Chelsea make the trip north to Bramall Lane to take on Sheffield United in the Premier League this Sunday. The Blues look to finally make the leap into the top half of the table, whereas The Blades need a win to try and catch up with safety.
Date: 07/04/2024
Kick off time: 17:30
Location: Bramall Lane
The Blades find themselves deep in the trenches of the relegation battle, needing a big change in form to even give themselves a fighting chance of survival, whereas Chelsea need a win to finally pull themselves out of the bottom half.
Sheffield United currently sit bottom of the Premier League table after 29 games. The Blades have three wins, six draws and 20 losses, leaving them on 15 points, seven points from safety.
The Blades have the worst scoring record in the league, scoring just 27 goals in 29 games, the only team to average under a goal a game. Defensively, Sheffield United have been even worse, conceding 77 goals and keeping just one clean sheet.
Chelsea, on the other hand, currently sit 11th in the Premier League. In 28 games, The Blues have 11 wins, seven draws and ten losses which leaves them on 40 points, just one point from the top half with two games in hand.
The Blues haven’t been too bad in front of goal this season, scoring 49 goals in 28 games, giving them an average of 1.75 goals a game. Chelsea have also struggled at the other end of the pitch, conceding 47 goals and keeping just five clean sheets.
Sheffield United and Chelsea have met 86 times in their histories, with the first meeting coming all the way back in 1907. The Blues have the better record with 42 wins in comparison to Sheffield United’s 28 wins, the other 16 games ending in a draw.
The last five games in this fixture have seen four wins for Chelsea and one draw for Sheffield United - that win being the shock 3 - 0 win in 2020. This fixture has seen a lot of clean sheets as of recent with three of the last five games having just one team on the scoresheet.
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