On Monday night, from 18:00, Sheffield United will receive the visit of Everton, in a match from the 37th round of the English first league. It is the penultimate round of the Premier League and Sheffield are still hoping for a Europa League place. They have little chance, though.
Only Sheffield United still has a stake in this match, because Everton already knows that it will finish in the middle of the standings, in a season in which Carlo Ancelotti ensured without problems the rescue from relegation. At the game on Brammall Lane, the hosts will not count on the injured Clarke and Freeman, while the “candies” come without Delph, Gbamin, Mina and Tosun. The odds for the victory of the white-reds are decreasing and it is normal for this to happen.
Sheffield United is in 8th place (goal difference 38-35) and has 54 points, two less than Wolverhampton, the 6th place leader in Europe. Between the two is Tottenham, with 55 points, so we will see an exciting duel from a distance, between the three teams, in the last 180 minutes of the championship. Sheffield United come after a failure at Leicester (0-2), but have an excellent form at home, with three consecutive victories: 3-0 with Chelsea, 1-0 with Wolverhampton and 3-1 with Tottenham. That’s why the hosts are favorites!
Everton have not won in five stages and come after failures with Tottenham (0-1) and Wolves (0-3), but also after draws with Southampton (1-1) and Aston Villa (1-1). In the last match, with Villa, Everton snatched a draw in the 87th minute, through Walcott’s goal, and the current form of the white-blues is not impressive at all. In the tour, Sheffield got a surprising victory at Goodison Park, score 2-0, after 5 consecutive direct duels in which the “candies” had not lost in front of the “steelmakers”. Well organized, the hosts can get the victory.
Sheffield United: Henderson; Basham, Egan, O’Connell; Baldock, Fleck, Norwood, Berge, Stevens; McBurnie, Mousset
Coach: Chris Wilder
Everton: Pickford; Coleman, Branthwaite, Keane, Digne; Walcott, Davies, Gomes, Iwobi; Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin
Coach: Carlo Ancelotti
Sheffield United have lost just one of their last 7 games at Brammall Lane;
Everton has not prevailed so far in away games with Sheffield United (5 in number);
At home, Sheffield has the 8th record in the Premier League: 10 wins, but only 3 draws;
Everton is modest away, from where it returned with 4 wins and 3 draws this season;
This season, Everton lost 89% of the trips in which it was not favored in betting;
PREDICTION: Sheffield Utd to win @ 2,10
