FA CUP - SHEFFIELD UNITED v QPR
Bramall Lane plays host to an all Championship FA Cup tie when Sheffield United and Queens Park Rangers meet in the third round of the competition.
United are seventh in the table and they are just two points behind the top six places.
The Blades have lost just one of their last nine league matches which has seen them climb from 14th place to the edge of the play-offs.
QPR are three places behind Sheffield United in 10th place and are just four points behind the sides currently occupying the top six.
The London club are going through a tough spell on the pitch and have won just one of their last eight Championship matches.
MATCH FACTS
Head To Head
There have been 45 previous encounters between these two sides with Sheffield United winning 13 while Queens Park Rangers have won 15. There have been 17 draws.
The only ever FA Cup meeting between the clubs was on 10 March 1923 when United ran out 1-0 winners at Loftus Road in the fourth round.
Sheff Utd
Sheffield United have won the FA Cup four times (1899, 1902, 1915, 1925).
The Blades latest FA Cup final victory came in a 1-0 over Cardiff City on 25 April 1925.
United's last FA Cup final appearance was in 1936 when they were beaten 1-0 by Arsenal.
QPR
Queens Park Rangers have competed in just one FA Cup final in their history (1982) which they lost 1-0 in a replay to Tottenham Hotspur after the original tie ended in a 1-1 draw.
Rangers have lost four of their last eight league games.
They have won just two of their last 11 Championship matches.
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Sheff Utd
Darius Henderson: 10 goals
QPR
Jay Simpson: 9 goals
MOST RECENT CLASH
QPR 1-1 Sheffield United (19 December 2009)
