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West Brom. pack their bags to visit Sheffield United at Bramall Lane at tea-time on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 53 games played, The Baggies have recorded 13 wins, and Sheff. Utd. have come away with 24 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Bramall Lane was more than three years back, in February 2004, with West Brom. inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the The Blades in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 21 Feb | Sheff. Utd. | 1 - 2 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 14 Oct | West Brom. | 0 - 2 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 16 Mar | Sheff. Utd. | 0 - 3 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 08 Dec | West Brom. | 0 - 1 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 20 Jan | West Brom. | 2 - 1 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 26 Dec | Sheff. Utd. | 2 - 0 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 19 Feb | Sheff. Utd. | 6 - 0 | West Brom. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Sheffield United have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the The Blades in those games, with 7 conceded.
West Brom. have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Sheff. Utd. are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 1 from their 2 matches played. West Brom.'s 3 points from 2 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sheff. Utd. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| West Brom. | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
West Brom. are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Sheff. Utd.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sheff. Utd. | No sequences of note |
| West Brom. | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. Last drawn game 14 outings ago. |