Our prediction for this Championship match:
Blackpool
Match Time & Date:
29/12/2022
21:15
Prediction: 0-2
Sheffield United
Thursday’s football game at Bloomfield Road pits together Blackpool and Sheffield United, the two teams with entirely different ambitions in the 2022/2023 season. The Seasiders aim to secure yet another Championship survival, while Sheffield United are eyeing automatic promotion to the Premier League. Defender Jordan Thorniley is banned for the hosts following his sending off in the Boxing Day draw with Hull City, while both Bridcutt and Gabriel remain in the treatment room.
Meanwhile, the Blades aim to build on a 3-1 win over Coventry City. Sheffield United are eyeing their fifth consecutive league win, and given Blackpool’s seven-match winless run in the Championship, away triumph should be considered. Defender John Egan is banned for the midweek clash, while all Fleck, Brewster, Norrington-Davies, Jebbison, and O’Connell are out of contention through injuries.
Highlighted Player (Chris Maxwell):
Chris Maxwell is a Welsh goalkeeper who was born in St Asaph on July 30, 1990. Maxwell began his youth career at Penrhyn Bay (1998-2000) and in 2000 he moved to Wrexham. The 188-cm-tall shoot-stopper made his first-team debut for Wrexham at the age of 18 and he played 76 league games for the club from 2008 to 2012.
During the 2008/2009 season he spent six months on loan at Welsh club Connah’s Quay Nomads and in 2012 he joined Fleetwood Town. Chris Maxwell made 110 appearances in the league for the Trawlermen and on May 16, 2016 he signed a three-year deal with Championship side Preston North End. You should know that he managed to keep clean sheets in 38 appearances for the Lilywhites in the 2016/2017 Championship campaign.
Due to his dual citizenship, Maxwell is capable of representing both Wales and Scotland at senior level, but he played for the Dragons at youth level, being capped for the U21 team 16 times.
Highlighted Team (Sheffield United):
Sheffield United are a professional football club that compete in the Championship. The Blades finished the 2016/2017 League One campaign in top position in the standings, with the team collecting exactly 100 points in the process. Sheffield United last competed in the Premier League in the 2006/2007 season and they were more than unfortunate not to secure the top flight survival.
The Blades finished the season in 18th place in the process and it has to be noted that they were level on points with Wigan Athletic, who managed to avoid the relegation to the English second tier. Sheffield United welcome their rivals at Bramal Lane, the stadium which was opened on April 30, 1855. The current capacity of the venue is 32.702.
The club have numerous rivalries, but the most notable one is the rivalry with their city neighbors Sheffield Wednesday. The two teams face each other in the Steel City derby and it has to be noted that United share rivalry with the likes of Barnsley, Rotherham United, Doncaster Rovers and Leeds United as well.
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