Sheff Utd beat city rivals Wednesday to move up to 22nd in the table
Portsmouth earned a first win in seven games on Saturday
Recommended bet: Sheff Utd to win and under 2.5 goals
Sheffield United host fellow strugglers Portsmouth at Bramall Lane on Wednesday night with the hope of taking another step towards moving out of the Championship relegation zone.
A victory for the Blades would see Chris Wilder’s side move to just a point behind Pompey.
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Team news
United will assess Chiedozie Ogbene after the winger missed the win over Wednesday with a hamstring problem.
Gustavo Hamer is likely to be given more minutes off the bench, though the game has likely come too soon for Oliver Arblaster and Tahith Chong, who are both recovering from spells out injured.
Portsmouth forward Callum Lang is available for selection after playing half-an-hour on Saturday.
However, Pompey are still without Connor Ogilvie, Conor Shaughnessy, Jacob Farrell, Franco Umeh, Thomas Waddingham and Harvey Blair.
The stats
United were victorious in their last league game against Portsmouth in March, having last won consecutive meetings with Pompey in August 2000.
Portsmouth are winless in their past 24 away league games against United since a 3-1 win in November 1955.
It is the Blades' longest unbeaten home run against a side and Pompey's longest winless away run in the league.
United have won just one of their past eight home league games, while they have also failed to score more than once in any of these games.
Having won their first away league game of the season against Oxford, Portsmouth are now winless in their past six on the road.
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Prediction
United's 3-0 victory over Wednesday in the Steel City derby will have given the squad and fanbase belief the Blades can finally haul themselves out of the Championship drop zone and start looking up the table.
It has not been plain sailing since Chris Wilder's return, with the Blades still suffering six defeats in 11, but the belief the boss has given his players has seen a return of 13 points.
With the foundation laid to recover from a horror start, the visit of Portsmouth provides the Blades with a real chance of earning back-to-back wins for only the second time this season.
Pompey, who are currently four points ahead of United, beat Millwall 3-1 at Fratton Park on Saturday, but before that has lost four of the previous six matches, picking up just two points.
United are heavy favourites for the win, though it may also be worth backing under 2.5 goals and only a narrow victory as the Blades have scored just four goals at home all season.
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