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Loss Sheffield United Vs Spurs

Date
Mar 1, 2023
KO Time
19:55
Score
Sheffield United 1-0 Spurs
Loss

Match Prediction

  • We qualify for the next round of the FA Cup

    Votes: 118 73.8%
  • We get kicked out for the FA Cup

    Votes: 42 26.3%

  • Total voters
    160

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Introduction

REFEREE
John Brooks ???????

TEAM FORM
Sheffield - WWLLW ------ Spurs - WLL
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Championship promotion hopefuls Sheffield United will test their mettle against Premier League opposition when we welcome us to Bramall Lane in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Wednesday. We both meet in the FA Cup for the first time since the 1957-58 campaign when the Blades secured a 3-0 win over us in the fourth round.

Spurs
Following a disappointing 4-1 Premier League loss at Leicester City and a 1-0 defeat to AC Milan in the Champions League, we have responded well with back-to-back 2-0 home victories over London rivals West Ham United and Chelsea.

Emerson and Son were both on target against the Hammers, while Skipp scored his first Spurs goal in the win over Chelsea before all-time record scorer Kane increased his goal tally to 268.

In the absence of head coach Conte, who continues his recovery from gallbladder surgery, Stellini has extended his perfect record in charge of the first team to four matches, and the Italian will be hoping for more of the same as we now prepare for two successive away games in three different competitions, starting with Wednesday's trip to South Yorkshire.

We have already beaten lower-league opposition twice in this season's FA Cup, with a slender 1-0 success over Portsmouth in the third round followed by a comfortable 3-0 victory at Preston North End in the fourth round.

However, progressing to the quarter-finals is not a given on Wednesday as we have been eliminated in the fifth round in each of the last three years, including last season's surprise 1-0 defeat after extra time against second-tier side Middlesbrough.

We have won our last two meetings against Sheffield United, both in the 2020-21 Premier League campaign including a 3-1 victory at Bramall Lane, and another win over the Blades would see us record three in a row for the first time since the mid-1970s.


Sheffield
After suffering back-to-back defeats to fellow promotion hopefuls Middlesbrough and Millwall, Sheffield United returned to winning way with a hard-fought 1-0 victory at home against Watford on Saturday.

A second-half own goal from Ryan Porteous was enough to separate the two sides in a largely uneventful contest, and the Blades – still sitting second in the Championship table – have now re-established their seven-point cushion over third-placed Middlesbrough, who have played a game more.

Sheffield United are one of seven teams outside of the Premier League who are still competing in this season's FA Cup, and considering their healthy advantage in the race to secure an automatic promotion place in the second tier, Paul Heckingbottom's men can afford to take Wednesday's tie seriously, with a third quarter-final spot in four years up for grabs.

The Blades beat Millwall 2-0 in the third round before battling their way past non-league Wrexham in the fourth round, with an entertaining 3-3 draw in Wales followed by a 3-1 home win in the replay, courtesy of stoppage-time strikes from Billy Sharp and Sander Berge.

Sheffield United have advanced from their last two FA Cup fifth-round ties – beating Reading in 2019-20 and Bristol City in 2020-21 – but coming out on top against us could prove challenging as they have been eliminated in each of their last five ties at this stage against Premier League opposition
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