Leeds United's next five Championship matches compared to Sunderland and Sheffield United

Leeds United dropped to third in the Championship after Sheffield United edged a hard-fought Steel City derby at Bramall Lane. Tyrese Campbell was the hero for the Blades, bagging a 50th minute winner to send Chris Wilder's side level on points with Championship leaders Sunderland going into the international break.

"We can't achieve anything when we're not connected. It's a word I use a lot," said Wilder, whose looking to lead United back into the Premier League at the first time of asking. "We'll have bumps in the road but what you'll have is what you see in those last five or 10 minutes when the boys put everything on the line.

"We were miles off it last year. The club wasn't prepared to go into the Premier League. I don't want to get too caught up in it but it was a difficult time. The players were undercooked and the Premier League is a ruthless division."

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Fourth-placed Burnley also returned to winning ways on Sunday, recording a 1-0 win over Swansea City after Jay Rodriguez scored from the penalty spot deep into added on time to ease the pressure on head coach Scott Parker.

“I thought we were very good today, generally the all-round game," said Parker. “In the first half they caused us some problems in the ebbs and flows of the game, maybe we lacked some intensity which is perhaps down to a three-game week and a quick turnaround from Thursday.

“But the second half was totally different. You see the way we want to play, we reduce them to going a bit long, and in terms of the general numbers, 20 shots, seven on target, the xG where it is, we were moving in the right direction today and the numbers were very pleasing for us…

“Of course there are elements in the final third where we probably lack a bit in terms of real details, a tiny bit of composure, but it’s the polar opposite to where we were three or four weeks ago. Then we were not creating the volume of chances we created today.

“We were well worth the three points. Of course it’s coming in the dying seconds, but anyone watching that today looking at the general numbers, we were well worthy of it.”

Things are extremely tight and congested at the top of the division, with just six points separating the top six after 15 matches. The Whites have picked up 29 points from a possible 45, losing just two times.

Here are the next five matches for the top four clubs:

Sunderland

Millwall (A) - November 23

West Brom (H) - November 26

Sheffield United (A) - November 29

Stoke City (H) - December 7

Bristol City (H) - December 10

Sheffield United

Coventry City (A) - November 23

Oxford United (H) - November 26

Sunderland (H) - November 29

West Brom (A) - December 8

Millwall (A) - December 11

Leeds United

Swansea City (A) - November 24

Luton Town (H) - November 27

Blackburn Rovers (A) - November 30

Derby County (H) - December 7

Middlesbrough (H) - December 10

Burnley

Bristol City (A) - November 23

Coventry City (H) - November 26

Stoke City (A) - November 30

Middlesbrough (H) - December 6

Derby County (H) - December 10