Sheffield United host Sunderland at Bramall Lane in a top of Championship showdown.
Victory or a draw would put Sheffield Utd top heading into the weekend, whilst Sunderland can go top themselves with a win.
Team News
Sheffield Utd have no fresh injury concerns to report after their midweek home win over Oxford United.
Kieffer Moore (calf) is a doubt but Anel Ahmedhodzic and Oliver Arblaster (ACL) are ruled out.
Sunderland could be without Dennis Cirkin after he missed their last two games following wrist surgery.
Ian Poveda, Salis Abdul Samed (both muscle), Ahmed Abdullahi (groin), Romaine Mundle (hamstring), Alan Browne (leg), Jenson Seelt, and Niall Huggins (both knee) remain sidelined.
When is Kick-Off?
Sheffield Utd host Sunderland at Bramall Lane on Friday 29 November at 8pm GMT, live on Sky Sports in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Sheffield Utd have won five of their last six league meetings against Sunderland (W5, L1).
- Sunderland have won two of their last five visits to Sheffield Utd (W2, L3).
- Sheffield Utd won each of their last two meetings against Sunderland by 2-1 results in 2022-23 season.
- Tyreese Campbell has scored in each of Sheffield Utd’s last three home matches (W3).
- Sunderland have kept four clean sheets away from home this season in the Championship.
Prediction
Unbeaten in six matches and with Campbell plus Jesurun Rak-Sakyi finding form, Sheffield Utd have the confidence coming into a run of three difficult games but they will need to be clinical if want to beat Sunderland.
Regis Le Bris’ Black Cats though are a resilient team who know how to grind out results if not winning, which is something that they might have to do here if want to keep pace with their promotion rivals.
Either way, this is going to be a cagey match-up and I wouldn’t be surprised if the points are shared.
Prediction: Sheffield United 1-1 Sunderland
Result: Sheffield United 1-0 Sunderland
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