Pick of the stats: Sheffield United v Portsmouth
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Sheffield United will be hoping to keep their quest for automatic promotion on track when they welcome Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon (15:00 GMT).
The Blades bounced back from a surprise 3-0 defeat at home to Hull City with a 1-0 win at Derby last time out and will move back into the top two with victory.
Pompey are without a win in three (D1 L2) but are three points above the drop zone in 20th position.
Sheffield United have won just one of their past four league games against Portsmouth (D1 L2), scoring just one goal in total across those matches.
Portsmouth have failed to win any of their past 23 away league games against Sheffield United (D4 L19), since a 3-1 win in the top-flight in November 1955.
After a run of nine consecutive home wins between September and December in which they didn't concede a single goal, Sheffield United have won just one of their past four at Bramall Lane (D1 L2), conceding six goals in the process.
Portsmouth have lost each of their past six away league games, last having a longer run between November 2005 and March 2006 in the Premier League (9).
In no 15-minute period (1-15, 16-30, 31-45, 46-60, 61-75, 76-90) have Sheffield United scored more league goals this season than in the opening 15 minutes (10). Meanwhile, in no period have Portsmouth conceded more than in this timeframe (12).