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Sheff. Utd. face a trip to West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Blades will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in February 2008, when they played out a goalless draw in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 29 Aug | Sheff. Utd. | 2 - 2 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 12 Feb | West Brom. | 0 - 0 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 25 Aug | Sheff. Utd. | 1 - 0 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 21 Feb | Sheff. Utd. | 1 - 2 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 14 Oct | West Brom. | 0 - 2 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 16 Mar | Sheff. Utd. | 0 - 3 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 08 Dec | West Brom. | 0 - 1 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
West Bromwich Albion have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 13 goals have been scored by the The Baggies in those games, with 10 conceded.
The The Blades have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
West Brom. are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 47 points from 26 games. Sheff. Utd.'s total of 41 points from their 26 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Brom. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 11 |
| Sheff. Utd. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for The Blades could well see them head back from The Hawthorns with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Brom. | 4 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Sheff. Utd. | 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |