Sheffield United vs Birmingham City

S24SU · OFFICIAL MATCHDAY EDITION · 2026/27 · No.2

15th August 2026 - Kick-off 17:30
Sheffield United v. Birmingham City
EFL Championship – Week 1 - Bramall Lane, Sheffield

EFL Championship Week 1 – Saturday 15 August 2026, 17:30 – Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Please keep all discussion related to the match within this thread.

Match Info

Competition: EFL Championship, Week 1

Kick-off: Saturday 15 August 2026, 17:30

Venue: Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Player Ratings: CLICK HERE (will open shortly after full time)

Officials

Referee: Gavin Ward

Assistants: Bhups Singh-Gill and Darren Williams

Fourth Official: Neil Hair

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[ckpe147]

Again going into a season way underprepared. Wilder moans about the transfer window still being open now, well we'd be even more underprepared.

2-1 Brum.

Not looking forward to the start of this season. Similar to last.

 

[HD8 Blades]

That’s the spirit

 

[kop blade]

hi kind blades fans its a new season a new start at least the tufty great kop legend fan gaffer in charge he will be wanting a good start im going for 2.0 blades home s2 lane win with peck,paddy scoring but any win will be fantastico im gutted i cant be there on the kop just to unwell with cancer it drains me shit but i fight on im a kop blade we win it is what it is lucky to be on here and x but hope to come 2026 again is a dream to come but ill be on here s24su best site and on X to cheer us onto victory people in football dont like us but stuff em all thre negative were blades but WE WILL SIGN QUALITY FOR FREE IT WILL BE OK they have write us off but we will come good and we will WIN.chow.grazie forza sufc for life smile we will be in the top 2 no probs..utb..all the best from pal pasta man kop blade..smile we win.BLADES win win win,I LOVE YOU BLADES FOR LIFE..top 2 finnish utb..be positive is the key its great to be back on here its no1 site i love since being here from 2019 have a good saturday dont worry WE BLADES WILL WIN any win i say 2.0 bye ,,utb,.chow..win

 

[Bean Kryan]

3-1 blades cannon brace

 

[bladesmanluke]

Please please please start Oné over Cannon

 

[CPB]

Is it sad I'm quite interested to see what the lane end roof currently looks like?

 

[The Crab]

3-1 blades cannon brace

He plays like he’s wearing a brace…

 

[ancientblade]

3 points tonight

 

[Revolution]

Very hard to call this one. Both teams have their flaws. Of course it’s 5 years since they beat us in the first game when Jokanovic picked the line up out of a hat.

I hope that an defects in the line up or squad that become apparent today are corrected sharpish.

 

[RMBlade]

1-1 both teams a little undercooked from where they’re likely to be at the end of the window. Bamford goal, Rothwell assist.

 

[anglian blade]

Does anyone understand what the BBC means by this?

In the EFL Championship last season, Sheffield United (11) and Birmingham (11.1) had the two lowest passes per defensive action values, while only Ipswich Town (67) recorded more shot-ending high turnovers than the Blades (59).

 

[Bell4]

Please please please start Oné over Cannon

Which One , we don’t really care tbh

 

[Snowflake]

Again going into a season way underprepared. Wilder moans about the transfer window still being open now, well we'd be even more underprepared.

2-1 Brum.

Not looking forward to the start of this season. Similar to last.

We may not be quite ready, but”way underprepared “ doesn’t match what has happened in the last few weeks.

 

[kop blade]

KO LEGEND TUFTY THE BLADES MASSIAH IS THE GAFFER 92 POINT MAN SO HE WINS A 2.0 RESULT V BRUMMIES AND PADDY AND PECK SCORE UTB..3 POINTS INCOMING ON THE BOARD HAVE A FANTASTICO SATURDAY KEEP SMILING BE POSITIVE HE CAN ONLY WORK WITH THE TOOLS HE HAS BUT HE WILL COME GOOD YOULL SEE WE ARE BLADES ,GRAZIE.,CHOW...UTB..

 

[Foxy]

Does anyone understand what the BBC means by this?

In the EFL Championship last season, Sheffield United (11) and Birmingham (11.1) had the two lowest passes per defensive action values, while only Ipswich Town (67) recorded more shot-ending high turnovers than the Blades (59).

We were decent pressers, and that pressing regularly created shooting chances.

 

[kop blade]

KOP LEGEND TUFTY THE BLADES MASSIAH IS THE GAFFER 92 POINT MAN SO HE WINS A 2.0 RESULT V BRUMMIES AND PADDY AND PECK SCORE UTB..3 POINTS INCOMING ON THE BOARD HAVE A FANTASTICO SATURDAY KEEP SMILING BE POSITIVE HE CAN ONLY WORK WITH THE TOOLS HE HAS BUT HE WILL COME GOOD YOULL SEE WE ARE BLADES ,GRAZIE.,CHOW...UTB..JEEZZ MY SPELLING Is so CRAPO.ARRRR

WE ONLY WIN ON HERE..UTD..FORZA SUFC.,we will take this 2nd tier by storm in the top 2 we wont fail ,we blades will win every game..chow

 

[ckpe147]

We may not be quite ready, but”way underprepared “ doesn’t match what has happened in the last few weeks.

In terms of the squad.
We are significantly, and I don't say that lightly, significantly weaker than last season.
Im not sure what the club's expectations are for the season based on the current situation.

 

[Snowflake]

In terms of the squad.
We are significantly, and I don't say that lightly, significantly weaker than last season.
Im not sure what the club's expectations are for the season based on the current situation.

Understood. Much now depends on the quality of the two that CW wants in and whether KP turns out to be better than many think.
I got the impression from the presser that CW is realistically looking at 7th or 8th.

 

[anglian blade]

We were decent pressers, and that pressing regularly created shooting chances.

Thanks!

 

[AnstonBlade1]

0-0 or 0-1
Underwhelming start to the season
Starting the season under prepared as per
Going to struggle to score don’t have any pace/creativity to break teams down yet.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Draw!

 

[Bl4desutd]

Again going into a season way underprepared. Wilder moans about the transfer window still being open now, well we'd be even more underprepared.

2-1 Brum.

Not looking forward to the start of this season. Similar to last.

Bloody hell….what an inspiring opening speech. Nothing like a bit of positivity early on. That’s really set me up for this afternoon

 

[The Fox]

I'm looking forward to today's match and the new season , always have and always will.

Going to Bramall lane and watching the Blades is a privilege. Those Blades no longer with us , or in poor health , or simply can no longer afford it would swap places with any of lucky enough to still be in the ground .

Bring it on

 

[Harry's Game]

Be aware when planning your Journey that Granville Road is closed until the end of August

 

[Harry's Game]

In case anyone wasn’t aware

 

[Kevin Arnott]

My digital card has some colours and club details on it . Bah, always behind the Oinkers.....

 

[Harry's Game]

I’d take a draw today without a shadow of a doubt, we are once again starting a season under strength

1-1 would suit me.

 

[sportsmanblade]

Dem 3 - 0 Bluenoses Bamford O'hare Donavon

3 goals again ole ole our midfield will run over them

 

[1973Blade]

We seem to regularly play Birmingham at home early on in the season. Not sure of this was the first match of the season? A rare 4-4.