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Sheff. Utd. pack their bags to visit Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux at lunchtime on Sunday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 50 games played, Blades have recorded 11 wins, and Wolves have come away with 22 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Molineux was within the last three years, in October 2002, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 3 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 27 Nov | Sheff. Utd. | 3 - 3 | Wolves | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Mon 26 May | Sheff. Utd. | 0 - 3 | Wolves | D1P |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Apr | Sheff. Utd. | 3 - 3 | Wolves | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 05 Oct | Wolves | 1 - 3 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 29 Dec | Wolves | 1 - 0 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Mon 27 Aug | Sheff. Utd. | 2 - 2 | Wolves | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 20 Feb | Sheff. Utd. | 1 - 0 | Wolves | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Wolverhampton Wanderers are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Wolves in those games, with 3 conceded.
Sheff. Utd. have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. The Blades's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 5 goals for and 4 against.
Wolves's 63 points from 45 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Sheff. Utd. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 67 from their 45 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Wolves | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 12 |
| Sheff. Utd. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Wolves, as the Blades have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Wolves | Unbeaten in the last 12 home games. Unbeaten run of 15 matches. |
| Sheff. Utd. | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 4 most recent games. |