Southampton and Sheffield United will search to get again to successful methods as they meet at St Mary’s on Wednesday (19:45 GMT).
Saints went down 2-1 at dwelling to Hull Metropolis on Saturday and are actually fifteenth and winless in seven video games, taking simply three factors and scoring 5 instances in that run.
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The inconsistent Blades have gained three and misplaced three throughout their previous six video games and are one level and two locations under their hosts after ending with nine-men as they went down 1-0 at Charlton on Saturday.
Southampton have gained every of their previous 5 league conferences with Sheffield United; of their Soccer League historical past, solely towards three sides have they gained 6+ in a row: Hull (6 from 2011 to 2015), Crystal Palace twice (6 from 1955 to 1958, 7 from 2009 to 2015), and Newport County (8 from 1922 to 1955).
Sheffield United have misplaced on their previous two league visits to Southampton, however have by no means misplaced three in a row on the Saints earlier than.
Southampton have solely misplaced considered one of their previous 26 dwelling video games on a Wednesday within the second tier (W18 D7), though that was to Sheffield United in December 2005 (0-1).
Sheffield United have gained their previous two league video games on a Wednesday, final successful three in a row on at the present time of the week in March 2021 within the Premier League.
Sheffield United’s Chris Wilder has misplaced all 5 of his league video games as a supervisor towards Southampton, solely dealing with Liverpool extra with out selecting up a degree (6).
[BBC]