The Blades currently lie 16th in the table, with six wins, five draws, and eight defeats from their opening 19 matches.
That underwhelming run of form before finally gaining a win last night against Reading, has left them with 23 points – nine adrift of the play-offs and five clear of the drop zone.
But can they hope to turn their fortunes around over the course of the remainder of the season?
FiveThirtyEight have meticulously simulated the last 27 games of the campaign to predict how the Championship’s final standings will look by the time May comes around.
But where will the Blades finish when all is said and done?
We’ve gathered all of the details you need to know, including the percentage probability of them making the play-offs, below...