Sheffield United and Bristol City will be debuting their new bosses on Saturday’s late afternoon game (17:30 BST) to ring in their new Championship season.
For the Robins, Austrian Gerhard Struber will be hoping to take the mantle on from former boss Liam Manning and set Bristol City up for another promotion fight with a huge win over the side that gave them a 6-0 drubbing in the play-off semi-finals.
While Blades boss Ruben Selles will need to prove he’s up to scratch in front of a home crowd after he replaced the much-loved Chris Wilder.
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Sheffield United are unbeaten across their last six league games against Bristol City (W4 D2), with each of their last three wins coming via a one-goal margin.
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Three of Bristol City’s last four league wins against Sheffield United have come at Bramall Lane, with the Robins scoring 2+ goals in each of those victories.
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Sheffield United have lost on each of the last four occasions their first league game of the season has come at home, failing to score in each of the last three.
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Bristol City have won their opening league game in just one of the last seven seasons (D4 L2), beating Coventry 2-1 at home in 2020-21.
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Bristol City have won just one of their last 15 away league games (D7 L7), beating Millwall 2-0 back in March.