Supercomputer makes Sheffield United shock prediction

Adding insult to injury, the club have conceded more goals in a season than any other team in the competition’s 32-year history, allowing the opposition to score against them 104 times – a staggering average of 2.7 goals conceded per game.

Ahead of the season, Sheffield United sold star midfielder Sander Berge to fellow newly-promoted Burnley for an estimated £12m, while Iliman Ndiaye, who has contributed 25 goals for the South Yorkshire side during the campaign 2022/23 promotion winners, was sold for £20m to French giants Marseille. These two sales certainly contributed to what has been a disastrous return to the Premier League.

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However, the club’s downward trajectory does not look set to stop heading into the 2024/25 season. Sheffield United will be restricted this summer with takeover talks going on in the background, which could force Chris Wilder to wait before improving his squad.

As a result, Grosvenor Sport Supercomputerwho simulated every game 1,000 times for all 24 Championship clubs, predicted the Blades would finish in the bottom half of the table with just 54 points, 13 above the relegation zone but 21 below the final play-off place- the