Sheffield Utd - Cardiff

Sheffield United have a date at home to Cardiff City in the third round of the FA Cup this Thursday. The two sides pause their league engagements, being 20 places apart in the standings. Read on for our prediction of the match. Sheffield United stumbled towards the end of last year but recovered in their second match of 2025. They are coming from a 2-1 win away to Watford, ending a three-game winless run. Both teams scored in their last three matches and Sheffield United have no clean sheet in four. In the FA Cup, Sheffield have five wins in six matches.