Pick of the stats: Preston North End v Sheffield United
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Preston come into this game looking to avoid a third successive league defeat for the first time since April.
Having scored more than one goal in a game for the first time this season in their 3-1 win at Blackburn on Tuesday, Sheffield United are hoping to make it three victories in a row.
Preston North End are winless in their past eight league games against Sheffield United (D2 L6), losing all of the last four.
Sheffield United are unbeaten in each of their past four league trips to Preston North End (W3 D1) and could win three in a row for the first time.
Preston have lost their last two league games, having lost only one of their previous 10 (W4 D5). Since the start of last season they've only lost three successive league games once before (run of four in April).
Sheffield United have won each of their past two league games, as many as in their previous 12 (D1 L9), last winning three in a row in February last season (run of four).
Only Junior Firpo (14) has been involved in more Championship goals among defenders since the start of last season than Sheffield United's Harrison Burrows (10 – 6 goals, 4 assists), who scored and assisted against Blackburn last time out.