championship
Sat, 07 Nov 2026
07 Nov 15:00 Charlton Athletic vs Sheffield United – / – / – 29.7% ENG · Championship

Draw · logistic is the chance of a draw from the logistic draw model: five signals — the goals model, the draw rate at the Elo gap, the expected goals and the competition's own draw rate — fitted on every match played so far and recalibrated, then applied to fixtures not yet played. A dash means the model has not rated that fixture. Descriptive statistics, not betting advice.