but it was Sheffield United, with just one point out of a possible 15 from their last five outings, who spent most of the time camped inside the West Ham half of the sun-drenched pitch.Both teams accepted that this, perhaps more than most of their remaining fixtures, was a must-win ga...
A key to Chris Wilder’s gameplan seems to be remaining risk-averse and robust in the opening stages. This would explain why they are yet to score or concede in the opening 15 minutes of any of their PL fixtures so far. They boast a similar defensive record, with zero PL goals conceded...
They press high, win a lot of second balls and are very direct in attack. Even their centre backs maraud forward when the opportunity presents itself. They’re undefeated in their 6 away fixtures thus far (and didn’t lose away for a long time in the Championship before that either) but...