As long as the undersoil heating works this will be the 21st time The Blades have travelled down to play us. My Dad commented to me today that we never seem to do well against Sheffield United and I was surprised to see just how true that is even at the Vic. We've only beaten them 5 times at home, drawing 5 and losing 10, scoring 21 and conceding 24.
The last time we beat them was in the first home league game after we'd both been relegated from the Premiership when a Lee Williamson goal gave us a 1-0 win. A 1-1 draw at Bramall Lane followed, but since then we've had no joy. They did the double over us last season including that awful 2-0 home loss in which both Henderson and Webber scored. Earlier this season we lost by the same score in Yorkshire.
Sheffield United are currently 6th with 41 points from 27 games. Away from home they've won 4, drawn 3 and lost 6. They went down 3-1 to West Brom at The Hawthorns on Saturday. Their last away win was a 3-2 victory over QPR in an FA Cup 3rd Round Replay. They lost 2-0 to Bolton in the 4th Round.
Darius Henderson is currently the Blades top scorer with 10 goals. Jordan Stewart has appeared 14 times since joining from Derby and played in the defeat to West Brom. Other ex-Horn Lee Williamson has only appeared 7 times for Sheff United since he left us and seems to spend most of his time warming the bench.
