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Sheffield United Home Form And Defence
The only Premier League game on Sunday looks to be an intriguing one with just one point separating fifth-placed Sheffield Utd and Man Utd down in seventh.
In fact, the gap between fifth and 15th in the league prior to the start of this gameweek is just three points, so the table could look very different following matchday 13.
Only Liverpool have been good enough to overturn the Blades from their seven outings since they beat Everton back in September.
That includes 1-0 and 3-0 victories hosting Arsenal and Burnley at Bramall Lane in their last two here, whilst stalemates on the road at Watford, West Ham and Spurs isn’t terrible.
The most astonishing aspect of that recent run is the amount of goals they’ve conceded, with only Son Heung-Min, Robert Snodgrass and Gini Wijnaldum having been able to get past Dean Henderson once apiece in that time, as only Leicester have bettered their 0.75 goals per game conceded this term.
Man United Recent Form
The Red Devils have tightened up their defence having conceded as many as 54 goals in 2018/19 (1.42 gpg), which has been reduced to 12 from as many appearances this campaign, as the signings of both Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Harry Maguire have paid dividends.
However, that hasn’t exactly seen an improvement in their results as they’ve gone W2-D2-L3 from their last seven matches dating back into September, conceding in all of them.
They lost on the road at West Ham, Newcastle and Bournemouth, while their only other trip in that time saw them beat Norwich – though the Canaries are in the midst of six defeats from their last seven winless matches.
It should be noted that Man Utd did down Chelsea in London in the League Cup at the end of October, so not all their away form has been terrible.
However, since that successful Champions League night in Paris back in March (a run of 15 games), their only other victory across all competitions besides those at Stamford Bridge and Carrow Road came over Partizan Belgrade thanks to an Anthony Martial penalty.
Only twice did they manage to keep clean sheets during that run, with both coming against considerably weaker Europa League opposition, while they were defeated in over half of them and so for obvious reasons it’s tricky to get behind them in the outright market.
Interestingly, when they’ve been priced up at greater than evens when visiting teams outside the ‘Big Six’ in the league, they’ve lost five of their last six winless outings.
Moreover, the only two times this decade they’ve been priced up at greater than 6/5 at promoted outfits has seen them lose by one goal margins in each – Bournemouth (2015/16) and Wolves (2018/19), both by 2-1 scorelines.
Injury Concerns
Sheffield Utd centre-back John Egan is a doubt for this game, and should he miss it the experienced Phil Jagielka would be the obvious choice to fill the void.
The veteran has made a few cameos from the bench this season, but that amounts to just 38 minutes of action and he’d inevitable be ring rusty and could struggle at his age against Man Utd’s quick front line.
Chris Wilder will also have to make do without on-loan keeper Dean Henderson as he can’t face his parent club.
His superb form this season has seen him called up to the past two England squads after Tom Heaton pulled out of both injured, but those absentees put us off backing the Blades to cause an upset.
The visitors have even bigger selection issues however. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is without Scott McTominay, who has been his star midfielder this season.
The Scottish international has started all 12 matches this term and netted in half of their last six outings, and without him and the still injured Paul Pogba, their midfield will likely be comprised of Fred, Jesse Lingard and Andreas Pereira, which is substandard for most sides, let alone Man Utd!
Luke Shaw might make the cut, but if not Solskjaer will have to pick between the ageing Ashley Young and the inexperienced Brandon Williams.
Both Teams To Score
At the prices, we’d opt for both teams to score. Sheffield Utd will find it hard going to keep an improved United at bay with key personnel missing at the back, while the Red Devils, despite an improvement on last term, have still kept far too few clean sheets against decent opposition.
Both Teams To Score (Yes) At 10/11
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