SHEFFIELD United boss Paul Heckingbottom is hoping to capitalise upon home advantage as his Blades welcome Cherries to Yorkshire tomorrow afternoon (3pm).

Heckingbottom’s side enter the fixture unbeaten in two games, having picked up their first win of the Premier League campaign at home to Wolves before drawing away at Brighton in the final fixtures prior to November’s international break.

Four points separate the two teams entering the match at Bramall Lane, with Cherries sitting higher in 16th, above the Blades who occupy the final relegation spot of 18th.

Discussing the fixture, Heckingbottom commented: “Lots of people already giving me the points.

“No, you only have to look at their last game, they were really good.

“Newcastle impose themselves and try and dominate but Bournemouth were really good, so it’s going to be difficult.

“Regardless of the opposition, we have to put ourselves in the position to take points. Whoever we’re playing.

“We’ve shown we can do that, we got over the line in the last two and that’s the difference.

“They’re an athletic team, do a lot of work with the press.

“We have to understand that’s a big weapon for them but make sure we can create chances and difficult moments and capitalise on them.

“We want to keep momentum going; the message has not changed.

“Because we finished strongly in both our last two games and we’ve been the team on top at the end, I’ve taken a lot from that. The players and the fans have as well.

“We’ve kept ourselves in those games and we need to do that. We could easily have taken points from Spurs and (Man) City, who have been the teams everyone’s talking about.

“There’s lots of ways to take points but we have to be in a position to do it. We’re at home, we want to try and capitalise and take the points.”