The Blades are third in the Championship table, while Leeds United are second and three points ahead and Norwich City a further four points on top.
Sheffield United midfielder John Fleck remains optimistic of his side’s chances of leapfrogging Leeds United into the Championship’s top two come the end of the season.
The Blades head into the Easter holiday double-header three points behind the Whites with just four games to play, although Chris Wilder’s charges have a superior goal difference.
Sheff Utd have failed to win their last two games, picking up 1-1 draws against Birmingham City and then Millwall, the latter especially painful due to an injury-time goal.
On Good Friday, the Blades host Nottingham Forest, a side that has floundered in recent weeks, and on Easter Monday they travel to Hull City.
They then wrap up the regular season with a home game against relegated Ipswich Town and a trip to Stoke City, and with 12 points still to play for, Fleck refuses to throw in the towel.
That said, the 27-year-old was honest about the pressing need to pick up wins as well as admitting it was hard to look at the positives after the Millwall heartbreak.
“We need to try and pick up a few more wins,” the Wilder favourite, with 41 Championship appearances this term, told the Yorkshire Post. “There is four games left and a lot of points to play (for).
“We have still got an opportunity. After Millwall, it was hard to look at the positives as we did not win the game. But we will be ready for the next game.”
In comparison, Leeds face Wigan Athletic at home and Brentford away during the Easter period, before hosting Aston Villa and then wrapping up the regular season at Ipswich.
Norwich City are top, a further four points ahead of Leeds but, with all the twists and turns that have taken place this season, who’s to say they can’t be deposed by full time in match 46?
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