Sheffield United have not been brilliant but they are in the final Championship play-off position. Peterborough United are down.
Winners
Sheffield United, right place at the right time
Going into this weekend’s run of fixtures, six teams could lay claim to having a semi-decent chance or more of making the final spot in the play-off places their own. Out of that sextet, only one won on Saturday. Sheffield United started in pole position for sixth place and by the end of the weekend, had one foot in the end-of-season lottery. The win came courtesy of link-up play between two of their stand-out performers of the campaign, undoubted player of the season Morgan Gibbs-White providing the assist for young breakout star Iliman Ndiaye.
The worst-case scenario for Sheffield United is having a two-point buffer over the teams below them, and that accounts for games in hand being won by their contemporaries Middlesbrough, who are out of sorts without a win in five. Paul Heckingbottom’s side had been similarly off kilter in recent weeks, but this was a welcome return to winning ways at exactly the time it was needed most. One more win from their final two games should do the trick, but a London double over QPR and Fulham would guarantee the Blades at least two extra games this season: quite the feat considering their lowly position when Heckingbottom took over the reins from Slavisa Jokanovic.
Iliman Ndiaye
In a team that had become stale due to a lack of proper investment during the Premier League years but with some stalwarts revived and back to their best under Heckingbottom, this has been a breakthrough campaign. The French youngster has played in just under half of Sheffield United’s minutes this season, but his impact has been greater. The fifth goal of his campaign was his second successive 1-0 winner. That could prove to be the difference between a play-off campaign and lack thereof come early May.
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