Preview followed by live coverage of Friday's Premier League game between Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United.
Nottingham Forest have lost just one of their past 13 home league games against Sheffield United, winning seven and drawing five.
This is the first Premier League meeting between the sides since the Blades registered a 2-0 victory at the City Ground in May 1993, a result which confirmed Forest as the first side to be relegated from the competition. Forest are vying to score their 100th top-flight goal against Sheffield United. Stuart Pearce scored their 99th goal in a 5-2 home defeat by the Blades in 1992.Nottingham Forest could equal a Premier League club record of four successive wins at the City Ground, last matched in January 1996.They could lose their opening two top-flight league games for the first time since 1971.
Steve Cooper's side have scored in each of their past eight top-flight fixtures, netting 15 goals in that run.Awoniyi is the second Forest player to score in five consecutive Premier League appearances after Stan Collymore, who found the net in six successive matches in 1995.The Blades have won their opening away league game in only two of the past 33 seasons, drawing 12 and losing 19.
Heckingbottom has won both of his away games as a manager at Forest - a 1-0 victory in the Championship with Barnsley in January 2017, and a 2-1 play-off win with the Blades in May 2022.
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