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Sheffield United

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Sheffield United will play in this match after a 0-0 Championship tied result vs Portsmouth.

In that game, Sheffield United had 54% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Portsmouth had 9 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

A common feature of more recent Sheffield United games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.

From their previous 6 matches before this one, in as many as 5 of them a wager on BTTS would have been a loser.

A look at their previous results shows us that Sheffield United:

• are unbeaten in the league by Swansea City in their last 4 games.
• have not been beaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Swansea City

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In the game prior to this, Swansea City drew 1-1 in the Championship match with Bristol City.

In that game, Swansea City managed 66% possession and 7 shots on goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Swansea City was Ben Cabango (15'). At the other end, Bristol City had 15 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Jason Knight (76') scored for Bristol City.

In 5 of the prior 6 games involving Swansea City, a comparatively low number of goals have been scored between them and their opponents. The overall average goals scored per game in that period is just 1.5, with the number of goals averaged by The Swans being 0.83. Still, time will tell if such a trend might be sustained in this match or not.

Coming into this clash, Swansea City haven't won against Sheffield United when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 04/08/2018 shows that Sheffield United have won 3 of these & Swansea City 2, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A sum of 12 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 9 of them from The Blades and 3 being from The Swans. That is an average goals per game value of 2.

The last league contest between the two was Championship match day 31 on 11/02/2023 and the score finished Sheffield United 3-0 Swansea City.

In that game, Sheffield United managed 42% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 9 on target. The goalscorers were Sander Berge (21'), Jack Robinson (45') and Oli McBurnie (89').

Swansea City had 12 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

The match was refereed by Matt Donohue.

📋 Team News: Sheffield United

It looks as if The Blades may well go for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this one featuring Michael Cooper, Alfie Gilchrist, Harry Souttar, Anel Ahmedhodzic, Harrison Burrows, Sydie Peck, Vinicius Souza, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, Gustavo Hamer, Andre Brooks and Kieffer Moore.

📋 Team News: Swansea City

Swansea City boss Luke Williams has some current player fitness concerns. Andy Fisher (Groin surgery), Sam Parker (Hamstring injury) and Josh Ginnelly (Achilles tendon rupture) will miss out on this game.

From our viewpoint, The Swans will likely utilise a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing Lawrence Vigouroux, Josh Key, Ben Cabango, Harry Darling, Josh Tymon, Joe Allen, Matt Grimes, Ronald, Oliver Cooper, Ji-sung Eom and Zan Vipotnik.

🔮 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Swansea City must be fancied to score against this Sheffield United side, but that might not be as many as they will have scored against them.

We’re expecting a narrow 2-1 victory for Sheffield United at the end of the 90 minutes. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 18:05 02/10/2024