Tony Mowbray admits Rovers will have to ‘solve problems’ in a bid to combat Sheffield United’s ‘unique’ style.

The Blades inflicted a first home defeat on Rovers in 14 months when they ran out 2-0 winners in dominant display at Ewood in October.

Mowbray believes Chris Wilder’s men are the most impressive side they have faced to date and the Blades currently sit fourth in the table.

Their 3-5-2 formation, which sees their central defender regularly breaking forward to join in with attacks, has caused many teams, Rovers included, problems.

Rovers have just two days of preparation for the Bramall Lane trip, with Mowbray admitting there will be work to do on the training pitch after successive defeats to high-flying Norwich and Leeds.

“Sheffield United, everyone talks about their unique style of three at the back and their overlapping centre halves,” Mowbray said.

“The difficulty is that we don’t really have the time to prepare.

“I think they are probably the best team we’ve played so far this season.

“To go to their ground we’ll have to do some work on the organisation, ideally on the grass, working with the players and try and solve some problems.

“It’s the same for them, they will have only had two days preparation as we have.

“We should look forward to it, and then we have West Brom who could be in the top two by then.

“Let’s keep rolling on, trying to drive the team forward and we have to take these type of games on the chin and be proud of the performance we put in.”

Rovers were within four minutes of stoppage time of a victory at Leeds, but two late goals from Kemar Roofe cost them dear, leaving them on a run of one win in their last eight Championship games.

Mowbray saw positives from the display against the league leaders, but knows his players need to become better at seeing games out.

The boss believes there is enough experience within the dressing room not to be throwing points away, but added: “You can’t take the last four minutes out of it, but the fans will have been proud of the effort and drive of the team.

“Things like the last four minutes, there are lessons to learn.

“The frustration is that we have a team with experienced players in it, if we had a team full of kids then I would throw that at them, but we have some experienced players who didn’t manage the game out.

“Each game is a test, and we have 22 more tests and there will be good days and bad days, but we just have to enjoy the experience.

“It’s not easy talking about too much positivity, but I will look at the togetherness of the team and the problems they caused Leeds.”