Man Utd v Sheff Utd free betting tips: Best bets and Premier League preview

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Manchester United v Sheffield United

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There is no two ways about it, this is going to be a tough fixture for Sheffield United. Strictly speaking, Manchester United are too short in the betting to warrant significant confidence, a price of 1/4, as Liverpool discovered against Burnley last week, is just too slender, but that does not make the Blades’ task any easier.

Confidence is huge in football, and fewer teams will be more confident currently than Manchester United. The Red Devils lead the way in the Premier League, unbeaten in the league since November, and they arrive here on the back of a thrilling, confidence-enhancing 3-2 victory over Liverpool in the FA Cup, heaping further misery on their bitter rivals.

They have one of, if not the, most in-form player in the league in Bruno Fernandes – who came off the bench to score a late winning free-kick against Liverpool, sending his side into the fifth round of the FA Cup – and United really are starting to look like the side Ole Gunnar Solskjær has been envisioning for the last couple of seasons.

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Manchester United v Sheffield United best bet

Odds correct at 1600 GMT (26/01/21)

Opta facts

  • Manchester United have won their last seven home top-flight encounters with Sheffield United, a run that stretches back to August 1975.
  • After a six-game winless run at Old Trafford (D3 L3), Manchester United have won four of their last five home league games (D1), keeping three clean sheets in this run. However, 50% of Man Utd’s total 12 home league goals this season have come in one game (6-2 vs Leeds).
  • Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford has been directly involved in six goals in his three Premier League appearances against Sheffield United (3 goals, 3 assists), averaging a goal or assist every 43 minutes against the Blades.
  • Bruno Fernandes has failed to either score or assist a goal in three consecutive Premier League games for the first time since joining Manchester United last year.
  • All seven of Sheffield United striker David McGoldrick’s Premier League goals have come against four of the six ever-present sides in the competition (3 v Chelsea, 2 v Man Utd, 1 v Arsenal, 1 v Tottenham). He’s the highest goalscorer in Premier League history with 100% of his goals to come against sides to have played in every season.

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