West Bromwich Albion will be taking the fight to Sheffield United’s doorstep this week in the EFL Championship competition. Bramall Lane Stadium is set to host this fixture on 9th February 2022 at 22:45 EAT.
Sheffield United is in a fine form in the recent fixtures has put themselves in the top half of the table. They sit 10th in the table with 42 points collected from 27 games. They are just three points away from the safe zone and will be hoping to find a spot inside the top six. In the last five matches they have three wins a draw and a loss.
The will be looking for another win coming off 1-2 Championship triumph against Birmingham City in their last fixture. In that match, Sheffield United had 52% possession, 10 shots with five of them on target and goals scored by Billy Sharp (64′) and Jayden Bogle (74′). Birmingham City got seven shots with two of them on target and a goal by Lyle Taylor (61′).
Meanwhile, West Brom will enter this tie on the back of a couple of negative results. Their form has been bit worrying lately. Anyways, they are still inside the safe zone with 45 points bagged from 29 Championship games. In the last five games they have one win, a draw and three loses in which both teams scored in only one of those games and West Brom got four goals.
Sheffield United vs West Bromwich Albion head to head
These two teams have 27 head to head meetings since 1994. West Brom has 14 wins, Sheffield 10 wins and there have been three draws so far.
- West Bromwich 4-0 Sheffield 18/08/21
- Sheffield 2-1 West Bromwich 02/02/21
- West Bromwich 1-0 Sheffield 28/11/20
- West Bromwich 0-1 Sheffield 23/02/19
- Sheffield 1-2 West Bromwich 14/12/18
Home
- Birmingham 1-2 Sheffield
- Peterborough 0-2 Sheffield
- Sheffield 2-0 Luton
- Preston 2-2 Sheffield
- Derby County 2-0 Sheffield
Away
- Millwall 2-0 West Bromwich
- West Bromwich 0-2 Preston
- West Bromwich 3-0 Peterborough
- QPR 1-0 West Bromwich
- West Bromwich 1-2 Brighton
Sheffield United team news
Morgan Gibbs-White, Rhian Brewster, Charlie Goode, Enda Stevens, Adlene Guedioura and Jack O’Connell will be sidelined with injuries for the hosts.
West Bromwich Albion team news
The Baggies will be without the services of Robert Snodgrass, Dara O’Shea, Kean Bryan and Daryl Dike through injuries.
Prediction and odds
We expect a win for the hosts this Wednesday at Bramall Lane. Sheffield United is unbeaten in four and has won each of their last three games while West Bromwich lost in the last two games.
- Sheffield United win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
