Sheffield United ace sends Nottingham Forest 'most feared' warning and makes bold claim

Morgan Gibbs-White has claimed that Sheffield United are "hungrier" than Nottingham Forest ahead of the first leg of their Championship play-off semi-final.

Forest travel to Bramall Lane on Saturday (3pm) for the first leg of their play-off tie before hosting Paul Heckingbottom's men at the City Ground on Tuesday (May 17, 7.45pm). Both meetings between the two sides this season have ended 1-1, with Ryan Yates heading a 95th-minute equaliser in Sheffield back in March.

Speaking prior to Saturday highly-anticipated contest, Gibbs-White backed his team going into the double-header having ended the regular campaign with three straight wins - including a 4-0 win over champions Fulham. "It's going to be a tough test Saturday but I really believe we've got it," said the Blades' player of the season.

"I wouldn't say there's a favourite, I'd say we're definitely more hungrier. I feel like with the last games we've had and the form we've been in we're the most feared team right now out of the four."

Forest come into the tie on the back of only two defeats in 17 Championship games, missing out on the automatic places to AFC Bournemouth following last week's showdown at the Vitality Stadium. But the Wolves loanee, who has scored 11 goals and assisted another nine for the Blades, justified his comments by adding: "Just the way we are as a team, the way we press, the way we want to win games.

"We have a real big winning mentality. We hate conceding goals. We love winning, I just feel like the group is a very good, experienced team to get us through these play-offs."