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Sheffield United v Liverpool
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Kick Off: Wednesday 6th December at 19:30
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Competition: Premier League
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Paul Heckingbottom has now been confirmed as the first managerial sacking of the season, and Chris Wilder is back in the Bramall Lane dugout as Sheffield United return to face Liverpool in Wednesday’s Premier League clash.
The Blades faced humiliation at the weekend during their 5-0 defeat to relegation rivals Burnley in a match that seemed like a Championship side had crept into that Premier League clash. All whilst Liverpool prolonged their perfect home form in a seven-goal thriller against Fulham to move second in the table.
We could argue whether the defences were poor or that the attacks were stellar but Liverpool’s outing last weekend will surely go down as one of the best games of the season, featuring a couple of goals of the season contenders too. Liverpool will be confident they can keep the pressure on Arsenal by picking up 3 points again here but with only one victory in their past six away games as well as a four-game winless run away to promoted teams in the top-flight, the Blades can hope the omens are with them on Wednesday night.
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🏆 Match stats: Liverpool surely continue their excellent form?
Looking to keep pace with the table-topping Gunners, Liverpool will set out to secure another three points at Sheffield United this midweek and there’s perhaps no better opponent to face to achieve that at this moment in time. With 5 successive victories over the Blades, Liverpool will be wanting to send a message on Wednesday night.
Liverpool have scored three or more goals in three of their last four matches, and over 2.5 goals have been produced in five of the Blades’ last six outings – a worrying combo for United ahead of this clash. The Reds are also looking like they’re scoring for fun currently, with every outfield player pitching in so Liverpool total goals looks like good value here.
Liverpool have also kept 2 clean sheets in their last 4 wins across all competitions and currently boast the second-best defensive record in the Premier League, narrowly behind leaders Arsenal. There’s no surprise in saying the Blades have struggled to create and finish off chances this year and their display against Burnley only exposed that further. A Liverpool win-to-nil may be best the option in backing a Liverpool win on Wednesday, considering the very short price in the match odds market.
But if you’d rather a safer alternative than a clean sheet victory, Jurgen Klopp’s boys have scored less than 2 goals on only four occasions across all competitions this season, so the -1 handicap is also worth considering.
Predictions:
🏆 Liverpool (-1 handicap) @ 1.50
🏆 Liverpool to win to nil @ 2.20
⚽ Over 2.5 goals @ 1.25
🎯 Shooting stats: Blades will struggle with Salah
Liverpool are seemingly likely to dominate the majority of possession here and create a fair few chances, so total shots on target could be a great market for a pro-Reds bet. They have accumulated a whopping 12 shots on target against Fulham at the weekend, and with the likes of Alexis Mac Allister finding some more consistency in his longer range strikes, there could be plenty of angles for this market to land us a winner.
Mohamed Salah drew a blank against Fulham despite the goal-laden game. The Egyptian is Liverpool’s current top scorer with 10 goals, over double the amount of second-placed Darwin Nunez, and he averages a very respectable 0.74 goals per 90 in the league this season. With 2.65 shots per 90 and a fragile opposition defence, Salah is a short but enticing price to find the net.
From United’s perspective, their man threat is Oli McBurnie, who is unfortunately suspended from this fixture after picking up two yellows at the weekend. This could leave space for Cameron Archer to shine. Archer is averaging 1.17 shots per 90 and 0.43 shots on target, if the basement boys are going to threaten the visitors here, it’ll likely be through Archer.
Predictions:
🎯 Liverpool to have 8+ shots on target @ 1.67
⚽ Mo Salah to score anytime @ 1.67
🎯 Cameron Archer to have 1+ shots on target @ 2.25
🚩 Corners stats: Set pieces are a love of Klopp’s
A strong part of Liverpool’s attacking form has come from corners this season with the Reds racking up an average of 6.36 taken per match, with a total average of 11.57 – corners galore. Sheffield United are also boasting some strong stats here, with their fixtures averaging 10.36 corners per game – albeit slightly shifted towards facing them rather than taking them.
Liverpool have taken at least six corners in five of their last six Premier League outings and their love for corners is only enhanced during away fixtures. Against a side that are conceding an average of 7 corners per game, the Reds could rack up the corner count as the Blades sit in.
Sheffield United have struggled to force corners, taking the least number of corners in the league, just 3 corners per 90. Liverpool aren’t without their difficulties at preventing corners, conceding 5.21 per game and perhaps this game could be the start of a better period for the Blades.
It’s difficult to look past Liverpool here in the corner match bet market, but considering it’s such a short price the visitors’ corner handicap may be the smarter option.
Predictions:
🚩 Over 5.5 Liverpool corners @ 1.36
🚩 Over 6.5 Liverpool corners @ 1.65
🚩 Liverpool (-4 corner handicap) @ 1.91
🛑 Cards and fouls stats: More drama on the cards?
These two sides also sit at opposite ends of the disciplinary standings, with Liverpool sitting second from bottom with 25 bookings, and United in second with 46, including two reds for McBurnie.
Great discipline from Liverpool leaves them averaging only 1.79 yellows per 90 minutes, a very conservative figure considering their 11.60 fouls committed in that time. The Blades only average slightly higher on fouls with 11.90 but have nearly accumulated double the number of cards – what are they getting wrong?
Gustavo Hamer could be a solid pick for fouls. The Dutch midfielder is the serial fouler in United’s midfield unit, making 1.43 fouls and 1.09 interceptions per 90, and up against the likes of Luis Diaz, Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister, who draw 1.53, 1.36 and 1.58 fouls per 90 respectively – there’s certainly great potential for another foul or two in this fixture.
Predictions:
🟨 Sheffield United to be shown the most cards @ 1.73
🟨 Over 2.5 Sheffield United cards @ 2.30
🛑 Gustavo Hamer to commit 1+ fouls @ 1.20
🛑 Gustavo Hamer to commit 2+ fouls @ 2.00
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