Sheffield United vs Fulham Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics 💬
The home side has won both previous Premier League meetings between Sheffield United and Fulham, with the Blades winning 2-0 and the Cottagers winning 1-0 in the 2006-07 campaign.
Fulham won both league meetings with Sheffield United the last time the sides faced in the 2017-18 Championship, winning 5-4 at Bramall Lane and 3-0 at Craven Cottage. A player from each side scored a hat-trick in the 5-4 triumph (Ryan Sessegnon for Fulham, Leon Clarke for Sheffield United).
London clubs have lost each of their last 10 Premier League visits to face Sheffield United at Bramall Lane, since Chelsea won 2-0 in October 2006. Indeed, only at Old Trafford (68%) do London clubs have a higher loss rate in the Premier League than they do at Bramall Lane (65% -lost 15 of 23 matches).
The home side has won 11 of the last 15 Premier League matches between the bottom two sides (D3 L1), with the only away win in that time coming for bottom placed Watford at Norwich in November 2019 (2-0).
Sheffield United have lost their last seven Premier League games -they've never lost eight league games in a row in their history. Sheffield United are looking to avoid losing each of their first five league games in a season for only the second time, previously doing so in the 1995-96 second tier.
Fulham have lost each of their four Premier League games this season, failing to score in three of them and shipping 11 goals in the process.
They've never lost each of their first five games in a league season before in their history. Fulham and Sheffield United are the only sides yet to have led so far in the Premier League this season, while Fulham have been behind for a league-high four hours 40 minutes in 2020-21.
Last season in the Premier League, Sheffield United conceded a goal every 98 minutes on average with Dean Henderson in goal (33 goals in 3240 minutes). Without Henderson in goal this season and last, the Blades concede on average a goal every 45 minutes (12 in 540 minutes).
Fulham boss Scott Parker has taken charge of the most Premier League games without overseeing a single draw in the competition, though he's lost 11 of his 14 games as manager (W3).
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