Current leaders Leeds, who know they won’t be top come Saturday morning, head to Blackburn for a 13:30 GMT kick-off and will be trying to get straight back up there.

Rovers have gone off the boil, rather. Having won their first five at Ewood Park they haven’t scored in their past three, taking a solitary point, but back-to-back away wins at Cardiff and Middlesbrough have given boss John Eustace hope they have turned a corner after a run of four points from seven games.

He told BBC Radio Lancashire: “We are evolving and growing as a group. We went on a bad run of three defeats in a row but we have bounced back with two really good performances. We just have to keep believing in what we are doing.”

Sunday’s rollercoaster 4-3 win at Swansea was a first in five away games for Daniel Farke’s men, though they conceded more in an afternoon than they had in their previous seven matches in total.

Third-placed Burnley are another side waiting to pounce, should the Whites or Blades fail to win.

Scott Parker’s men have conceded only six goals in 17 matches – the best defensive record across England’s top four divisions.

“I’ve been around some time managing and coaching teams. Fundamentally, this team have got some core values and they give you a foundation to win games, really,” Parker told BBC Radio Lancashire.

“I don’t just put it down to the back five, I put it down to the whole team. If you’re a striker in this team or a winger in this team, in certain moments we defend as a whole unit and you can see that very clearly.”

The Clarets will seek to make it five straight clean sheets and four straight wins, as they head to 14th-placed Stoke, who have drawn three in a row to make it five without defeat.