With the games remaining this season, the Gills will be aiming to beat the bookies and earn enough points to secure second spot. They are currently 4th in the League One table and nine points behind second placed Burton Albion, though they do have a game in hand over the top two. A losing streak of three consecutive fixtures in February put a massive dent in their promotion hopes, but since drawing 0-0 at Scunthorpe on 5 March, the Blues have won two of their five games unbeaten.
They registered victories over relegation threatened Crewe Alexandra (3-0) and at Bury (1-0) whilst completing a goalless draw at home to Coventry City last weekend.
Promotion-chasing Gillingham remain fourth in the Sky Bet League One table after being held to a 0-0 draw by Coventry. In a dour encounter, the closest either side came to a goal was a second-half Jacob Murphy shot that hit the post for the Sky Blues. Gillingham made a bright start to proceedings and Luke Norris almost fed his strike partner Dominic Samuel with a cutback only for the latter to slip at the vital moment.
That proved to be the striker's final action of the match as he limped off minutes later clutching his thigh. Aaron Morris hit a volley high and wide minutes before the break that summed up a drab first 45 minutes. The start of the second half fared little better but on 69 minutes Stuart Nelson was required to break sweat when Gael Bigirimana's curling shot from 20 yards came within a whisker of the post. And the post came to Gillingham's rescue when Murphy let fly from 25 yards as neither side could find a winner.
Gills boss Justin Edinburgh will be boosted by the return of former Sheffield United loanee John Egan, whom made just one appearance for the Blades whilst on loan from Sunderland in March 2014. The defender returned from a knee injury to be a used substitute in the draw against the Sky Blues.
Top scorer Bradley Dack (13 goals) is likely to be side-lined with a hamstring injury. He has returned to training but a return against the Blades may be too soon. Meanwhile striker Dominic Samual has returned to Reading FC to assess a knee injury and will not feature against the Blades.
Blades-Mad Prediction: Sheffield United 2 Gillingham 1
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