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Sheffield United v Newcastle

  • 18:00 GMT on Sky Sports Main Event
  • Match odds:
with 12 points between themselves and safety.

The issue with looking at the outright market for this game is just how unappealing the prices are. The Blades may well win this, it's a good opportunity, but the 7/5 on offer for a team who has two points after 17 games is just not enough. That would be a price on a home team in a 12th v 10th clash, not a team so far behind already in the relegation battle.

It should be a fairly quiet contest and not many will argue against the 1/2 available on under 2.5 goals. The Blades sit 18th in the Premier League for games with three or more goals while just two of their eight contests at Bramall Lane have hit this target. Against a fairly uninspiring Newcastle side, we can expect that run to become two in nine.

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Opta facts

  • Sheffield United have lost their last five league matches against Newcastle, their worst ever losing run against the Magpies. They last had a longer league losing run against an opponent between 1990 and 1992 against Leeds United (6 in a row).
  • Newcastle have won their last three away league matches against Sheffield United, as many as they’d managed in their previous 29 visits between 1926 and 1994 (W3 D5 L21).
  • Sheffield United have lost their last five home league matches, their worst home league losing run since September 1908 (also a run of five). Since joining the Football League in 1892, the Blades have never lost six consecutive home matches.
  • Sheffield United remain the only side without a clean sheet in the Premier League this season, conceding in each of their 17 games so far. In the history of the competition, only four teams have ever gone 18+ games from the start of a campaign without a clean sheet, most recently Blackburn (27) and Norwich (21) in 2011-12.
  • Newcastle manager Steve Bruce has won seven of his 10 league matches against Sheffield United (70%) – among the 38 teams he has faced at least 10 times, only against QPR (73% - 11/15) does he have a better win percentage than against the Blades.

Odds correct at 1415 GMT (11/01/21)

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