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Sheff. Utd. travel to take on West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on Tuesday evening, 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 last time the two teams met at West Brom. was just over four years ago, in October 2003, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 20 Jan | West Brom. | 2 - 1 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 26 Dec | Sheff. Utd. | 2 - 0 | West Brom. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
West Bromwich Albion are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, In this time, The Baggies have rattled up an impressive 20 goals, and conceded 9.
In complete contrast to West Brom., Sheff. Utd. are having a torrid time on their travels, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The Blades have conceded 6 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
West Brom. are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola Championship, and have accumulated 54 points from the 31 games they have played so far. Sheff. Utd. find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 38 points from their 31 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Brom. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
| Sheff. Utd. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the The Baggies, as the The Blades have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Brom. | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Sheff. Utd. | Not won in previous 2 away matches. Drawn each of the last 3 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |