Sheffield United VS Reading

Sheffield United host Reading at Bramall Lane in Sheffield for this English Championship round 7 clash early Wednesday morning Beijing time. A high-level and entertaining by Championship standards is on the cards here. Sheffield United are one of the teams with a genuine chance to be promoted back to Premier League where they played in the 2019-2021 seasons. I expect a better season from them than last season and the bookies should respect them more. Last season a team in massive flow Nottingham Forest defeated them in the promotion semi-finals 4-3 on aggregate after penalties. At home they are usually very strong and have won six of their most recent matches in front if their loud and loyal fans.

Both teams have started the season well and very surprisingly Reading in fact top the standings with 12 points, but this is very misleading. They have scored just seven goals and have been very lucky in terms of expected goals and points. Both are statistical tools often used by professional football bettors to identify potentially under- or over-valued teams.. Sheffield United have grabbed one points less than the visitors but have looked much better on the pitch and are very clear favorites here! They would have deserved a win against Luton in their most recent match but it was a 1-1 draw. According to a well-known and respected German website Transfermarkt.com the hosts’ squad’s total market value is over 80 million euros which a bit too low. Bookies and bettors alike pay more and more attention to these numbers, but they can sometimes, of course, be misleading as well. However, in the bigger picture the squad’s market value is a good indicator on a team’s level on the pitch as the football market is a global one. However, if two players are equally good and one is 23 years old and the other is 33 the younger guy is of course more valuable. Reading’s squad is valued at only 32 million which is definitely too high. They cannot match the hosts in any area of the game and will surely soon drop down in the standings