It was Grand National day in April, when Ipswich Town were last at Bramall Lane and United will be looking to replicate their 2-0 victory of that day when Roy Keane and co arrive in S2 on Tuesday night.

The Blades were fantastic value for the home success over the Tractor Boys. First-half goals from Greg Halford and Darius Henderson ensured that the Manager of the Month curse did not strike for Kevin Blackwell.

Blades: Kenny, Halford, Naysmith, Cotterill (Beattie 67), Morgan, Kilgallon (Bromby 87), Henderson, Montgomery, Ward, S.Quinn (O'Toole 75), Naughton.
Unused: Lupoli, Hendrie.

Ipswich: Wright, Bruce, Garvan, Norris (Haynes 55), Lisbie, Stead (Counago 54), Balkestein, Campo (Volz 74), A. Quinn, Shumulikoski, Thatcher.
Unused: Miller, Bialkowski.

Referee: N Miller
Attendance: 25,315