Aston Villa vs Sheffield United Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics 💫
💫Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last 13 home league meetings with Sheffield United (W7 D6), including all four games against them at Villa Park in the Premier League (W3 D1 ).
💫Sheffield United are unbeaten in each of their last four league games against Aston Villa (W2 D2).
💫Villa were one of only two sides that the Blades kept a clean sheet in both of their Premier League meetings with last season (also Crystal Palace).
💫Aston Villa have lost their first home game in four of their last five Premier League seasons (D1 ), last winning their opening top-flight match of a campaign at Villa Park back in 2011-12 against Blackburn Rovers (3-1 ).
💫Aston Villa won both of their final two home league games of the 2019-20 campaign; they last won three consecutive home Premier League matches back in October 2007 under the management of Martin O'Neill.
💫Sheffield United haven't started a top-flight campaign with two consecutive defeats since 1973-74. Sheffield United are winless in six away league games (D2 L4) since beating Crystal Palace 1-0 in February. They have scored just two goals across these six outings combined.
💫Indeed, the Blades lost four of their last five away league games of the 2019-20 season (D1 ), more than their previous 29 league matches on the road before this (W11 D15 L3).
💫Aston Villa are winless in their last eight Premier League games in the month of September (D2 L6), since winning 1-0 against Liverpool at Anfield in 2014.
💫Sheffield United have lost each of their last four league games, last losing more consecutively in the 2013-14 campaign (6 in League One), and last losing five in a row in the top-flight back in September 1991. Including play-offs, no player scored more league goals in the top four tiers of English football last season than Aston Villa's new signing Ollie Watkins (26).
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💫Billy Sharp has scored four goals in his last three league appearances against Aston Villa, including a hat-trick for Sheffield United in a 3-3 draw in February 2019.
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