Source: Daily_Mail
Preston look to cut down Blades and end their play-off misery while Leeds aim to tame Lions: Spotli
The Coca-Cola League play-offs get underway tonight with League Two taking centre stage.
It's the 23rd time the play-offs have taken place and each year they get more and more dramatic - expect one of the least fancied teams to go all the way.
And results between the semi-finalists in League meetings this season suggest six cracking games.
Preston may have crept into through the backdoor on a solitary goal scored but they now really have a point to prove.
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The Deepdale club have reached the play-offs seven times in the past and despite reaching three finals have never won one.
They have played in all three levels and this is their fourth appearance in the Championship play-offs since 2001.
Sheffield United have made two appearance at this stage before - reaching one final.
The other semi-final is too close to call with both Reading and Burnley having reached five play-offs between them, the former reaching two finals but the latter actually winning one - 15 years ago against Stockport.
MK Dons have reached just one play-off before and they will take heart that League One opponents Scunthorpe boast a dismal record.
Four of their six appearances have ended in semi-final defeats with just one final success, against Leyton Orient last century.
Leeds will be odds-on favourites to sweep aside Millwall.
The Elland Road club have reached the final of their three previous play-offs, albeit they have lost every one, but the Lions have played eight play-off matches and have never won a single one - indeed, they've only drawn two of them.
In League Two, Gillingham fans will remember their heartbreaking penalties defeat to Manchester City in 1999 and their defeat of Wigan the following year.
Their opponents Rochdale have reached the play-offs twice before, including last year when they lost to Stockport in the final.
The other semi-final sees beaten 2007 finalists Shrewsbury take on a Bury side who have not reached a final despite making it this far an incredible five times.
