| Club – Sheffield United |
| Manager – Wilder |
| Usually plays 3-5-2 |
• Promoted back to the Premier League in 2019.
• Finished in the top 10 in the Premier League in 2019/20.
• Won just 2 of their 8 previous Premier League matches but did beat top 6 sides Chelsea (3-0) and Spurs (3-1) at home after the restart and can perform well in big games.
• Do not have a big squad and can they keep up to pace with the busy schedule.
• Can they stay at a high level or will they have ‘second season syndrome’?
• Well organised but also play decent football by getting plenty of width and players forward by playing with overlapping centre backs and wing backs.
• Great togetherness and team spirit, greater than the sum of their parts and staying in the Premier League by finishing in the top 10 was an amazing achievement and Wilder’s men have shown what they are capable.
| Set Piece Takers |
Penalties – McBurnie/Sharp/Mousset/McGoldrick
Direct/indirect free kicks – Norwood/Fleck
Corners – Norwood/Fleck
| Main Starters |
Ramsdale
Basham
Egan
O’Connel
Baldock
Norwood
Berge
Fleck
Stevens
| Possible XI |
[ 3-5-2 ]
Ramsdale; Basham, Egan, O’Connell; Boldock, Norwood, Berge, Fleck, Stevens; McBurnie, McGoldrick
| Goalkeepers |
Ramsdale
Moore
Foderingham
| Central Defenders |
Basham
Egan
O’Connell
Robinson (can play left wing back)
| Right Wing Backs |
Baldock
| (Defensive) Central Midfielders |
Berge
Norwood
Burke
Osborn
Lundstrum
Fleck
| Left Wing Backs |
Stevens
| Strikers |
McBurnie
McGoldrick
Mousset
Sharp
Robinson
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