Tony_Kaufman
Here's a truck stop instead of St Peter's
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Season to date:
BLADES
P17 W6 D7 L4 GF21 GA16 GD+5 Pts25
Clean sheets: 6
Penalties: 0
Top scorer: Mousset (5), Fleck (4)
Form: WWLDDD
BRIGHTON
P17 W5 D5 L7 GF21 GA25 GD-4 Pts20
Clean sheets: 4
Penalties: 2
Top scorer: Maupay (7) *1 pen
Form: DDWLLL
HOME/AWAY
BLADES (Away - Last Six)
P6 W2 D4 L0 GF7 GA4 GD+3 Pts10
Clean sheets: 2
Penalties: 0
Top scorer: Mousset (3), Baldock (2)
Form: WDDDDW
BRIGHTON (Home - Last Six)
P6 W3 D2 L1 GF11 GA7 GD+4 Pts11
Clean sheets: 2
Penalties: 1
Top scorer: Maupay (4) *1 pen
Form: DLWWWD
Chris Wilder's Blades travel to the south coast to play Graham (no relation to Harry) Potter's Seagulls.
This should be a good open game as Brighton will want to take advantage of home soil to attempt to win this game. Brighton have been solid in mid table so far this season, neither pushing for a top six finish, nor flirting with relegation and another season of Premier League should greet them next August if they keep going the way they are.
The Seagulls are not a free scoring side and match the tally of their next opponents, though they have failed to score in 5 matches. They have also only found the back of the net more than once in a match on 6 occasions and haven't lost any of these games.
Summer signing Neal Maupay is their top scorer on 7 goals, having scored a goal in each of the last 3 matches. Only a solitary penalty makes up one of his season's tally. Brighton have lots of other scorers but no other player has managed more than 2 all season.
Defensively the Seagulls do let themselves down. Although they have kept 4 clean sheets they have shipped in 25 goals and have only shut out a team only once in their last 9 matches, a 2-0 home win over Norwich.
At home Brighton have managed to pick up 11 points in their last 6 matches, with only the one defeat coming against Leicester. They have scored 11 goals in this time, only failing to score in one match. They have managed to score at least 2 or more in 4 of these home ties, making them a threat to visitors. Maupay again is the danger man, finding the net 4 times at home, all of these coming in the last 6 fixtures with only the one penalty.
Whilst impressive on paper it should be noted that in this period they have beaten Norwich, Everton and a pre-Mourinho Spurs, who had an abysmal away record at the time. That's not to sniff at Brighton or dismiss them, as you still have to beat what's in front of you, but their other opponents in this list were Wolves, Leicester and Burnley, resulting in a defeat and 2 draws.
Defensively Brighton are better at home then away on recent form, but indifferent, shipping in only 7 goals and keeping 2 clean sheets. They have conceded 2 goals in half these matches, resulting in a win, draw and loss.
The Blades notched up back to back victories for the first time this season having seen off Villa at the weekend and travel to Brighton 5 points clear of their opponents.
They have only lost the single game during the last 6 games, a home defeat to Newcastle, and have finally turned the corner and stopped throwing away wins by conceding silly goals.
During this period the Blades have scored 9 goals, finding the net twice in a match on 3 occassions in this period and only failing to score once. They have only picked up 1 clean sheet in this time against Villa. Top scorer Lys Mousset is currently on 5 goals but hasn't scored for 3 matches, whilst John Fleck doubled his season tally to 4 at the weekend.
Defensively the Blades are still one of the best teams in the division, having kept 6 clean sheets and they concede on average just under 1 goal per game. That said they have conceded 8 in their last 6 games alone, despite the clean sheet.
Away from home the Blades are still undefeated. Their last road trip saw them bring home 3 points from Norfolk. Prior to this their last win was against Everton and these victories were sandwiched between draws. Only the match against Watford saw the Blades fail to score on the road, and they have only scored more than one away goal twice, with one being an own goal. Mousset tops the charts with 3 goals and George Baldock has found the net twice in the last 3 away games, earning the Blades 4 points for his efforts.
Defensively the Blades aren't as resolute away from Bramall Lane, having conceded in each of their last 4 away matches. Back to back clean sheets had been earned prior to this. Despite this they have only conceded more than one goal away from home all season, at Chelsea.
It will be interesting to see if Wilder will make changes with the Christmas matches coming up thick and fast, or if he will save this for the home match against Watford, who will no doubt come and park the bus, making it hard to score no matter who he selects. This leads me to think that he'll more likely put out his strongest team against Brighton, though Fleck will sadly be missed through suspension.
Prediction: Draw
BLADES
P17 W6 D7 L4 GF21 GA16 GD+5 Pts25
Clean sheets: 6
Penalties: 0
Top scorer: Mousset (5), Fleck (4)
Form: WWLDDD
BRIGHTON
P17 W5 D5 L7 GF21 GA25 GD-4 Pts20
Clean sheets: 4
Penalties: 2
Top scorer: Maupay (7) *1 pen
Form: DDWLLL
HOME/AWAY
BLADES (Away - Last Six)
P6 W2 D4 L0 GF7 GA4 GD+3 Pts10
Clean sheets: 2
Penalties: 0
Top scorer: Mousset (3), Baldock (2)
Form: WDDDDW
BRIGHTON (Home - Last Six)
P6 W3 D2 L1 GF11 GA7 GD+4 Pts11
Clean sheets: 2
Penalties: 1
Top scorer: Maupay (4) *1 pen
Form: DLWWWD
Chris Wilder's Blades travel to the south coast to play Graham (no relation to Harry) Potter's Seagulls.
This should be a good open game as Brighton will want to take advantage of home soil to attempt to win this game. Brighton have been solid in mid table so far this season, neither pushing for a top six finish, nor flirting with relegation and another season of Premier League should greet them next August if they keep going the way they are.
The Seagulls are not a free scoring side and match the tally of their next opponents, though they have failed to score in 5 matches. They have also only found the back of the net more than once in a match on 6 occasions and haven't lost any of these games.
Summer signing Neal Maupay is their top scorer on 7 goals, having scored a goal in each of the last 3 matches. Only a solitary penalty makes up one of his season's tally. Brighton have lots of other scorers but no other player has managed more than 2 all season.
Defensively the Seagulls do let themselves down. Although they have kept 4 clean sheets they have shipped in 25 goals and have only shut out a team only once in their last 9 matches, a 2-0 home win over Norwich.
At home Brighton have managed to pick up 11 points in their last 6 matches, with only the one defeat coming against Leicester. They have scored 11 goals in this time, only failing to score in one match. They have managed to score at least 2 or more in 4 of these home ties, making them a threat to visitors. Maupay again is the danger man, finding the net 4 times at home, all of these coming in the last 6 fixtures with only the one penalty.
Whilst impressive on paper it should be noted that in this period they have beaten Norwich, Everton and a pre-Mourinho Spurs, who had an abysmal away record at the time. That's not to sniff at Brighton or dismiss them, as you still have to beat what's in front of you, but their other opponents in this list were Wolves, Leicester and Burnley, resulting in a defeat and 2 draws.
Defensively Brighton are better at home then away on recent form, but indifferent, shipping in only 7 goals and keeping 2 clean sheets. They have conceded 2 goals in half these matches, resulting in a win, draw and loss.
The Blades notched up back to back victories for the first time this season having seen off Villa at the weekend and travel to Brighton 5 points clear of their opponents.
They have only lost the single game during the last 6 games, a home defeat to Newcastle, and have finally turned the corner and stopped throwing away wins by conceding silly goals.
During this period the Blades have scored 9 goals, finding the net twice in a match on 3 occassions in this period and only failing to score once. They have only picked up 1 clean sheet in this time against Villa. Top scorer Lys Mousset is currently on 5 goals but hasn't scored for 3 matches, whilst John Fleck doubled his season tally to 4 at the weekend.
Defensively the Blades are still one of the best teams in the division, having kept 6 clean sheets and they concede on average just under 1 goal per game. That said they have conceded 8 in their last 6 games alone, despite the clean sheet.
Away from home the Blades are still undefeated. Their last road trip saw them bring home 3 points from Norfolk. Prior to this their last win was against Everton and these victories were sandwiched between draws. Only the match against Watford saw the Blades fail to score on the road, and they have only scored more than one away goal twice, with one being an own goal. Mousset tops the charts with 3 goals and George Baldock has found the net twice in the last 3 away games, earning the Blades 4 points for his efforts.
Defensively the Blades aren't as resolute away from Bramall Lane, having conceded in each of their last 4 away matches. Back to back clean sheets had been earned prior to this. Despite this they have only conceded more than one goal away from home all season, at Chelsea.
It will be interesting to see if Wilder will make changes with the Christmas matches coming up thick and fast, or if he will save this for the home match against Watford, who will no doubt come and park the bus, making it hard to score no matter who he selects. This leads me to think that he'll more likely put out his strongest team against Brighton, though Fleck will sadly be missed through suspension.
Prediction: Draw