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Sheffield United is looking forward to the champions – or not. The Citizens have not yet given up the title race with the Reds, although the recent home draw against Crystal Palace last Saturday was not very helpful. The home side could also prove to be a tough nut to crack.
Thanks to a strong defense, they take a very good seventh place in the table. The actual goal of the season in the form of relegation can therefore be regarded as overachieved, although the season is of course only at the beginning of the second half of the season.
How well the defense works with the “blades” shows the record of less than one goal per game. Only the sovereign league leader from Mersey allows fewer goals to be conceded. The Sky Blues is the best offensive in the Premier League.
The Sheffield United vs. Manchester City Tip nevertheless includes a again stable defensive appearance by the hosts, who should lose the upcoming match with a maximum of one difference. Except for Newcastle, no guest at Bramall Lane has managed a two-goal away win.
Even the Reds couldn’t get past a meager 1-0 triumph on their visit. The campaign for the Sheffield United against Manchester City forecast includes five units.
Sheffield United:
The blades returned to the Premier League this season after twelve years of abstinence. The sporting resurrection is primarily linked to the entry of the generous Prince Abdullah bin Musa’ed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud seven years ago.
As in Sheffield, the bustling Saudi holds 50 percent of the Belgian second division club K Beerschoot VA from Antwerp, who almost rose to the Jupiler League last year.
The rapid upward trend, which provided a way out of the third-rate League One, is also connected to coach Chris Wilder. Since the former player of the club took over the sporting helm on the sidelines, the leap into the championship and two years later into the top British league was accomplished.
The fact that his three-year contract was converted into a four-year working paper a few days earlier shows how satisfied he is with his work at United. In addition, the former right-back is the current winner of the League Managers Association Awards, one of the most important coaching awards in the country.
Their award winners are selected from the professional leagues only by the respective trainers. This makes the 52-year-old the successor to coach icons such as Pep Guardiola or Sir Alex Ferguson!
A positive assessment that can only be shared, because Sheffield is surprisingly clear and ranks in the table in front of supposed top clubs like Tottenham or Arsenal. Defense is the showpiece, as mentioned: It has eight clean sheets.
The coming opponent does not reach this number and only Liverpool tops it. Defender Chris Basham is an example of the great defense.
The 31-year-old is already in his sixth season in Sheffield. Basham wins almost two thirds of his duels, which shows how valuable he is on the defensive for the promoted team.
Manchester City:
In contrast to the opponent, there is no complaining about a goal-directed attack department in Manchester: no team in the Premier League scores more goals. The most deserving striker is currently Sergio Aguero – with 15 goals, second strongest scorer in the league after Jamie Vardy.
The Argentine has also been the most accurate international goal scorer in the history of the league since the penultimate matchday. Here he delivered his twelfth hat trick at Aston Villa – also a new league record.
In the encounter between Sheffield United and Manchester City, the odds for his next prank are also worth considering.
His great shape can also be seen from the fact that the best scorer in the history of City has scored at least once in each of the last four competitive matches. The shaky backing team is responsible for the fact that it will probably not work this year regardless of the famous offensive with the title.
This has already conceded more goals than at the final settlement of the previous season. Especially the comparison with the Reds illustrates the deficit: So these 13 hits allowed less.
The failure of the Frenchman Aymeric Laporte can be named as the most important factor in this context. In addition, John Stones was not available for a long time in the defense network due to an injury.
Sheffield Utd vs Manchester City head to head matches
29.12.19 PL Manchester City Sheffield Utd 2 : 0
27.01.08 FAC Sheffield Utd Manchester City 2 : 1
26.12.06 PL Sheffield Utd Manchester City 0 : 1
14.10.06 PL Manchester City Sheffield Utd 0 : 0
01.01.02 CHA Sheffield Utd Manchester City 1 : 3