Can Tottenham Hotspur Continue Good Start to the Season at Home Against Sheffield United?
Tottenham vs Sheffield United - 16/09/2023
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We have four games kicking off at 15:00 in the English Premier League on the 16th of September, including the meeting between Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield United.
The match will be played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and the hosts being the weekend in 2nd place on 12 points while the visitors are in 17th place on 1 point.
Spurs come into the match on the back of a convincing 5-2 win at Burnley last time out in the Premier League.
Having fallen a goal behind in only the 4th minute of the game, Spurs scored 2 goals to lead at the interval.
Into the second half and Spurs scored 3 goals in the space of 11 minutes to take a commanding position in the match before Burnley scored their second goal in the 94th minute.
The win over Burnley means Spurs are undefeated in the Premier League this season.
In addition to the victory at Turf Moor, Spurs have beat Manchester United at home and Bournemouth away.
Spurs were held to a 2-2 draw at Brentford on the opening weekend on the season.
Trends show Spurs are undefeated in each of their last 5 Premier League games.
They are undefeated in 8 of their last 10 league matches on home soil but have kept only 2 clean sheets in their last 7 Premier League fixtures at home.
Sheffield United travel down to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium having picked up their first point of the season before the international break.
The Blades were held to a 2-2 draw at home by Everton and having conceded the opening goal in the 14th minute, Sheffield United came back well to lead 2-1 at the interval.
However, Everton were improved in the second half and they scored the only goal to level it at 2-2.
The draw at home with Everton means Sheffield United have yet to win a game in the Premier League this season.
They have lost at home to Crystal Palace and Manchester City plus suffered a 2-1 defeat at Nottingham Forest.
Trends show in their last 7 games in all competitions, Sheffield United have a poor record of just 1 win.
In Sheffield United's 3 most recent Premier League matches, there have been over 2.5 goals scored and both teams have scored in each of those 3 games.
Team news: Spurs are without the injured duo of Ryan Sessegnon and Rodrigo Bentancur. They also have doubts over the fitness of Giovani Lo Celso, Bryan Gil, and Hugo Lloris.
Sheffield United are expected to be without Max Lowe, Ben Osborn, and John Fleck due to injury. Daniel Jebbison, Rhian Brewster, and Rhys Norrington-Davies are doubtful.
Spurs have made a good start in the Premier League under Ange Postecoglou and could continue their progress with a win in this game. Sheffield United could find the back of the net but we expect Spurs to be too strong, especially at home.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
EPL
632017
1
2 - 1
2.64
25°
1.29
1.29
5.25
11.00
no
no
no
2 - 1(0 - 0)
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