Sheff Utd - Home, Falmer Years 19/20 Prem.
Manager; Chris Wilder (2016-19)
Record to Aug '19: P151 W81 D32 L38. Wins = 53.6%
UNITED PREM record from 11/12 to 18/19; (3, 5, 7, 5, 11, 1 @ League One), (10, 2 @ Championship)
C21; Prem ave = 18th (1yr). Relegated - 06/07.
Recent Managers; Chris Wilder (2016-19), Nigel Adkins (2015-16), Nigel Clough (2014-15), Danny Wilson (2011-13).

2020 - Palace (A), B'mouth (H), Brighton (H), Villa (A)
Blades Fans pre-season Expectations; to survive in the elite just anyway they can.
Odds @ start: top ten 12/1, stay up 11-10, relegation 4-6, bottom 5-2, CW first for sack 14/1

United Away:
19/20 - P12 W3 D7 L2 F12 A12 GD0 Pt16 Po8 = 1.33pt/gm or 48.4% of total points. Wins = 33.3%, Loss = 16.6% - C Wilder.
13/14 to 18/19 - not Premier League.

Season9 3rd Premier League (H) Sat 21/12/19 - L 0-1
This was the last home pre-Xmas fixture, during that usual Prem six-game December slog. BHA hadn't hosted United at the Amex beforehand during six Championship seasons here from 2011. Our last level2 meetings went right back to open-air days at Withdean sports complex, from those early noughties at the theatre of trees (see WE tab previous encounters). During that interim decade or more Albion went from gutter to the stars, fulfilling prospects previously denied this catchment area during those frustrating days of planning, protests, paper-work and public enquiries. Now this really was the big time and apart from entertaining those top-six elite we had also met past combatants like United. Both clubs wanted to establish in the Prem and to date were making a fist of it prior to undertaking all 19 reciprocal fixtures from New Year.
Albion crashed to defeat from a no-show in front of goal, posting another poor performance against a side not exactly playing typical Prem-style footy. But visitors solid defence throughout and true Yorkshire grit when up the other end gave them so much more than just an edge. Individually and as a team Seagulls were not at the races, failing to capitalise on 70/30 possession and merely appearing paper tigers - as the pre-match media hype got exposed to be based in literal bullsh!t. VAR came into effect on more occasions than actual goals recorded but BHA couldn't use these multi incidents as any sort of excuse for not scoring. In truth hosts woulda been beaten by three but for ultra-modern technology advice. And they gave away the winning goal as an early Xmas Prem present to the ex-lev2 outfit, who never remotely looked like conceding afterwards (24min). Potter put on Murray & Connolly immediately after the interval and very soon following that double swap Bissouma got on - BHA going to 343 in an attempt to up the ante. But it was like pi$$ing into the gale-force s-w wind we know so well during Sussex winters. Look at the detailed stats below for dry facts & figs, should you doubt written responses to this latest Amex debacle. Potter said, 'we were not good enough and that includes me. We must all hold our hands up. United were better in everything they did.' The sad thing is, no matter how well Potter-ball magic gets perceived thru entertainment value, comparing actual points obtained at this festive moment 12 months ago, Albion are coming up short. Is it cause for concern? Well, Brighton fans must remember opening months of 2019... we don't want a repeat by any stretch of footy realism.
Stats: shape 433-451, ht 0-1, goal 24, poss 69%-31%, on target 2-2, off target 4-5, blocks 3-0, o/s 2-3, corners 4-3, crosses 22-9, tackles 7-22, fouls 6-11, yellows 1-3, subs 3-3. MoM - Connolly. Gate - 30,505 away 3008. Weather - rain.
1 Ryan, 22 Montoya (8 Bissouma 55 Y), 15 Webster, 5 Dunk, 33 Burn, 13 Gross (17 Murray 45), 6 Stephens, 24 Propper, 18 Mooy, 11 Trossard (44 Connolly 45), 7 Maupay. Subs: 27 Button, 4 Duffy, 30 Bernardo, 46 Alzate.
Squad - 3 Bong, 14 Balogun, 16 Jahanbakhsh, 21 Schelotto. Injured - 19 Izquierdo, 20 March.
Prem P18 . W3 D3 L3 . F12 A11 . W2 D2 L5 . F9 A15. Pt20 Po13 = 1.11pt/gm. Wins = 27.7%, Loss = 44.4%

Sheff Utd:
3qtrs: P24 W8 D9 L7 F25 A23 GD+2 Pt33 Po8 = 1.37pt/gm. Wins = 33.3%, Loss = 29.1%
Hlfwy: P19 W7 D8 L4 F23 A17 GD+6 Pt29 Po6 = 1.52pt/gm. Wins = 36.8%, Loss = 21%
Start: P10 W3 D4 L3 F9 A8 GD+1 Pt13 Po7 = 1.30pt/gm. Wins = 30%, Loss = 30% - Chris Wilder.
EFL Cup: 3rd rnd - Sunderland 0-1 (H), 2nd rnd - Blackburn 2-1 (H).
FA Cup: Millwall (A) R4, Fylde 2-1 (H) R3.
Aug: doing much better than anticipated and zero gd that adds to points cushion.
Oct: claiming a top ten slot and getting the job done ok by end of start Q1.
New Year: in 8th pos and thru to FAC4.
March:

Previous Prem:
13/14 to 18/19 - not a PL club.

FA CUP; from 13/14 - s-f, 1st rnd, 3rd rnd, 2nd rnd, 5th rnd, 3rd rnd.
LEAGUE CUP; from 13/14 - 4th rnd, s-f, 2nd rnd, 1st rnd, 2nd rnd, 1st rnd.
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Sheff Utd - home, Falmer years.
Championship - no meetings.

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Previous EFL: 12 seasons from 1999 - 2011
See Withdean Era tab & Clubs scroll in Archive.
Seasons 4 02/3, 6 04/5, 7 05/6 - Championship.

Sheff Utd - Away, Falmer Years 19/20 Prem.

United @ Home:
19/20 - P12 W5 D2 L5 F13 A11 GD+2 Pt17 Po8 = 1.41pt/gm or 51.5% of total points. Wins = 41.6%, Loss = 41.6% - Chris Wilder.
13/14 to 18/19 - not Premier League.

Season9 3rd Premier League (A) Sat 22/2/20 -
This PL fixture was scheduled following the new winter break. We'd not met Blades here since those earlier times of level2 matches back in the noughties, so hoped it had been worth the extra wait, both short (in days) & long (in years).

stats: shape, ht, goals, poss %-%, on target, off target, corners, fouls, yellows, subs. MoM - . Gate - . Weather - .
1 Ryan, Subs - 27 Button,
Squad - . Injured - .
Prem: P . W D L . F A . W D L . F A . Pt Po = pt/gm. Wins = %, Loss = %
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Sheff Utd - away, Falmer years.
Championship - no meetings.

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See Withdean Era tab & Clubs scroll in Archive.
Seasons 4 02/3, 6 04/5, 7 05/6 - Championship.