Scott Gardner’s side have not played since falling to a 4-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest last weekend, a result which left them bottom of the 26-team Premier League Two table after 16 games played. Leeds, though, now have the chance to climb the ladder with this afternoon’s visit of Derby who themselves are second-bottom, just two points ahead of the Whites who also have a game in hand. Leeds have games in hand on the six teams above them and victory against Derby would also take Gardner’s side...
Daniel Farke’s side fell to their first home league defeat of the season in Saturday lunchtime’s Championship hosting of Blackburn Rovers in which the Whites blew the chance to move back into the top two. Defeat for Leicester City at Friday night’s hosts Plymouth Argyle opened the door for Leeds for whom even a point would have taken them back into the division’s automatic promotion places, albeit having played one game more than the Foxes. As it happened, victory would have put United’s top two...
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Pundit David Prutton has locked in his prediction for Leeds United’s clash with Coventry City this weekend. The Whites are preparing for another crucial clash in their automatic promotion charge, heading to the Midlands to take on a Coventry side who are also in a position where they can ill-afford to drop points, chasing down a playoff spot. The Sky Blues are currently four points off sixth-placed Norwich City with a game in hand to play, but they lost at home to Cardiff City last time out....
Leicester City look to return to winning ways against 20th-placed Plymouth Argyle on Friday night
Daniel Farke has a huge amount of trust in his players, something he made clear in his pre-match press conference following some criticism of the team’s performance, the level of urgency in their play and his own substitution policy after a 0-0 draw with Sunderland on Tuesday night. He said: “After each and every game you analyse what we have done, also pretty self critical what we as a coaching staff or me as a manager could have done better. But you never know. So it's impossible to judge...
How Leicester City could line up at Home Park as they take on relegation-battling Plymouth, with Dennis Praet, James Justin, and Abdul Fatawu candidates to start
Leeds United’s battle for promotion to the Premier League took another twist on Wednesday night as Ipswich Town were held to a 0-0 draw by Watford. On Tuesday, the Whites struggled to break down a determined Sunderland outfit as they drew 0-0 at Elland Road - although they were not aided by two penalty shouts falling on deaf ears. However, Ipswich were unable to take full advantage as they moved back ahead of Leeds by just a single point. Four games remain for Leeds and Ipswich while Leicester...
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Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder is considering shuffling his pack for Sunday’s clash with Chelsea just three days after a tough trip to Anfield to face title-chasing Liverpool. The Blades boss will have Cameron Archer back available after injury but there are doubts over Gus Hamer, who came off at Anfield with cramp soon after playing a part in United’s equaliser. Grbic gets United backing after Liverpool howler ahead of Chelsea test Wilder has been vocal about the physical state of his...
Third-placed Leeds blew a huge chance to move back into the Championship’s automatic promotion places by falling to a 1-0 defeat in Saturday’s lunchtime hosting of Blackburn Rovers. The reverse, a first home league loss of the season, left the Whites one point behind second placed Leicester City who have a game in hand and two points behind new leaders Ipswich Town. Both Leeds and Ipswich have just three games left. United’s weekend’s defeat did come with a slice of relief as Ipswich were held...
Warwickshire piled up their second highest first-class score while Rory Burns and Dom Sibley starred at the OvalOver at Chelmsford, Jaydn Denly, nephew of Joe, is having a bowl for Kent as Essex continue to have fun with the bat, Matt Critchley is unbeaten on 127 while Simon Harmer, very useful down the order, moves to 41. Jaydn’s uncle is also in Kent’s XI!Big fan of these kind of highlights, which are more than just wickets, fours, sixes etc. Also quite hypnotic to watch Lyon just land dot...