Monday night throws up one game in the Football League and it comes from League One as Sheffield United look to make it three wins on the bounce when they host Portsmouth at Bramall Lane (Sheffield United 4/5, draw 5/2, Portsmouth 7/2 Match Betting).
The Blades remain unbeaten in the third tier of English football under manager Danny Wilson and will go level with league leaders Tranmere if they can claim all three points on home soil. United (9/4 League One outright) have hardly been ripping teams apart with only one goal being the difference in their last five wins in League One.
But that won’t bother Wilson at all, as his side have shown themselves to be more than capable of getting a lead and doing enough to grind out wins, in what is a tough league to get promoted from.
Striker Nick Blackman (9/2 first goalscroer) has been key for the South Yorkshire outfit this season and with seven goals to his name so far, Wilson will be looking to the youngster the get on the scoresheet once again on Monday.
There are no fresh injury concerns for United following their 1-0 win over Walsall in their last outing and forward Dave Kitson (5/4 Anytime goalscorer) looks set to recover from a virus in time to take on his former club Portsmouth and he will be looking to add to just his three goals this term.
As for the visitors to Bramall Lane, Pomey have lost the services of loan man Wes Thomas who has returned to his parent club Bournemouth and manager Michael Appleton will have to consider a different partner for leading goalscorer Izale McLeod. Having scored nine goals this term, McLeod is going to be the main threat that the Blades will have to keep tabs on if they want to avoid an upset on home soil.
A big boost for Portsmouth is that keeper Mikkel Andersen has managed to recover from a knock on his hip to make the trip up to Yorkshire, although midfielder Darel Russell is again going to be an absentee through injury.
The South Coast outfit were on a decent run of form until their last game when they suffered a 2-1 defeat to Stevenage. However before that they were five games unbeaten in League One with four wins in that spell, which has seen the side start to climb the table.
Of course the financial restraints are going to limit what the side from Fratton Park can do this season but on current form they can certainly push up towards the playoff places.
Bramall Lane is going to be a tough place for any side to go to this season and it looks like United will be the ones celebrating the three points come the final whistle but again don’t expect the Blades to run away with it (7/1 Sheffield Utd 1-0 correct score).
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There is just one Premier League encounter on Sunday to preview as Tottenham host QPR in a London derby at White Hart Lane.