Our prediction for this Premier League match:
Sheffield United will be aiming to put an end to their three-game losing run in the Premier League when they take on Brentford on Saturday afternoon. The Blades do not seem to be at their sharpest, but their performance in the midweek loss to Liverpool was anything but poor. The hosts are boosted by Oliver McBurnie’s return from suspension, while all Rhian Brewster, Thomas Davies, Chris Basham, Daniel Jebbison, and Rhys Norrington-Davies remain on the sidelines.
The Bees, on the other hand, aim to bounce back from a 2-1 loss to Brighton, but seeing that the rock-bottom hosts want this win more than the visitors, we are tempted to put our money on the Bramall Lane outfit. As for the away team, Mathias Jensen is a major doubt, while all Kristoffer Ajer, Nathan Collins, Aaron Hickey, and Joshua Da Silva continue to miss out with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Oliver Norwood):
Oliver Norwood is a Reading midfielder who began his youth career at Manchester United. Norwood made his debut for the reserve team against Middlesbrough in November, 2007, but he did not get a chance to play for the first team. After ending his loan spell with Coventry City in 2012, the 180-cm-tall midfielder signed a contract with Huddersfield Town.
Oliver Norwood scored eight goals in 80 league appearances for the club between 2012 and 2014. Later in 2014 he joined Reading for an undisclosed fee and he made his debut for the Royals against Nottingham Forest on 23 August, 2014.
Norwood was born in Burnley, England and he has six caps for England U16 team. He played three games for the U17 team as well, but he then decided to represent Northern Ireland as his heritage is Northern Irish. Norwood made his debut for the Green and White Army on 11 August, 2010, in a 2-0 loss to Montenegro. He replaced Sammy Clingan in the second half of the match.
Highlighted Team (Brentford):
Based in London, Brentford compete in the Championship and they were founded in 1898. Griffin Park has been the home ground of the club since 1904 and the capacity of the venue is 12,300.
The Bees have yet to play in the Premier League and it has to be noted that they made it to the FA Cup sixth round on four occasions (1937/1938, 1945/1946,1948/1949, 1988/1989). Brentford played in the League Cup round 4 in the 1982/1983 and 2010/2011 season and that is the club’s biggest success in the competition.
Brentford’s main rivals are Fulham and Queens Park Rangers and they take on each other in the West London Derby. The rivalry with the Cottagers is probably the biggest and you should bear in mind that the clashes between the two teams have their history of crowd violence. The colour of Brentford’s shirts is red and white and they wear black shorts.