West Brom v Sheff Utd

West Brom vs Sheffield United Preview

Sunday afternoon brings us this tasty looking clash in the Championship from the west midlands as seventh placed West Brom play host to the league leaders, Sheffield United, when the two teams meet at The Hawthorns with a precious three points at stake for both clubs.

West Brom have become the ‘draw specialists' in the Championship so far this season as The Baggies have been involved in no fewer than 10 stalemates within their 18 matches played to date this term, nine of which have also resulted in Under 2.5 goals being scored as well.

After producing a promising start to this season's Championship campaign which culminated in the west midlands club winning five of their opening six games of the new season, Carlos Corberan's side have subsequently just been treading water as they have managed to collect just one further win from their following 12 matches overall.

Early season victories gained over QPR, Stoke City, Swansea City, Portsmouth and Plymouth Argyle have been offset by two defeats, one win and nine stalemates! Although West Brom possess the best unbeaten record heading into this weekend going 10 games without defeat, eight of these 10 games have also resulted in Under 2.5 goals being scored.

Sheffield United moved to the top of the Championship table after recording a 1-0 home win against Sunderland last Friday night and The Blades will no doubt be looking for more of the same when they make their way to The Hawthorns for Monday night's tussle with West Brom.

Six wins from their last seven games suggests Sheffield United have well and truly recovered from earlier back-to-back defeats at the hands of Leeds United and Middlesbrough, and having also kept a total of five clean sheets within their last seven games, Chris Wilder's side look in good shape to add to their points tally here on Monday night.

The bigger picture shows Sheffield United have been handed just these two aforementioned losses so far in this season's Championship campaign while out of their 18 league matches played so far this season, The Blades have kept no fewer than 12 clean sheets in the process, making the Yorkshire club a very tough opponent this season.

In addition, 14 of these 18 league matches involving Sheffield United have also resulted in Under 2.5 goals as well, making this upcoming encounter against West Brom a likely candidate for a low-scoring affair at The Hawthorns.

West Brom v Sheffield United Verdict

Each of the previous four meetings between West Brom and Sheffield United have resulted in Under 2.5 goals being scored while Sheffield United have captured three wins during this recent period as well, so a low-scoring away win looks to be on the cards here.

Therefore, our main bet will be Under 2.5 goals @ 1.66

Other side bets worth considering:

Sheffield Utd win @ 2.87

Sheffield Utd win & Under 2.5 goals @ 5.50