Sheffield United

Hull City will aim to cement their place in the paly-off spots as they visit Sheffield United on Saturday (15:00 BST).

The Tigers are currently two points ahead of Southampton in sixth and only four in front of seventh-placed Wrexham after two successive draws.

The Blades have failed to win any of their games in March and are still searching for a victory in April.

• Sheffield United have lost their last two league games against Hull, as many as in their previous 24 against the Tigers (W15 D7).

• Hull are looking to complete the league double over Sheffield United for just the second time, previously doing so in 1952-53.

• Since Boxing Day, only Sheffield Wednesday (1) have kept fewer Championship clean sheets than Sheffield United (2 in 19 games); they are the only side without a home clean sheet in that time.

• Hull have drawn their last two league games, having only drawn two out of 27 beforehand (W15 D10). They last drew three in a row back in November 2024.

• Sheffield United's Gustavo Hamer has assisted the most goals in the Championship this season (11) – the last Blades player with more in a league campaign was John Fleck in League One in 2016-17 (16). Indeed, 10 of Hamer's 11 assists have been at Bramall Lane, six more than any other player has at one venue this season (Ryan Giles at the MKM Stadium for Hull, 6).

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder told BBC Radio Sheffield his team improved hugely in the second half of their 1-0 defeat away to Bristol City.

"We went with a different shape for this game. There's a few reasons why I wanted to have a little peek at that," he said.

"But shapes don't win games of football. Attitude and approaches do.

"In the first half as soon as they scored the goal, there were players doubting themselves, and they can't at this club. They have to have the character and the personality.

"In the second half was where I wanted to be, and I think that was recognised by the supporters.

"It was front-foot, it was positive, it was risk, it was quick and aggressive and it resulted in so many shots and crosses, but we have to win and that's what we're here to do".

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder says his side's 3-3 draw with Swansea City encapsulated their season.

From going 3-1 up after 64 minutes, the Blades contrived to let their visitors escape Bramall Lane with a point.

As a result, since returning to the club in September, Wilder has now seen his team give up 29 points from winning positions.

He believes that if they had achieved just half of that number, it would have taken their tally of 51 points and 17th place to one that would be in the top six.

"If we'd had 15 of those points, 50% of those points, we'd be sat in the play-offs," he told BBC Radio Sheffield.

"When we walked in, everyone would have been quite happy about that, but to lose almost 30 is just ridiculous."

Having finished third last season and collected 92 points on the field, Wilder knows that something has gone missing this campaign.

"Those decision-making moments that we have to deal with better, we should enjoy and be better in those moments, but we don't seem to enjoy it," he said.

"I will go on because it's relevant because it's the closest season we had - last year, personality, character, personality, character - dealing with those moments, dealing with those situations."

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Championship clubs spent just over £69.5m on agents fees over the past 12 months according to figures released by the Football Association,, external an increase of £6m on the previous year.

The figures cover the period from February 2025 with Ipswich Town the top spenders, paying £11.7m having spent the first three months of the accounting period in the Premier League.

Southampton (£8.3m) and Leicester (£5.8m), who were relegated alongside Ipswich are the second and third-highest payers on the list.

Troubled Sheffield Wednesday were the most frugal when dealing with agents, spending £534,559.

Wrexham come in sixth on the list with an outlay of £3.6m while current Championship leaders Coventry spent just short of £1.5m.

Championship agents' fee spending, external

• Ipswich - £11,738,920

• Southampton - £8,381,358

• Leicester City - £5,866,587

• Sheffield United - £5,005,498

• Norwich - £4,020,206

• Wrexham - £3,660,584

• Swansea - £3,088,645

• Middlesbrough - £2,900,314

• Bristol City - £2,774,990

• Hull City - £2,450,431

• Stoke City - £2,088,886

• Birmingham City - £1,996,502

• Millwall - £1,982,348

• Preston North End - £1,831,233

• QPR - £1,829,036

• Watford - £1,612,833

• Coventry - £1,497,990

• Derby - £1,409,507

• West Brom - £1,346,030

• Oxford - £1,235,536

• Charlton - £904,698

• Portsmouth - £831,818

• Blackburn - £676,980

• Sheffield Wednesday - £534,559

Sheffield United and Swansea City will both be vying to end a poor streak of form when they meet at Bramall Lane on Good Friday (15:00 BST).

The Blades have not won any of their past four league matches (D2 L2), while Swansea have lost their past two successively.

• Sheffield United lost the reverse fixture against Swansea 1-0 in August, having won five in a row against the Swans before this.

• Swansea have lost eight of their last nine away league games against Sheffield United, winning the other in August 2018. These eight defeats have been by an aggregate score of 20-1.

• Sheffield United are winless in their last four league games (D2 L2), only having a longer run this season in their first six games (L6).

• Swansea have lost 2-0 against Wrexham and 3-0 against Coventry in their last two league games, last losing three in a row without scoring in March/April 2021 (4 in a row).

• Sheffield United have dropped more points from winning positions than any other side in the Championship this season (27). Indeed, in their last three home games they've lost to Coventry, drawn with West Brom and lost to Wrexham despite leading.