For the two clubs with sorest memories of Championship play-offs, it looks like Sheffield United’s turn to banish ghosts of yesteryear after the easiest of first legs at Ashton Gate.

Follow live coverage as Bristol City face Sheffield United in the Championship today.An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

Rob Dickie's red card cost the Robins dear as Harrison Burrows converted from the spot and the Blades scored twice more after the break