Regardless of the result at Wembley in the match worth more than £200 million, Chris Wilder will be back at Bramall Lane the next evening to see Paul Heaton perform at the stadium where they both watched Sheffield United from the terraces.

BBC Sport looks at the omens that might be in Sheffield United's favour as they look to end their wretched play-off record against Sunderland on Saturday.

Fate has not been kind to Callum O'Hare at Wembley for the last two years - but he hopes Sheffield United will enjoy a change of fortune in the £200million promotion shoot-out with Sunderland

Oli McBurnie opens up on return plan after highlighting key Sheffield United weapon for Sunderland play-off final

Football Insider predicts how Sunderland will lineup at Wembley for the Championship playoff final with Sheffield United.

McBurnie became a bit of a hit on social media recently for his fluent post-match interview in Spanish after scoring in a 3-1 La Liga win over Getafe, and he says getting to grips with the language has been hard, but rewarding and helped add to his experience on the Canary Islands alongside former City target Scott McKenna.

Nothing much seems to unite football fans like opposition to VAR but it will be in operation for Saturday’s play-off final against Sunderland at Wembley, despite United playing 46 league games, two more in the play-offs and three in the domestic cups without any input from Stockley Park.

Sunderland have built their success on young players like Jobe Bellingham, Chris Rigg, Dan Neil and Eli Mayenda. How they will cope under the pressure of the play-off final remains to be seen, but Goodman is confident that the young legs and fearless nature of the squad will stand them in good stead.