High-flying Sheffield United will continue their quest for promotion when they host strugglers Oxford United at Bramall Lane on Tuesday in their 17th Championship outing. The home team are third with 32 points and their 2-2 draw with Coventry City on Saturday left them level on points from with the team's occupying the league's two automatic promotion spots at the top of the table, while the away side are 18th with 17 points after 16 matchweeks and lost 6-2 against Middlesbrough on November 23. The Blades may have mixed emotions about their draw with Coventry, as while they will be pleased that they avoided defeat considering they were reduced to 10 men late in the first half, they will be disappointed that they conceded an 80th-minute equaliser and surrendered their 2-1 lead.
Boss Chris Wilder was satisfied with a share of the spoils, saying: "Definitely a point gained with how the game went. We're 2-1 up, do we go kamikaze and play 4-3-2 and open the game up? We sat in, we have shown that we're prepared to defend by hook or by crook." Wilder's side have been excellent defensively in the Championship this campaign, with their figure of 10 clean sheets the joint best in the division, while their record of nine goals conceded is only bettered by fourth-placed Burnley.
The club also boast the league's seventh best offensive record having scored 21 goals this season, and they have netted at least twice in four of their past five matches. Sheffield United have won four times and .
