Bramall Lane hosts Sheffield United and Liverpool this Wednesday in a game that will see United without a manager after Paul Heckingbottom's dismissal on Tuesday, whereas Liverpool will be looking to close in on Arsenal at the top.
Sheffield United currently sit rock bottom of the Premier League after 14 games. The Blades have just one win to their name with two draws and 11 losses, leaving them on five points, four points from safety.
In their last five games in all competitions, Sheffield United have one win, one draw and three losses. An Eddie Nketiah hat-trick and goals from Fabio Viera and Takehiro Tomiyasu gave Arsenal the 5 - 0 win over United, where The Blades failed to register a single shot on target. The one win of the season for Sheffield United came against Wolves. Cameron Archer opened the scoring in the 72nd minute for The Blades, but Jean-Ricner Bellegarde equalised in the last minute of normal time. However, Oliver Norwood’s penalty in the 100th minute gave Sheffield United the 2 - 1 win.
Another point was picked up for Sheffield United against Brighton. Simon Adingra opened the scoring in the sixth minute for Brighton but after a red card to Mahmoud Dahoud opened the gates for United. However, it was an own goal from Adam Webster that gave Sheffield United the 1 - 1 draw. Marcus Tavernier grabbed a brace and was joined on the scoresheet by Justin Kluivert in the 3 - 1 win for Bournemouth, with Oli McBurnie scoring in the 97th minute.
The last time out for The Blades was a damning 5 - 0 loss to fellow strugglers Burnley. Jay Rodriguez scored within 15 seconds and Jacob Bruun Larsen doubled the lead going into halftime but The Blades were then a man down as McBurnie was sent off in the added time of the first half. Zeki Amdouni, Luca Koleosho and Josh Brownhill all scored in the second half to grab the 5 - 0 win for Burnley.
Liverpool, on the other hand, sit second in the Premier League. In 14 games, Liverpool have nine wins, four draws and one loss which leaves them on 31 points, just two points behind Arsenal but a point ahead of Manchester City.
In their last five games in all competitions, Liverpool have three wins, one draw and one loss. In the Europa League, Liverpool suffered a loss to Toulouse. Aron Donnum and Thijs Dallinga scored to give Toulouse the 2 - 0 lead, but an own goal from Cristian Casseres Jr brought Liverpool back into the game. Frank Magri restored the two goal cushion for Toulouse, and a goal from Diogo Jota was not enough as Toulouse won 3 - 2. However, back in the Premier League, Liverpool was back to winning ways. A brace from Mo Salah and a goal from Jota gave Liverpool the 3 - 0 win over Brentford.
Erling Haaland opened the scoring for Manchester City but Trent Alexander-Arnold grabbed a goal in the 80th minute to finish the game at 1 - 1. Again in the Europa League, this time Liverpool was the winning side. Luis Diaz and Salah scored with Cody Gakpo grabbing a brace to give Liverpool the 4 - 0 win over LASK.
The most recent outing for Liverpool was against Fulham. A Bernd Leno own goal and goals from Alexis Mac Allister, Wataru Endo and Alexander-Arnold gave Liverpool the 4 - 3 comeback win over Fulham.
Sheffield United and Liverpool is a historic fixture, with 140 games between the two clubs. The Blades have 45 wins in the fixture, whereas Liverpool have 64 wins, with the other 31 games ending in a share of the points.