Sheffield Utd vs Arsenal prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2024-03-03 20:00.
[p]Beating fellow Premier League strugglers Luton 3-1 last month seems to have been a false dawn for Sheffield United, who lost their two subsequent league games âto nilâ. Well adrift at the bottom, they look to be heading for relegation and tensions appeared to boil over when VinĂcius Souza and Jack Robinson almost came to blows during their 1-0 defeat to Wolves last Sunday.[/p]
[p]Manager Chris Wilder played down the spat, saying it was âput to bed straight awayâ and his squad must now pull together if theyâre to have any chance of saving their top-flight status. Unfortunately, the Bladesâ home form offers little encouragement as theyâve lost their last two Premier League games here 5-0 to sides engaged in European competition this term![/p]
[p]Now another team still in Europe arrives in the form of Arsenal, and as theyâve scored an average of five goals per game across their last three league fixtures (W3), another rout could be on the cards. Mikel Artetaâs side beat Newcastle 4-1 last Saturday to issue a clear reminder to Liverpool and Manchester City that the title fight remains a three-horse race.[/p]
[p]And becoming the sixth side to start a calendar year with six-straight Premier League victories could be a good omen for the Gunners as the last three sides to do so won the title! As theyâve kept more clean sheets this league campaign than any other club (ten), they have every right to be eyeing up a fourth successive H2H win, and third in a row at Bramall Lane to further extend that winning sequence. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Souza is the last player to score for Sheffield United, and his last two goals both arrived between the 70th and 80th minute. Arsenalâs Kai Havertz has netted in both of their last two league fixtures and the Gunners have won all seven of his goalscoring appearances for them.[/p]
[p]Hot streak: Arsenal have struck at least twice in each of their last seven halves in the Premier League â no team had ever done this before.[/p]