On their return from the final international break of the season, Sheffield United and Coventry City will meet at Bramall Lane on Friday in a crucial contest at the top end of the Championship table.
The hosts sit in the automatic promotion spots but only lead third-placed Burnley by two points, while the visitors have climbed into fifth place and lead the chasing pack by the same margin in the playoff race.
Sheffield United return for the final stretch of the Championship season on Friday aiming to move to the top of the table and give their automatic promotion hopes another major boost.
Following a harmful home defeat to league leaders Leeds United in late February, just their sixth league loss of the season, the Blades quickly refound their form before the recent international break, putting a four-match unbeaten run together including three victories, as they firstly beat Queens Park Rangers and Preston North End to make it six wins from a seven-game span alongside that lone setback.
Then on the back of a disappointing 1-1 home draw with Bristol City, having been pegged back by a 90th-minute Mark Sykes leveller after Tyrese Campbell’s opener, Chris Wilder’s men most recently visited city rivals Sheffield Wednesday before the break and completed the double over the Owls with a 1-0 victory thanks to Rhian Brewster’s second-half goal.
