Preston host Sheffield United in the round’s most evenly poised builder: a card, a corners line, a shots line and the goals, with none of them dominant.
Below are the free bets worth claiming for it, then our tips from the stats, and a bet builder you can put a free bet on.
Preston vs Sheffield United Free Bets
The biggest new-customer offer for this one is Betfred’s, and it is the right shape for a bet builder: of the £50, twenty of it comes back as Bet Builder free bets rather than ordinary sports free bets.

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Preston vs Sheffield United Betting Offers
Which offer suits you depends on the bet you actually want to place, and that is worth thirty seconds of thought rather than taking the biggest number on the page.
- Backing the bet builder below — Betfred, because £20 of the £50 is specifically Bet Builder free bets, and the qualifying bet at evens is easy to meet with a builder of two or three legs.
- Backing one selection at a bigger price — SBK, whose qualifying bet has to be at 3.0 or bigger, which a single card or shots line will clear on its own.
- Staking as little as possible — Ladbrokes, £5 to get £30, and the lowest qualifying price of the group at 1/2.
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Preston vs Sheffield United Betting Tips
John Busby referees, and he averages 3.46 cards a game. That is below the round’s 3.72 average, so the card leg here rests on Harry Clarke’s own record – booked in four of his last eight – rather than on the man in the middle.
- 01Harrison Burrows 2+ ShotsAdd to slip2/1Harrison Burrows has had 2 or more shots in 4 of his last 10 for Sheffield United, at 1.41 per 90 across 957 minutes, and he averages 80 minutes a game when he plays.Sheffield United take 12.3 shots a game and hit 4.4 on target. That is about 40% on his own record, against the 33% implied by 2/1.
- 02Japhet Tanganga 1+ Shot on TargetAdd to slip11/4Japhet Tanganga has had a shot on target in 5 of his last 10 for Sheffield United, at 0.25 per 90 across 1,800 minutes, and he averages 90 minutes a game when he plays.Sheffield United take 12.3 shots a game and hit 4.4 on target. That is about 50% on his own record, against the 27% implied by 11/4.
- 03Andrew Hughes 1+ Foul Committedbet365TBCAndrew Hughes has committed a foul in 8 of his last 10 for Preston North End, at 1.29 per 90 across 1,259 minutes, and he averages 84 minutes a game when he plays.Sheffield United hold 48.45% of the ball, which is where the fouls come from. There is no price up for this one yet, so there is nothing to measure the record against — worth a look when the market opens.
- 04Harry Clarke to be CardedAdd to slip15/8Harry Clarke has been booked in 4 of his last 8 for Preston North End, at 0.53 per 90 across 675 minutes, and he averages 84 minutes a game when he plays.Preston North End pick up 2.25 cards a game and there are 3.4 in their matches. That is about 50% on his own record, against the 35% implied by 15/8.
- 05Sam McCallum to be CardedAdd to slip5/1Sam McCallum has been booked in 3 of his last 10 for Sheffield United, at 0.36 per 90 across 751 minutes, and he averages 75 minutes a game when he plays.Sheffield United pick up 2.05 cards a game and there are 4.5 in their matches. That is about 30% on his own record, against the 17% implied by 5/1.
- 06Under 9.5 CornersAdd to slip6/4Preston North End win 4.9 corners a game and Sheffield United 4.75, with 2.4 and 1.85 of those in the first half.That leaves about 10 in the match, a 50% chance of 9 or fewer against the 40% implied by 6/4.
- 07Sheffield United to WinAdd to slip19/20Sheffield United have won 8 of their last 20, drawing 5, and on the road they have scored 1.33 a game and conceded 1.11 across 9 matches.Preston North End average 1.00 scored and 2.00 conceded. The venue splits project 1.18 against 1.56, which puts Sheffield United at about 47% to win, against 25% for the draw.
- 08Both Teams to ScoreAdd to slip4/6Both teams have scored in 14 of Preston North End's last 20 matches and 12 of Sheffield United's. Preston North End concede 2.00 a game and Sheffield United 1.35.On the venue splits the projection is 1.18 against 1.56, which puts both teams scoring at about 60%.
- 09Over 2.5 GoalsAdd to slip4/5Preston North End have gone past 2.5 goals in 65% of their last 20 matches and Sheffield United in 60%, with 85% and 70% going past 1.5.Preston North End average 1.00 scored and 2.00 conceded, Sheffield United 1.45 and 1.35. On the venue splits that projects 1.18 against 1.56, about 2.7 goals in the match and 57% for over 2.5.
- 10Correct Score 1-2Add to slip8/1On the venue splits this projects Preston North End 1.18 against Sheffield United 1.56, and 1-2 is the single likeliest scoreline that comes out of it at about 8.7%.Correct score is the widest market on the coupon, so this is not a value call - it is the scoreline our numbers land on most often, and it backs Sheffield United, which is where the board has the match too.
- 11Sheffield United to Win and Both Teams to ScoreAdd to slip11/4Two things have to land, and the numbers support both: Sheffield United to win is about 47% and both teams scoring about 60%. Sheffield United score 1.45 a game and concede 1.35, and Preston North End have scored in 14 of their last 20.bet365 price the combination at 11/4.

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Preston vs Sheffield United Bet Builder Tip
| 1 | Harry Clarke to be Carded4 of his last 8, 0.53 per 90Why this Leg |
| 2 | Under 9.5 Corners50% on our numbersWhy this Leg |
| 3 | Harrison Burrows 2+ Shots4 of his last 10, 1.41 per 90Why this Leg |
| 4 | Over 2.5 Goals57% on our numbersWhy this Leg |
Four legs across four different markets. Over 2.5 goals is 57% on our numbers and under 9.5 corners is 50%, so the two match markets are doing less work than the player legs.
- Harry Clarke to be Carded — 4 of his last 8, 0.53 per 90
- Under 9.5 Corners — 50% on our numbers
- Harrison Burrows 2+ Shots — 4 of his last 10, 1.41 per 90
- Over 2.5 Goals — 57% on our numbers
Each leg is priced at bet365 and you can send the whole thing to a betslip from the table above.
When Does Preston vs Sheffield United Kick Off?
Preston vs Sheffield United kicks off at 7.45pm on Tuesday 3rd November in the Championship.
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Andy Clark is a British betting analyst and the founder and editor of Thatsagoal, a UK sports betting comparison site operated by Thatsagoal Media Limited. He has over 20 years of betting experience across football and horse racing, and personally tests every bookmaker account reviewed on the site.
