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Sheff. Utd. prepare to entertain Stoke City at Bramall Lane on Tuesday evening, and hold the advantage on previous meetings between the two. Of the 50 games played, The Blades have recorded 25 wins, and Stoke City have come away with 10 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Bramall Lane was two seasons ago, in December 2005, the The Blades carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 10 Nov | Stoke City | 0 - 1 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 01 Apr | Stoke City | 1 - 1 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 31 Dec | Sheff. Utd. | 2-1 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 12 Mar | Stoke City | 2 - 0 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 10 Aug | Sheff. Utd. | 0 - 0 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 17 Apr | Sheff. Utd. | 0 - 1 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 01 Nov | Stoke City | 2 - 2 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Sheffield United have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. The The Blades's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Stoke City's away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Potters's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.
Sheff. Utd.'s 27 points from 19 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Stoke City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 30 from their 19 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sheff. Utd. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| Stoke City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Bramall Lane for the The Blades and the Madmen are unable to see past Stoke City claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sheff. Utd. | Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Stoke City | 4 games since last defeat. |