Sheffield United manager Kevin Blackwell would prefer to have been drawn against a side from outside the Championship in the FA Cup.

The Blades, beaten 2-1 at Hull in the fifth round of last season's competition, will play QPR at Bramall Lane over the weekend of January 2/3.

Blackwell said: "At this stage all you can ask for is to be drawn at home.

"We know it will be tough because they're going well this season and in some respects it would have been nice to draw a non-Championship outfit just for the change and I'm sure the fans would have wanted the same."