Sheffield United – Nottingham Forest, Picks and Tips
Sheffield United closed the regular season with three wins in the last three rounds. In the round that drew the curtain on the regular season they beat Fulham, the team that finished in first place. It was 4-0 to Sheffield United, a match in which Gibbs-White, Ndiaye, Berge and Stevens scored. Prior to this result, Sheffield United won 3-1 away to QPR. Result recorded after 0-1 at half-time for QPR. After the restart, Ndiaye, Robinson and Hourihane scored for Sheffield. That's three consecutive games in which Iliman Ndiaye, a 22-year-old French midfielder, has scored. He did so in a 1-0 home win over Cardiff City. But Ndiaye, with seven goals, was not Sheffield's top scorer. Ahead of him were Gibbs-White, with 11 goals and nine assists, and Sharp, who finished the season with 14 goals and seven assists. Sheffield United finished the season in fifth place with 75 points, five behind their future opponents Nottingham Forest.
6 Nottingham Forest were last in the Premier League in the 1998 - 1999 season. The team that holds two European Champions Cup titles then finished bottom of the table. No less than 23 years have passed since then, and the 'Foresters' have never returned to the Premier League. Now they are close, but they will have to get past Sheffield United first. Then the winner of Luton Town v Huddersfield. Nottingham Forest kept their chances of direct promotion alive ahead of their penultimate round Championship clash with Bournemouth. The Rangers were beaten 0-1 away and Bournemouth became the second team to win direct promotion to the Premier League. Nottingham Forest finished in a 1-1 draw away to Hull. Both goals were scored in extra time. "It was the 'Foresters' who scored first in the second minute of extra time from the spot through Johnson. They conceded the goal two minutes later. Prior to these two results, Nottingham had won four in a row and had not conceded a goal in three of the games. "The 'Rangers' had the second best defence in the Championship. They conceded 40 goals in 48 games played. Only Bournemouth were better in this respect. Nottingham Forest finished the season in 5th position. They totalled 80 points, eight less than Bournemouth, who finished 2nd.
Our recommendation tip for Sheffield United – Nottingham Forest: UNDER 2.5 GOALS @ 1.60