Pick of the stats: Bristol City v Sheffield United
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Bristol City and Sheffield United will seek to get back to winning ways and close on the play-off places when they meet at Ashton Gate on Saturday (15:00 BST).
The inconsistent Robins have taken four points from their past five league games to slip to 12th, two points outside the play-off places and went down 1-0 at home to Blackburn on Tuesday, despite dominating much of the game.
The Blades battled back from 2-0 down with 10-men to level at Portsmouth the following night, only to fall to a last-gasp winner, their fourth defeat in five games in all competitions.
Bristol City won home and away against Sheffield United in the Championship last season, but have never won three in a row against the Blades in league competition.
After losing this exact fixture last season 1-0, Sheffield United are looking to avoid losing successive league visits to Bristol City for the first time since losing four in a row from 1989 to 2007.
Bristol City have alternated between winning and losing across their last nine home league games (W4 L5), losing their last 1-0 against Blackburn in midweek.
Sheffield United have lost their past two away Championship matches, as many defeats as across their prior 11 combined (W5 D4).
This season in the Championship, only West Ham (9) have scored more goals from set pieces (incl. penalties) than Bristol City (7). The Robins also rank second for goals scored from corners specifically (4), behind only the Hammers (6).
