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Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Sheffield United's first home match back in the Premier League. Crystal Palace will be the Blades' first top-flight opponent in 12 years, with Premier League audiences getting their first chance to see the tactically innovative Chris Wilder in action. I'm Pete Hall, and I will be bringing you the action, as it happens, live!

Premier League / Matchday 2
Bramall Lane / 18.08.2019
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Marcus Foley

Updated 18/08/2019 at 14:57 GMT


13:54
Roy Hodgson explains his decision to bring Zaha back in: "He's trained well, he's got more training sessions behind him now since coming back from the African Cup of Nations so I'm hoping he'll be ready for today."
13:51
Chris Wilder explains his team selections this afternoon: "It was tough to leave out Billy Sharp. All three substitutions played a big part to get us back level (at Bournemouth), and it was a great story Billy scoring too. But all the team played well and deserve another chance to go again."
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13:50
BLADES BEWARE! Only Manchester City (24) have scored more away Premier League goals in 2019 so far than Crystal Palace (20).
13:49
Zaha has scored six goals in his last seven away Premier League games. Indeed, of players to score more than five goals in the Premier League last season, Zaha scored the highest percentage of them away from home (90 per cent - 9/10).
13:35
Please stay, Wilf, please...
13:24
HEAD TO HEAD: Sheffield United and Crystal Palace haven't faced in the Premier League since the 1992-93 campaign - Palace won both matches without conceding a goal. In the top-flight. Sheffield United have lost five of their last six matches against Palace (W0 D1 L5), though all games were between 1990 and 1993.
13:10
ZAHA IN, NO PLACE FOR SHARP: Despite scoring a dramatic equaliser at Bournemouth last week, there is no place in the Sheffield United starting XI for Billy Sharp as Chris Wilder names an unchanged side. Big news for Palace is that Wilfried Zaha is back having missed last week's opener, and starts as the only change from the side who drew with Everton.
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13:07
TEAM NEWS - SHEFFIELD UNITED: Henderson, Baldock, O’Connell, Basham, Egan, Stevens, Lundstram, Norwood, Fleck, McGoldrick, Robinson. Subs: Moore, Jagielka, Osborn, Besic, Freeman, McBurnie, Freeman. /// CRYSTAL PALACE: Guaita, Ward, Kelly, Dann, Van Aanholt, McArthur, Milijoevic, Meyer, Townsend, Benteke, Zaha. Subs: Hennessey, Cahill, Schlupp, McCarthy, Kouyate, Wickham, Ayew.