Premier League: Sheffield United vs Arsenal – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Premier League game between Sheffield United and Arsenal who meet up on Monday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Placed inside the top five, The Gunners should be able to deal with The Blades in round 27 of the Premier League season. With the latter currently rock-bottom in the standings, The Gunners look for an easy ride, but Sheffield United are desperately in need of points.

Sitting bottom of the table, Sheffield United have claimed 13 points after 26 rounds, while The Gunners have amassed 58 points. This places the latter as number 3 in the Premier League at the moment.

Team form: Sheffield United vs Arsenal

Sheffield United Form

Sheffield United have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it opened with a 1-3 victory against Luton. Unable to follow that up, they went down 0-5 against Brighton, before handing over all three points in a 1-0 defeat against Wolverhampton. Sheffield United claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Premier League, which also saw them drawing one and losing four matches, in which they scored five and conceded 17 goals.

Arsenal Form

Results have been up and down for Arsenal, who beat Burnley by 0-5. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 1-0 against FC Porto, before claiming three points in a 4-1 win against Newcastle. Arsenal won half their previous six away matches in the Premier League, as well as seeing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored 15 goals whilst conceding five.

Betting stats and facts for Sheffield United and Arsenal

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Sheffield United and Arsenal played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Sheffield United vs Arsenal

It’s been a great season for Bukayo Saka so far with 13 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target seven times in his last six games, and no doubt Arsenal want him to continue this productive spell against Sheffield Unitedon Monday.

Betting markets: Sheffield United vs Arsenal

Full-time result

Sheffield United claimed two wins, drew one and lost seven of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Arsenal won five, drew two and lost three of their last 10 games away. Arsenal won their last 6 matches on the bounce. Arsenal have beaten Sheffield United in impressive 4 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Amazingly, Sheffield United scored the first goal of the match in just two out of the last ten games at home. Arsenal scored the opening goal in seven of the last ten games. Arsenal will feel optimistic about scoring this coming Monday with Sheffield United managing a measly one clean sheet in the previous 10 games. The latter fought their way to three clean sheets in their previous 10 games.

Total goals

Sheffield United saw over 2.5 goals in eight of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Arsenal, who scored 2.6 times on average in these matches. Somehow Sheffield United failed to keep a clean sheet in their previous 10 matches. Arsenals last four matches had over four goals.

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