Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Sheffield United; Premier League
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Sheffield United. Premier League.
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Wolves vs Sheffield United preview
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Friday 29 November 2019 17:14, UK
Team news, key stats and prediction ahead of Wolves vs Sheffield United in the Premier League (kick-off 2pm on Sunday).
Team news
Romain Saiss will be suspended when Wolves welcome Sheffield United after the defender collected his fifth booking of the season in last week's 2-1 win at Bournemouth.
Ryan Bennett may return from a groin injury to replace him after missing Thursday's 3-3 Europa League draw in Braga. Morgan Gibbs-White (back) is likely to sit out and Willy Boly (fractured leg) is sidelined.
Sheffield United will welcome back goalkeeper Dean Henderson and defender John Egan for the trip to Molineux. Henderson was ineligible to face parent club Manchester United last time out, while Egan missed out after suffering concussion on Republic of Ireland duty.
Lys Mousset was substituted during the 3-3 draw with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side after pulling up with a tight hamstring but boss Chris Wilder has confirmed he is fit to feature.
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Opta stats
- The last top-flight meetings between Wolves and Sheffield United came in the 1975-76 campaign - Wolves won 5-1 at home and 4-1 away as both sides were relegated to the second tier.
- Sheffield United have won just one of their last seven league meetings with Wolves (D2 L4), with these matches coming in the Championship and League One between 2008-2018.
- Wolves are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League games (W4 D4), last having a longer run in the top flight in April 1973 (9 games).
- Coming into this weekend, only Liverpool (22) have scored in more consecutive Premier League games than Wolves (12). However, Wolves haven't scored more than twice in any of those 12 games - the last team to have a longer run of scoring in consecutive Premier League games but never more than twice were Everton in January 2013 (15).
- United are one of two sides still unbeaten away from home in the Premier League this season (W1 D5), along with league leaders Liverpool. The last promoted team to remain unbeaten in their first seven top-flight away games were Blackburn in 1992-93, while the last time Sheffield United did so in the top tier was in 1899-00.
- United conceded as many goals in their 3-3 draw with Manchester United last time out as they had in their previous seven Premier League matches this season.
- The Blades have benefited from more goals from substitutes than any other Premier League side this season (5). Indeed, they scored just four goals via substitutes in the entirety of their last Premier League campaign in 2006-07.
- Chris Wilder is the first manager to go unbeaten in his first six away Premier League games (W1 D5 L0) since Luiz Felipe Scolari in 2008-09 with Chelsea.
- Raul Jimenez has scored in three consecutive Premier League games - the only Wolves player to score in four in a row in the competition is Henri Camara, who scored in five consecutive appearances in April 2004.
- Lys Mousset has been involved in seven goals in his last eight Premier League games (4 goals, 3 assists), having scored just three times (no assists) in his first 60 appearances in the competition.
Charlie Nicholas' prediction
Both teams are in amazing form and this is a belter of a match. Wolves struggle to break down teams that are well drilled and organised, but Sheffield United are more than that. They can counter and they do have pace - Enda Stevens will be down the left and whipping the ball in for David McGoldrick or John Fleck.
Against Manchester United, we all thought Sheffield United would win. They rescued a point but they were cruising for so long. It is great to see how advanced those players are - Wolves won't like that and could be exploited as they play in a similar way.
Sheffield United will not wait for anybody. When they get the ball they knock it up front and although they do not have a striker with height or loads of pace, they do have energy throughout the whole team. Wolves are slightly more technically skilled with the likes of Raul Jimenez, Ruben Neves and Joao Moutinho, so for that reason, I think they will have the edge.
CHARLIE PREDICTS: 2-1 (8/1 with Sky Bet)
Fantasy Football
Adama Traore (£6.9m) has 43 points from his last six Premier League matches and has two assists in as many matches, as well as a man-of-the-match against Wolves. Will he make it into your Fantasy XI?
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