Bournemouth v Sheff Utd

Bournemouth vs Sheffield United Preview

Bournemouth returned to winning ways last Saturday when The Cherries registered a welcome three points at Turf Moor with a 2-0 win away from home at Burnley which in turn ended the south coast club's previously worrying seven-game winless run in the Premier League, while Sheffield United continue to lurch from one crisis to the next as The Blades were handed a heavy 6-0 defeat at home to Arsenal on Monday night, edging ever closer to the trap-door.

Bournemouth had previously picked up points in draws with West Ham, Nottingham Forest and most impressive of all, a 2-2 draw away from home at Newcastle United but losses at the hands of Tottenham, Liverpool, Fulham and Manchester City, whilst understandable, were nevertheless worrying blows for the south coast club.

Anyhow, Bournemouth know they can take another big step towards securing their Premier League status on Saturday when they return home to their Vitality Stadium, especially when they welcome the league's ‘whipping-boys', Sheffield United this weekend.

Three wins from their last seven home games should give Bournemouth a timely boost ahead of this seeming ‘home banker' while seven of Bournemouth's 12 home games have also resulted in only one team scoring.

Sheffield United still remain firmly rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table and level on points with fellow strugglers, Burnley, with both clubs staring almost certain relegation squarely in the face and the visitors looking to avoid a fourth league defeat on the trot down on the south coast.

A recent 3-1 win away from home at Luton Town seemed to be a potential platform for possible survival in the English top flight but subsequent defeats in the shape of losses to Brighton 5-0, Wolves 1-0 and a 6-0 thrashing from Arsenal along with the manner of the defeats must surely count against the Yorkshire club on Saturday afternoon.

Sheffield United have managed to capture just three wins throughout the whole of this season's Premier League campaign which have come in the form of victories against Wolves, Brentford and the aforementioned Luton Town win but it's worth noting that the former two victories were both achieved on home soil at Bramall Lane.

Results on the road though have underlined why Sheffield United have had to endure such a wretched campaign this season in the Premier League as The Blades have been handed no fewer than 10 defeats within their total of 13 outings on the road, suggesting a very tough afternoon at the office for Chris Wilder's side.

Bournemouth v Sheffield United Verdict

Bournemouth have won two of the last three meetings against Sheffield United and The Cherries look set for further success here this Saturday against a poor Blades outfit.

Therefore, our main bet will be BTTS No @ 1.95

Other side bets worth considering:

Bournemouth win & BTTS No @ 2.25

Correct Score: Bournemouth 1-0 @ 8.00