Sheffield United v Coventry

A mouth-watering clash welcomes us back from another dreary international break, as 2nd placed Sheffield United host 5th placed Coventry City.

The Blades have the incentive of topping the table with any sort of result over Coventry, however briefly it may be. Frank Lampard’s side will be hoping to consolidate their playoff berth, with this their toughest remaining fixture on paper.

⭐ Sheffield United v Coventry Best Bet

At a shade above Evens and with home advantage, we have to side with the team who has picked up more points than any other in the Championship his season, Sheffield United. 

Only not two points clear at the top due to off field matters, The Blades have won 13 of 19 games at Bramall Lane, with three draws and three defeats. The feeling we have looking at this game is that Sheffield United may be too robust for Coventry, and may be able to disrupt their rhythm by getting stuck in to Lampard’s men. Four of Lampard’s five defeats since taking over have come away from home.

👕 Sheffield United v Coventry Predicted XI

🔍 Sheffield United v Coventry Players to Watch

🔴 Anel Ahmedhodzic

United’s Bosnian defender Anel Ahmedhodzic looks a class above when playing at Championship level. It was a perhaps a surprise that he didn’t receive offers for Premier League football this term, but he is doing his best to get back there with The Blades.

Ahmedhodzic has been shown 10 yellow cards and one red card this season, in 30 appearances. The red card came against Friday nights opposition in the reverse fixture, where he received his marching orders following an altercation with Norman Bassette. Bassette is unlikely to start, but Haji Wright will, fresh from a hat-trick last time out. 

Wright has been fouled 1.8 times per 90 this season, and averages 0.36 cards drawn per 90. He will play through the middle but drift more into the left channel, where Ahmedhodzic will be playing right centre back.

🔵 Victor Torp

Victor Torp has been one of Coventry’s star men since the arrival of Frank Lampard. We think that Lampard sees a bit of himself in Torp, giving him license to crash the box and be that goalscoring midfielder that they were missing.

We’re interested in the other side of Torp’s game for this bet, having noted that of the 23 starts made by Torp, he has committed two or more fouls on 11 occasions, so just shy of half of the time. We don’t think his price reflects the chances of this happening in such a high stakes game, especially given from his slight on right of central position, he’ll be in the vicinity of Sheffield United’s most fouled player Harrison Burrows, and third most fouled Gustavo Hamer.

📂 Sheffield United v Coventry Cheat Sheet

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💻 Sheffield United v Coventry Form and Tactics

Chris Wilder’s Sheffield United are in really good form, winning 9 of their last 12 league games. They regularly fail to exert dominance over their opponents, but continue to manage to produce match winning moments. This is probably reflected in having created only the 16th most ‘big chances’ this season as per FotMob, but having scored the 6th most goals per game.

Wilder made his views on the game quite clear in a length interview after their Sheffield Derby victory: ‘There are three ways of winning games of football: over, through and round. If they press, we go over the press. If they’re compact, we’ll go round and if they open up, we’ll try and go through.’ He’s not interested in how they win, he will win at all costs.

Coventry City have also won 9 of their last 12 league games, having charged into the playoff positions under Frank Lampard. They come into this game off the back of their best performance since Lampard took over, a dominant 3-0 win over 4th placed Sunderland. 

They’re a strong attacking outfit, with the 2nd best xG for in the division. They’re also highly adept at crossing the ball, with the most accurate crosses per game. Defensively is where they have struggled for most of the season, and whilst that has improved, they have still conceded two or more goals in eight of their last 12 games.

🏁 Sheffield United v Coventry Ref Watch

• Referee: Oliver Langford

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