Pick of the stats: Sheffield United v Southampton
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Sheffield United will seek to avoid unwanted history when they welcome Southampton to Bramall Lane on Tuesday night (19:45 BST).
With Chris WIlder back at the helm the Blades picked up their first points of the season with a 1-0 success at Oxford United on Saturday but return home where they have lost their opening three fixtures. Four of their past five fixtures have seen a single goal scored, though the other was a 5-0 defeat at Ipswich.
Will Still's Saints were pegged back by Middlesbrough in a 1-1 draw at St Mary's on Saturday and are now winless in six Championship games since the opening day.
They drew their opening two away games but went down 3-1 at Hull City in their most recent away game, though their recent record against United has been excellent.
Sheffield United have lost each of their past four league meetings with Southampton, all in the Premier League in 2019-20 and 2020-21. The Blades have never lost five in a row versus the Saints before.
Southampton have won on three of their last four league visits to Sheffield United (D1), as many as their first 22 beforehand (W3 D4 L15).
Sheffield United have lost all three of their home league games this season; only in 1954-55 have they ever begun a league campaign with four successive home defeats.
Since the start of last season, Southampton have won just one of their 22 away league games (D5 L16), a 2-1 victory at Ipswich in February.
Southampton have lost each of their past four away league games played in midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) since a 1-1 draw at Coventry in December 2023. Their last such win was at Stoke in October 2023.