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Sheffield United 3–2 Leicester City: A Championship Script Flipped on its Head

Suddenly, Sheffield United’s season has a pulse again.

After spending nine gameweeks rooted at the foot of the Championship table, there were fears that the Blades could be heading back to League One for the first time since the 2016/17 season.

New manager Ruben Selles had performed terribly. Six games, six losses—including a 5-0 loss to a winless Ipswich—the worst start to a season in their history.

There were no surprised faces when the Spaniard was relieved of his duties.

And who returned?

Chris Wilder, who had his contract terminated by the Blades just four months prior.

Safe to say that the Sheffield United higher-ups had egg on their faces.

But after today's 3-2 win against Leicester, Wilder’s men are out of the relegation zone for just the second time this season.

And breathe. 😅 pic.twitter.com/pIoWstdEGT
— Sheffield United (@SheffieldUnited) November 29, 2025

It is also their third successive game in which they have scored three goals.

Wallop.pic.twitter.com/Gjivpko9ZN
— Sheffield United (@SheffieldUnited) November 29, 2025

On the flip side, there is Leicester.

10 years ago yesterday, they sat second in the Premier League table after a 1-1 draw against Manchester United—the night Jamie Vardy broke Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record of scoring in ten consecutive league games.

A decade on, the contrast is stark.

After being relegated with just 25 points—13 points behind 17th-place Tottenham Hotspur—Leicester’s bid for an instant return has already veered off track.

Their current record stands at six wins, six draws and six defeats.

They sit 15th in the Championship table; if results go against them, they could be 17th by the end of this match week.

Safe as it stands, but not far from teetering towards a relegation battle.

It marks the second consecutive game in which they’ve shipped three goals, following last week’s 3–0 defeat to Southampton, who also came down from the Premier League last season.

Despite a second-half surge, in which they scored twice, they still couldn’t salvage a point.

One of Leicester’s biggest weaknesses at the moment is a lack of goals being scored. Their top scorer—Jordan James—has netted just four times in this season's campaign.

This Leicester squad consists of:

• Champions League-level wages

• Premier League-level transfer fees

• Championship-level expectations

• League One-level playing ability

• League Two-level mental strength

• Non-League-level attitudes

And one clueless manager #LCFC
— Charlie Carmichael (@CharlieJC93) November 29, 2025

If either Sheffield United or Leicester were to be relegated, it would feel like a travesty. A Premier League-winning side from the last decade dropping into League One simply doesn’t make sense. And for Sheffield United, who were only five points off Europe five years ago, the decline would be equally stark.

But while things are trending upward for the Blades, the Foxes could be drifting into real danger. Their next fixtures against Derby County and Bristol City could be defining moments of the season.