Sheffield United against Nottingham Forest

Huckerby fired in a ball low towards the goal and Page tracking back got his foot to it under pressure from the Forest striker and bags himself an O.G

Forest pull one back - own goal by page at the other end!!!

Kabba picks up the ball on the right and sends in a cross looking for Allison but Walker gets his head to it and puts it past his own keeper

Des Walker own-goal!!!

Forest get it clear and Lester has it and is threratening, but the move is broken down and Brown and Tonge exchange passes on the halfway line

Kabba manages to skin Brennan and threatens to put in a cross but he is tackled

Substitution for Forest who bring off Williams for Jon Olav Hjelde

The Blades were 2-nil down and now lead 3-2 on the night, 4-3 on aggregate with just over six minute to play

Peschisolido latched onto the Kenny clearance and he twisted and turned past two Forest defenders to find space for a shot which he hit low and to the right of Ward - what a comeback

Peschisolido scores for United!!

Another fruitless long throw from Johnson and Kenny gathers easily and launches a clearance long down the field

Ward tries to challenge enormous striker Allison for a cross and comes of the worse - freekick

Huckerby gets a booking for expressing himself too vividly to the ref

Page fails to clear an easy ball and Huckerby gathers and feeds into Lester who fires a great shot

Johnson tries another long throw, but to no avail as the United keeper gathers and clears long

Allison is the target for a United free kick but it is cleared

Paul Peschisolido and Wayne Allison come on for Sheffield United's Ndlovu and Asaba as we get back underway again

The ref signals the end of the first half

Tonge sends the ball into the box towards Page but he misses it.

Asaba gets the ball on the right wing and wins a corner with just seconds remaining

One minute of added on time before the teams switch ends

Almost the end of the first period of extra time and there is nothing between the two sides

Walker blocks a Kabba pass at the other end of the pitch as the Blades build again, eventually Ward getting hold of the ball and clearing

Johnson manages to get hold of the ball after it pinballed around in midfield - he knocks towards Huckerby but it is too long for him

Brown talks himself into the referee's book, yellow card

Lester tries to put in a cross but it is too long and flies out

More route one stuff from Sheffield United: A long clearance from Kenny towards Asaba who tries to knock the ball on towards Kabba, but it fails to find him

Brown has the ball and heads towards the byline only for Scimeca to tackle well and end the threat

Louis-Jean is down and getting treatment on the pitch, possibly suffering from cramp

Forest build at the other end Lester, who has been a threat ever since he joined the game, fires another shot towards Kenny in the Blades goal but it is wide

Ndlovu takes a wild swing at the ball at the back post following a deep cross from Tonge. Brennan and Reid both should have cleared but luckily for them Ndlovu's shot was well off target

Jagielka makes a mistake and Johnson gets the ball, but again Jagielka recovers and makes another important tackle

Both sets of fans in fine voice urging their teams on passionately

The danger is cleared but Johnson and Forest have a throw in which is launched into the area

Huckerby wins a freekick for Forest and Scimeca sends it towards the back post of the Sheffield United goal

We're back underway and the Blades press forward only for Louis-Jean to clear

Two halves of 15 minutes coming up to try and decide the outcome of this match - will we see penalties?

The ref blows for the end of regulation time - and the second-leg of this First Division play-off semi final will go into extra time!

Lester goes on a great looking run but after getting past two defenders his shot is straight at Kenny

Reid tries to break after a mis-placed Curtis throw finds him, but Brown cuts in with a good tackle

Rankine, Brown and Curtis exchange passes and try to find a way past the Forest defence

The ball is hammered in and Kenny comes flailing off his line and misses it completely, nervous defending at the last

Scimeca gets the ball to Lester who wins a corner for Forest

Can either of these two sides find a winner in injury time?

Four minutes of extra-time signalled by the fourth official

Kabba gets the ball from a long Kenny clearance, he waits to pass to Ndlovu rather than playing it to Asaba at the back post, but Ndlovu gets tackled by Scimeca and the move breaks down - Ndlovu unhappy and wanted a penalty

Tonge passes to Asaba who heads towards goal with the ball at his feet only for Walker to tackle perfectly

Page fouls Johnson and Forest have a freekick 35 yards out. Scimeca has a go but there is little venom in his shot and Kenny gathers easily

Curtis puts in a useful ball towards to Asaba, but it is cleared by Walker

Forest passing the ball well to keep possession in their own half

Time running out for both sides to end this tie in normal time

Riccardo Scimeca plays an awesome pass to split the Blades defence and Johnson runs clear only for Jagielka to regain his position and get his foot in the way of Johnson's shot

Ward punches well to clear Tonge's second corner

Johnson turns out Tonge's first kick and its another corner

The Blades press forward again and win a corner

Freekick to Forest which Reid takes quickly trying to capitalise on Kenny being out of position, but he over-hits his effort to the dispair of the Forest faithful

Ndlovu's cushioned header falls to Tonge who latches on the ball and races towards the goal, but instead of passing to Kabba Tonge tries a shot and it is blocked - wasted opportunity

Huckerby has been largely innocuous this half having dropped deep into midfield and as a result Forest have lost most of their guile

Reid tries to get the ball to Johnson but the pass is poor and it is symptomatic of Forest's failure to make the most of what possession they've had this half

Curtis can't collect a mis-hit clearance by Kenny and Forest have a throw

Warnock bellowing instructions from the dugout - what a comeback from Sheffiled United tonight, but can they finish the job?

Tonge hits a poor cross far too deep and Forest finally have some respite

Walker looking nervous now and its is not helping the Forest defence

Kabba fires the ball to Ndlovu who in turn lays it into the Forest area looking for Asaba, Walker and Ward get their wires crossed and both watch nervously as it goes out

Forest are shellshocked. 3-3 on aggregate, but no away goals, so one of these two sides needs to find a winner and at the moment you wouldn't back Forest

The ball is cleared by Kenny and it falls to Kabba in the Forest penalty area, Walker stood like a statue when he should have cleared and Kabba fired in with an unstoppable shot from 10 yards out

Kabba scores with a breathtaking strike!!

Williams slams into Tonge and now Sheffield United have a freekick

Forest just cannot get a grip on the ball and the Blades force their way forward again

Lester manages to win the ball and races clear only to be brought down from behind by Tonge who gets yellow card for the foul

Great pressure from the Blades with Tonge particularly trying to pull the strings and forge an opening

A third corner in quick success after Thompson turned the ball out

Tonge's first corner is turned out and he gets another chance

Brennan concedes a corner after heading the ball just over his own crossbar

Lester goes on a run and opts to shoot rather than pass, but his momentum forced him wide and he failed to wrap his foot around the ball

Forest make a change, Harewood has not recovered from his heavy knock from Kenny and is replaced Jack Lester

Walker tried to block Brown's freekick but he only managed to defelct the ball past his own keeper and now Sheffield United are right back in the game and have the wind in their sails

Brown scores for the Blades!!!

Freekick for the Blades on the very edge of the penalty area following a foul which earnt Walker a yellow card

Huckerby sent the ball to Louis-Jean on the right wing as Forest broke from deep, his cross found Reid running in at the back post and his full volley found its way past Kenny in the Blades goal

Reid scores for Forest!!!

The ball reaches Ndlovu at the back post who heads the ball back across goal, Kabba leaps and gets a touch but it is wide

Walker concedes a corner as Blades threaten throught Asaba

Johnson is rightly penalised for a foul on Kozluk the two scrap for the ball on the edge of the United area

Jagielka knocks the ball in, it drops to Kabba but his shot is very tame and its with the keeper

Quickly though United are back in possession and building again

Freekick to the Blades midway inside the Forest half. Kabba recieves it but he can't get the cross in at the byline and Forest have a goal kick

Ndlovu's cross is too long for Asaba and Jim Brennan gathers the loose ball and gallops into the open space ahead of him

Back underway after treatment to Harewood and United are pressing for the equaliser

Reid puts in a clever ball over the top of the Blades defence, Kenny races of his line quickly to deny Harewood who his knocked down by the keeper and needs attention

Curtis puts in a long throw to Asaba who passes to Brown, his deflected cross loops to the back post and out of play

Kabba has a shot of his own at the other end after a long clearance from Kenny, but it is straight at Ward

As Forest build at the other end a clearance by Page falls to Williams who tries his luck, but the shot is well over

Curtis plays a neat ball to Ndlovu who crosses, Kozluk shapes to shoot but Williams tackles and the attack breaks down

Substitution for the Blades, Dean Windass has been replaced by Steve Kabba.

Referee Walton gets things back underway at Bramall Lane, can the home side get back into it? They need two goals to go through, if we?re level at 90 minutes its extra time and maybe penalties.

Neil Warnock's men must remain focussed, they have created more clear cut chances and have looked dangerous, but they must also be wary of Forest's threatening counter attacks

Halftime and Forest are just 45 minutes away from the Play-off final. Although Sheffield United have played the better football Forest have made the most of what chances they've had, with Johnson taking his goal very well indeed

Tonge's corner is cleared and Huckerby races clear and is deep in the Sheffield United half looking dangerous only for the ref to blow for halftime - Forest and Huckerby not amused

The ball is sent into the back post but Walker clears for a corner with a back-header

Harewood felled Brown and the Blades have a freekick

A defensive header by Page almost lets in United but Walker clears

Two minutes of added time is signalled by the fourth official

Tonge tackled by Louis-Jean as he tried to get to the byline and whip in a cross

Ndlovu crosses into the box but Thompson clears only for the ball to get knocked back in, this time Windass fires wide

Ward gathers the ball after a deep, hopefull cross is pumped into his penalty area

Harewood disposseded on the halfway line with Huckerby bounding deep into enemy territory

Kozluk and Tonge combine well in the middle of the field for the Blades but Forest cut out a loose pass and look to build

A Curtis throw finds Asaba who gets it to Windass who in turn finds a lovely touch to feed the ball to Ndlovu, he races towards the Forest goal but his shot is straight at Ward

Brown sends in a freekick on the right hand side of the Forest penalty area but Phil Jagielka at the back post can't reach the ball and its a goal kick

Asaba again lets down his team down by failing to get into the right postion and Forest clear after great passing play opened a chance for the striker, but he was yards away from recieving the killer ball

Brown fancies his chances to add to his impressive 21 goal tally but his kick is woeful and flies into the stands

The Blades quickly counter and have a freekick just on the edge of the Forest area

Harewood sees a great shot just roll inches past Kenny's righthand post after he recieved a ball from deep

Asaba lets fly with a great half-volley after a great touch from Windass

The Forest counter-attack breaks down. Huckeby opting not to use Harewood and run himself into a dead-end

Curtis has a throw and finds Asaba, but Huckerby gets the ball and races clear

Tonge hammers in the kick but Forest shepperd the danger away

Windass wins a corner for the home side after his shot was deflected out by Walker

Despite seeing much of the ball the Blades find themsleves behind - can they get a quick reply

Johnson thumps the ball past Kenny after collecting a deft touch from Huckerby who robbed Curtis on the halfway line - first blood to Forest

Johnson scores for Forest!!!

Scimeca sends in the corner and despite poor marking the ball eludes the Forest forwards

Gareth Williams gets the ball wide to Reid as Forest press and eventually win a corner

Ndlovu, who has been operating on both wings tonight, passes to Brown who tries a drive from distance and his shot is only fractionally wide

Scimeca send in a free kick from the right wing, but it is out for another one of Johnson's long throws

Plenty of full-blooded tackles flying in midfield as the two side battle for the ball, but no bookings yet

Robert Kozluk tries a long throw of his own for the Blades, but the ref sees an infringement of the ball and Forest have a freekick in their own area

A Forest throw from Johnson finds Thompson, but his weak shot is gathered comfortably by Kenny

Huckerby caught Rankine with an flailing arm at the begining of his run, but the ref again sees nothing wrong

Huckerby, running at the Blades penalty area, sees his attempted shot blocked by right-back Curtis

Ndlovu takes a heavy knock from Riccardo Scimeca

Mark Rankine launches a long throw and from a Page kock on Windass has the best chance of the match, but his forceful header is straight at Ward in the Forest net

Ndlovu and Tonge link up and look dangerous together

Mathieu Louis-Jean fells Ndlovu as he tries some fancy footwork and Louis-Jean gets a word from the ref

Tonge sends in the ball looking for Page, in the resulting scramble Walker clatters in Windass but the ref sees nothing wrong with the robust challenge

Brown, Tonge and Asaba play some neat one touch stuff which ultimately leads to another United corner

Reid wastes possession for Forest in the Blades half by passing the ball straight into touch

Windass tries to find Asaba with a cushioned header on the edge of the box, but Asaa is oblivious to the move and Forest have the ball

From the clearance Ndlovu gets the ball and passes to Michael Brown, but the free-scoring midfielder is dispossessed

Johnson leaps high to try and reach a ball pumped into the Blades box, but he misses and its a goal kick

Robert Page latches on the corner kick at the back post, but his header is weak and Ward gathers

Curtis whips in a good first time cross and Walker heads the ball out for Sheffield United corner

A long throw from Curtis nearly drops to Asaba, but it is clear and Darren Huckerby almost breaks clear for Forest

Tonge again seeing plenty of the ball feeds it to John Curtis, who plays it to Peter Ndlovu as the Blades press their early superiority

Tonge fires in a great cross from the right wing and a touch from Ward ensures that Dean Windass cannot get the vital touch. Forest goal kick, but danger signs from Sheffield United

Ricardo Scimeca plays an insightful ball into Marlon Harewood's feet, but he is hurried and hassled and the neat attack breaks down after a Forest handball

Michael Tonge, working well in the middle of the park, gets the ball deep into the Forest half but Walker clears

Andrew Reid's resulting kick is over-hit and flies out for Sheffield United goal kick

Forest's wing back Mathieu Louis-Jean tries to get a cross in, but is fouled - free kick to Forest on the right of the penalty area

Another long thorw from Forest's David Johnson sees the ball in the Sheffield Untied penalty area, but it is cleared

A frenetic early pace to this winner-takes-all game

Ward comes a long way off his line to clear as Des Walker holds off Carl Asaba

Early problems for the Blades as a long throw tests out Patrick Kenny between the sticks

Robert Page heads clear for the Blades following a deep clearance from Forest keeper Darren Ward looking for Marlon Harewood

Forest's Jim Brennan sends a hopeful ball down the left wing, but Phil Jagielka cuts it out for the home side

Tonight?s referee, Peter Walton, gets things underway at Bramall Lane as these two sides contest a date with Wolverhampton Wanderers in the First Division play-off final at Cardiff?s Millennium Stadium on May 26.

Nottingham Forest: Darren Ward, Mathieu Louis-Jean, Des Walker, Jim Brennan, John Thompson, Riccardo Scimeca, Darren Huckerby, Andrew Reid, David Johnson and Marlon Harewood

Team news ahead of tonight's kick-off. Sheffield United: Patrick Kenny, John Curtis, Phil Jagielka, Robert Page, Robert Kozluk, Peter Ndlovu, Mark Rankine, Michael Brown, Michael Tonge, Carl Asaba and Dean Windass

After the 1-1 draw at the City Ground, we have all the action as United and Forest battle it out for the right to play Wolves for a place in the Premiership. Kicking off at 19.45 UK time

Paul Peschisolido and Wayne Allison come on for Sheffield United's Ndlovu and Asaba as we get back underway again

The ref signals the end of the first half

Tonge sends the ball into the box towards Page but he misses it.

Asaba gets the ball on the right wing and wins a corner with just seconds remaining

One minute of added on time before the teams switch ends

Almost the end of the first period of extra time and there is nothing between the two sides

Walker blocks a Kabba pass at the other end of the pitch as the Blades build again, eventually Ward getting hold of the ball and clearing

Johnson manages to get hold of the ball after it pinballed around in midfield - he knocks towards Huckerby but it is too long for him

Brown talks himself into the referee's book, yellow card

Lester tries to put in a cross but it is too long and flies out

More route one stuff from Sheffield United: A long clearance from Kenny towards Asaba who tries to knock the ball on towards Kabba, but it fails to find him

Brown has the ball and heads towards the byline only for Scimeca to tackle well and end the threat

Louis-Jean is down and getting treatment on the pitch, possibly suffering from cramp

Forest build at the other end Lester, who has been a threat ever since he joined the game, fires another shot towards Kenny in the Blades goal but it is wide

Ndlovu takes a wild swing at the ball at the back post following a deep cross from Tonge. Brennan and Reid both should have cleared but luckily for them Ndlovu's shot was well off target

Jagielka makes a mistake and Johnson gets the ball, but again Jagielka recovers and makes another important tackle

Both sets of fans in fine voice urging their teams on passionately

The danger is cleared but Johnson and Forest have a throw in which is launched into the area

Huckerby wins a freekick for Forest and Scimeca sends it towards the back post of the Sheffield United goal

We're back underway and the Blades press forward only for Louis-Jean to clear

Two halves of 15 minutes coming up to try and decide the outcome of this match - will we see penalties?

The ref blows for the end of regulation time - and the second-leg of this First Division play-off semi final will go into extra time!

Lester goes on a great looking run but after getting past two defenders his shot is straight at Kenny

Reid tries to break after a mis-placed Curtis throw finds him, but Brown cuts in with a good tackle

Rankine, Brown and Curtis exchange passes and try to find a way past the Forest defence

The ball is hammered in and Kenny comes flailing off his line and misses it completely, nervous defending at the last

Scimeca gets the ball to Lester who wins a corner for Forest

Can either of these two sides find a winner in injury time?

Four minutes of extra-time signalled by the fourth official

Kabba gets the ball from a long Kenny clearance, he waits to pass to Ndlovu rather than playing it to Asaba at the back post, but Ndlovu gets tackled by Scimeca and the move breaks down - Ndlovu unhappy and wanted a penalty

Tonge passes to Asaba who heads towards goal with the ball at his feet only for Walker to tackle perfectly

Page fouls Johnson and Forest have a freekick 35 yards out. Scimeca has a go but there is little venom in his shot and Kenny gathers easily

Curtis puts in a useful ball towards to Asaba, but it is cleared by Walker

Forest passing the ball well to keep possession in their own half

Time running out for both sides to end this tie in normal time

Riccardo Scimeca plays an awesome pass to split the Blades defence and Johnson runs clear only for Jagielka to regain his position and get his foot in the way of Johnson's shot

Ward punches well to clear Tonge's second corner

Johnson turns out Tonge's first kick and its another corner

The Blades press forward again and win a corner

Freekick to Forest which Reid takes quickly trying to capitalise on Kenny being out of position, but he over-hits his effort to the dispair of the Forest faithful

Ndlovu's cushioned header falls to Tonge who latches on the ball and races towards the goal, but instead of passing to Kabba Tonge tries a shot and it is blocked - wasted opportunity

Huckerby has been largely innocuous this half having dropped deep into midfield and as a result Forest have lost most of their guile

Reid tries to get the ball to Johnson but the pass is poor and it is symptomatic of Forest's failure to make the most of what possession they've had this half

Curtis can't collect a mis-hit clearance by Kenny and Forest have a throw

Warnock bellowing instructions from the dugout - what a comeback from Sheffiled United tonight, but can they finish the job?

Tonge hits a poor cross far too deep and Forest finally have some respite

Walker looking nervous now and its is not helping the Forest defence

Kabba fires the ball to Ndlovu who in turn lays it into the Forest area looking for Asaba, Walker and Ward get their wires crossed and both watch nervously as it goes out

Forest are shellshocked. 3-3 on aggregate, but no away goals, so one of these two sides needs to find a winner and at the moment you wouldn't back Forest

The ball is cleared by Kenny and it falls to Kabba in the Forest penalty area, Walker stood like a statue when he should have cleared and Kabba fired in with an unstoppable shot from 10 yards out

Kabba scores with a breathtaking strike!!

Williams slams into Tonge and now Sheffield United have a freekick

Forest just cannot get a grip on the ball and the Blades force their way forward again

Lester manages to win the ball and races clear only to be brought down from behind by Tonge who gets yellow card for the foul

Great pressure from the Blades with Tonge particularly trying to pull the strings and forge an opening

A third corner in quick success after Thompson turned the ball out

Tonge's first corner is turned out and he gets another chance

Brennan concedes a corner after heading the ball just over his own crossbar

Lester goes on a run and opts to shoot rather than pass, but his momentum forced him wide and he failed to wrap his foot around the ball

Forest make a change, Harewood has not recovered from his heavy knock from Kenny and is replaced Jack Lester

Walker tried to block Brown's freekick but he only managed to defelct the ball past his own keeper and now Sheffield United are right back in the game and have the wind in their sails

Brown scores for the Blades!!!

Freekick for the Blades on the very edge of the penalty area following a foul which earnt Walker a yellow card

Huckerby sent the ball to Louis-Jean on the right wing as Forest broke from deep, his cross found Reid running in at the back post and his full volley found its way past Kenny in the Blades goal

Reid scores for Forest!!!

The ball reaches Ndlovu at the back post who heads the ball back across goal, Kabba leaps and gets a touch but it is wide

Walker concedes a corner as Blades threaten throught Asaba

Johnson is rightly penalised for a foul on Kozluk the two scrap for the ball on the edge of the United area

Jagielka knocks the ball in, it drops to Kabba but his shot is very tame and its with the keeper

Quickly though United are back in possession and building again

Freekick to the Blades midway inside the Forest half. Kabba recieves it but he can't get the cross in at the byline and Forest have a goal kick

Ndlovu's cross is too long for Asaba and Jim Brennan gathers the loose ball and gallops into the open space ahead of him

Back underway after treatment to Harewood and United are pressing for the equaliser

Reid puts in a clever ball over the top of the Blades defence, Kenny races of his line quickly to deny Harewood who his knocked down by the keeper and needs attention

Curtis puts in a long throw to Asaba who passes to Brown, his deflected cross loops to the back post and out of play

Kabba has a shot of his own at the other end after a long clearance from Kenny, but it is straight at Ward

As Forest build at the other end a clearance by Page falls to Williams who tries his luck, but the shot is well over

Curtis plays a neat ball to Ndlovu who crosses, Kozluk shapes to shoot but Williams tackles and the attack breaks down

Substitution for the Blades, Dean Windass has been replaced by Steve Kabba.

Referee Walton gets things back underway at Bramall Lane, can the home side get back into it? They need two goals to go through, if we?re level at 90 minutes its extra time and maybe penalties.

Neil Warnock's men must remain focussed, they have created more clear cut chances and have looked dangerous, but they must also be wary of Forest's threatening counter attacks

Halftime and Forest are just 45 minutes away from the Play-off final. Although Sheffield United have played the better football Forest have made the most of what chances they've had, with Johnson taking his goal very well indeed

Tonge's corner is cleared and Huckerby races clear and is deep in the Sheffield United half looking dangerous only for the ref to blow for halftime - Forest and Huckerby not amused

The ball is sent into the back post but Walker clears for a corner with a back-header

Harewood felled Brown and the Blades have a freekick

A defensive header by Page almost lets in United but Walker clears

Two minutes of added time is signalled by the fourth official

Tonge tackled by Louis-Jean as he tried to get to the byline and whip in a cross

Ndlovu crosses into the box but Thompson clears only for the ball to get knocked back in, this time Windass fires wide

Ward gathers the ball after a deep, hopefull cross is pumped into his penalty area

Harewood disposseded on the halfway line with Huckerby bounding deep into enemy territory

Kozluk and Tonge combine well in the middle of the field for the Blades but Forest cut out a loose pass and look to build

A Curtis throw finds Asaba who gets it to Windass who in turn finds a lovely touch to feed the ball to Ndlovu, he races towards the Forest goal but his shot is straight at Ward

Brown sends in a freekick on the right hand side of the Forest penalty area but Phil Jagielka at the back post can't reach the ball and its a goal kick

Asaba again lets down his team down by failing to get into the right postion and Forest clear after great passing play opened a chance for the striker, but he was yards away from recieving the killer ball

Brown fancies his chances to add to his impressive 21 goal tally but his kick is woeful and flies into the stands

The Blades quickly counter and have a freekick just on the edge of the Forest area

Harewood sees a great shot just roll inches past Kenny's righthand post after he recieved a ball from deep

Asaba lets fly with a great half-volley after a great touch from Windass

The Forest counter-attack breaks down. Huckeby opting not to use Harewood and run himself into a dead-end

Curtis has a throw and finds Asaba, but Huckerby gets the ball and races clear

Tonge hammers in the kick but Forest shepperd the danger away

Windass wins a corner for the home side after his shot was deflected out by Walker

Despite seeing much of the ball the Blades find themsleves behind - can they get a quick reply

Johnson thumps the ball past Kenny after collecting a deft touch from Huckerby who robbed Curtis on the halfway line - first blood to Forest

Johnson scores for Forest!!!

Scimeca sends in the corner and despite poor marking the ball eludes the Forest forwards

Gareth Williams gets the ball wide to Reid as Forest press and eventually win a corner

Ndlovu, who has been operating on both wings tonight, passes to Brown who tries a drive from distance and his shot is only fractionally wide

Scimeca send in a free kick from the right wing, but it is out for another one of Johnson's long throws

Plenty of full-blooded tackles flying in midfield as the two side battle for the ball, but no bookings yet

Robert Kozluk tries a long throw of his own for the Blades, but the ref sees an infringement of the ball and Forest have a freekick in their own area

A Forest throw from Johnson finds Thompson, but his weak shot is gathered comfortably by Kenny

Huckerby caught Rankine with an flailing arm at the begining of his run, but the ref again sees nothing wrong

Huckerby, running at the Blades penalty area, sees his attempted shot blocked by right-back Curtis

Ndlovu takes a heavy knock from Riccardo Scimeca

Mark Rankine launches a long throw and from a Page kock on Windass has the best chance of the match, but his forceful header is straight at Ward in the Forest net

Ndlovu and Tonge link up and look dangerous together

Mathieu Louis-Jean fells Ndlovu as he tries some fancy footwork and Louis-Jean gets a word from the ref

Tonge sends in the ball looking for Page, in the resulting scramble Walker clatters in Windass but the ref sees nothing wrong with the robust challenge

Brown, Tonge and Asaba play some neat one touch stuff which ultimately leads to another United corner

Reid wastes possession for Forest in the Blades half by passing the ball straight into touch

Windass tries to find Asaba with a cushioned header on the edge of the box, but Asaa is oblivious to the move and Forest have the ball

From the clearance Ndlovu gets the ball and passes to Michael Brown, but the free-scoring midfielder is dispossessed

Johnson leaps high to try and reach a ball pumped into the Blades box, but he misses and its a goal kick

Robert Page latches on the corner kick at the back post, but his header is weak and Ward gathers

Curtis whips in a good first time cross and Walker heads the ball out for Sheffield United corner

A long throw from Curtis nearly drops to Asaba, but it is clear and Darren Huckerby almost breaks clear for Forest

Tonge again seeing plenty of the ball feeds it to John Curtis, who plays it to Peter Ndlovu as the Blades press their early superiority

Tonge fires in a great cross from the right wing and a touch from Ward ensures that Dean Windass cannot get the vital touch. Forest goal kick, but danger signs from Sheffield United

Ricardo Scimeca plays an insightful ball into Marlon Harewood's feet, but he is hurried and hassled and the neat attack breaks down after a Forest handball

Michael Tonge, working well in the middle of the park, gets the ball deep into the Forest half but Walker clears

Andrew Reid's resulting kick is over-hit and flies out for Sheffield United goal kick

Forest's wing back Mathieu Louis-Jean tries to get a cross in, but is fouled - free kick to Forest on the right of the penalty area

Another long thorw from Forest's David Johnson sees the ball in the Sheffield Untied penalty area, but it is cleared

A frenetic early pace to this winner-takes-all game

Ward comes a long way off his line to clear as Des Walker holds off Carl Asaba

Early problems for the Blades as a long throw tests out Patrick Kenny between the sticks

Robert Page heads clear for the Blades following a deep clearance from Forest keeper Darren Ward looking for Marlon Harewood

Forest's Jim Brennan sends a hopeful ball down the left wing, but Phil Jagielka cuts it out for the home side

Tonight?s referee, Peter Walton, gets things underway at Bramall Lane as these two sides contest a date with Wolverhampton Wanderers in the First Division play-off final at Cardiff?s Millennium Stadium on May 26.

Nottingham Forest: Darren Ward, Mathieu Louis-Jean, Des Walker, Jim Brennan, John Thompson, Riccardo Scimeca, Darren Huckerby, Andrew Reid, David Johnson and Marlon Harewood

Team news ahead of tonight's kick-off. Sheffield United: Patrick Kenny, John Curtis, Phil Jagielka, Robert Page, Robert Kozluk, Peter Ndlovu, Mark Rankine, Michael Brown, Michael Tonge, Carl Asaba and Dean Windass

After the 1-1 draw at the City Ground, we have all the action as United and Forest battle it out for the right to play Wolves for a place in the Premiership. Kicking off at 19.45 UK time