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Sheffield United have won all three of their home Premier League games against West Ham, their best such 100% record in the competition.
In all competitions, West Ham are winless in their last three away games against Sheffield United (D1 L2), since a 2-1 win in the Championship in September 2004. West Ham haven’t won a top-flight match at Bramall Lane since April 1968.
London sides are winless in their last 11 Premier League visits to face Sheffield United at Bramall Lane (D1 L10), since Chelsea won 2-0 in October 2006. Indeed, the Blades’ only point so far this season was at home against London side Fulham.
West Ham are unbeaten in their last 11 Premier League games against sides starting the day bottom, winning their last four in a row by an aggregate score of 13-4. Their last such defeat was back in April 2015 at Leicester.
Sheffield United have become just the fifth team in Premier League history to pick up just one point in their first eight games of a season, though two of the previous four have survived the drop (Southampton in 1998-99 and Sunderland in 2013-14). Only in 1990-91 have the Blades ever failed to win any of their first nine games in a league season.
Sheffield United haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last 11 Premier League games, conceding 20 goals in the process. Their previous 20 goals conceded in the competition came over a period of 21 matches.
Sheffield United have dropped a league-high six points from winning positions so far in the Premier League this season, throwing away leads to lose against both Liverpool and Chelsea.
West Ham have lost just one of their last six Premier League games (W3 D2), despite playing five of last season’s top seven finishing clubs in that run. Indeed, their only defeat was at reigning champions Liverpool.
Sheffield United have the biggest negative difference between expected goals (7.7) and goals scored (4) in the Premier League this season, scoring roughly four goals fewer than would normally be expected based on the quality of their chances.
West Ham’s Aaron Cresswell has created more chances from set play than any other player in the Premier League this season, with four of West Ham’s 14 goals this term coming from a corner/free-kick situation.
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