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2020-21 English Premier League
Matchday 11 of 38
Sheffield United vs Leicester City
Bramall Lane
Sheffield, England
Sunday, 06 December 2020
Kick-off is at 16:15 CAT
Sheffield United will be desperate to record their first win of the 2020-21
English Premier League season when they host a wounded Leicester City on Sunday.
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The Blades fell to a ninth defeat in 10 matches, going down 1-0 away to West Brom on Saturday to remain rooted to the bottom of the league standings having conjured just a single point.
Sheffield manager Chris Wilder was at a loss for words in the aftermath of their latest loss with his team having missed a catalogue of chances in an entertaining tussle at the Hawthorns.
"I was scratching my head," Wilder said when asked how his side failed to score. "I thought we started the game well but then it was a poor goal from our point of view. We had a good reaction and in the second half we have to go for it.
"They got chances on the counter-attack but we had enough to win two games there. If we don't show that quality or composure in the final third, then we won't get something out of a game where we should get something from it."
Leicester missed out on a chance to move level on points with Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool at the summit of the league standings as they lost for the second weekend in succession, going down 2-1 at home to Fulham.
'We're disappointed, mistakes were made in the first half and it was an uphill climb. We had a lot more of the ball but lacked creativity," Foxes manager Brendan Rodgers said in the aftermath.
"I thought Fulham deserved to win it, they had more energy in the first half and pounced on our mistakes and in the second half they dropped deep. It was more to do with ourselves, we knew they would be compact and tight but in the first half the speed and creativity in our game was not there.
"You can't get away from the fact the players up until this point have done fantastically, considering the quality of players we've had out. In the last few games we've made mistakes and got punished. It's a young team and sometimes they play young," he concluded.
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In the corresponding fixture last season goals from Jamie Vardy and Harvey Barnes spearheaded Leicester to a 2-1 win and all three points.
Sheffield United vs Leicester City head-to-head statistics:
Matches played: 64
Sheffield United wins: 17
Leicester City wins: 26
Draws: 21
English Premier League fixtures, matchday 11:
Friday, 04 December
22:00 - Aston Villa vs Newcastle United
Saturday, 05 December
14:30 - Burnley vs Everton
17:00 - Manchester City vs Fulham
19:30 - West Ham United vs Manchester United
22:00 - Chelsea vs Leeds United
Sunday, 06 December
14:00 - West Brom vs Crystal Palace
16:15 - Sheffield United vs Leicester City
18:30 - Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal
21:15 - Liverpool vs Wolves
Monday, 07 December
22:00 - Brighton & Hove Albion vs Southampton