AFC Bournemouth and Sheffield United are going to face off on Saturday the 9th of March at 3:00 pm in the 28th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium. The chosen referee is Anthony Taylor.
AFC Bournemouth occupies the 13th position in the league with 31 points. It comes from a 0-2 win against Burnley in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 8 times, draw 7 times, and lost 11 times.
Sheffield United occupies the 20th place in the league with 13 points. It comes from a 0-6 loss against Arsenal in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 3 times, draw 4 times, and lost 20 times.
Sheffield United lost the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it won was on the 10th of February against Luton Town and the score was 1-3.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
AFC Bournemouth
AFC Bournemouth has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (25 times or 96.15%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (25 times) and 5-4-1 (once).
Andoni Iraola Sagarna is expected to play against Sheffield United with the following players: Neto, Milos Kerkez, Ilya Zabarnyi, Chris Mepham, Adam Smith, Lewis Cook, Ryan Christie, Marcus Tavernier, Justin Kluivert, Antoine Semenyo and Dominic Solanke.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of AFC Bournemouth would be 26.82.
Max Aarons, Ryan Fredericks, James Hill, Lloyd Kelly and Marcos Senesi will definitely miss the match.
Sheffield United
Sheffield United has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up during the season (9 times or 33.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (9 times), 3-4-2-1 (6 times), 4-1-4-1 (4 times), 5-4-1 (3 times), 4-3-2-1 (once), 4-5-1 (once), 4-4-2 (once), 4-3-1-2 (once) and 3-5-1-1 (once).
Chris Wilder is expected to play against AFC Bournemouth with the following players: Ivo Grbić, George Baldock, Auston Trusty, Jack Robinson, Gustavo Hamer, Vini Souza, Andre Brooks, Jayden Bogle, Ben Brereton Díaz, James McAtee and William Osula.
If the line up is confirmed, the average age of Sheffield United would be 26.00.
Chris Basham , John Egan , Max Lowe, Rhys Norrington-Davies, Anis Slimane, Cameron Archer, Rhian Brewster and Daniel Jebbison will definitely miss the match.
Chris Wilder will not be able to have the presence of Mason Holgate who is suspended.
