Chris Wilder has given a clear idea of what it is like to play against Albion – especially at home.

The Sheffield United boss saw his side beaten 5-2 by the Seagulls at Bramall Lane.

He revealed he discussed the challenge ahead with West Ham counterpart David Moyes when the sides met last week.

The Hammers sat back in their 0-0 draw at home to Albion recently.

Wider believes that is the way to pay it - but it can be hard to do when your crowd are urging you to press.

Wilder said: “You don’t say it before, when the draw comes out, but it is a really difficult one to deal with, especially at home and how they play.

“It was quite interesting, speaking to David Moyes after we played West Ham last week because everybody has the same problem when they play against them.

“I get the narrative that let’s go and press, let’s go and get after them, let’s not allow them to play.

“They have worked religiously on it.

“They have been a possession-based football team for quite a number of seasons under Graham (Potter) and then taking it to the next level now with the players they bring in as well.

“Obviously I know about one of them, Joao Pedro.

“You look at the game. More passes than anybody in the Premier League.

“Second most possession, that’s above Liverpool, that’s above Spurs, that’s above Villa, that’s above Man United, that’s above all these fabulous teams.

"There is only one team that rivals them for passes and possession in those numbers (Manchester City) so already it’s a difficult one for us, especially at home.

“That’s what we were taking to David Moyes about.

“David’s got 75,000 East Enders shouting at them to get up the pitch and go and make contact.

“You’ve seen today if you get up the pitch and you don’t get it right, especially when we made a few changes, they just go pop, pop, pop and all of a sudden they are in.

"The first goal is unbelievable, top corner, even though my central midfield player should do better He sold himself too early.

"Second goal is a penalty, third goal is a penalty, fourth goal and fifth goal are counter-attacks when we are trying to get something from the game.

"The bit in the middle, which they do to everybody else, they give you chances.

"If we had limited them in terms of the decisions we made defensively and were a bit better at the top of the pitch in terms of the quality we should have shown, who knows?

"Maybe it become a tighter game and we give ourselves a bigger opportunity of getting a result."