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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Harry Redknapp’s Spurs go into the game looking to extend their unbeaten run to seven matches following defeats to Manchester United and City in their opening two matches of the Premier League campaign.

Indeed they have picked up 16 points from their opening eight matches, which is their joint-best start to a Premier League season and they will hope to improve on that this weekend.

Redknapp’s side, who have not lost a London derby in the league on home soil in 16 matches, also have history on their side having done the double over the R’s when they were last in the Premier League back in the 1995-96 season.

Spurs could have Williams Gallas back in the side if he passes a fitness test, while Steven Pienaar is in line to make his first appearance of the season, but Tom Huddlestone, Michael Dawson and Ledley King are still out.

Neil Warnock’s R’s make the 13-mile trip across the Capital boosted by last Sunday’s 1-0 derby win against Chelsea in a controversial clash at Loftus Road.

QPR’s last all-London clash away from home resulted in a 6-0 thrashing at Fulham, but they have also won on the road at Everton and Wolves this season so should not be underestimated by Spurs.

Warnock will hope to have defenders Danny Gabbidon and Armand Traore available following their recovery from respective knee and thigh complaints in the past week.

Looking at the game and Spurs have managed to score at least two goals in each of their last six league outings, while loan striker Emmanuel Adebayor has a habit of finding the net against Londoner clubs and must be worth considering at 7/2 First Goalscorer.

QPR’s talisman Adel Taarabt has failed to score in his last 11 league and cup games for the club and will be looking to break his duck against his former club at 5/2 Anytime Goalscorer.

However, it is Tottenham who are in a hot streak of form and there should be only one outcome in this match.

Prediction: Spurs Home 90 Minutes @ 2/5
Value Bet: Van der Vaart 1st Scorer Spurs 3-1 Scorecast @ 30/1

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