Bristol City 0-1 Leeds United highlights: Gnonto winner moves Leeds into top two

Leeds United return to Championship action tonight, kicking off this weekend's fixture list with a Friday evening encounter in the south west versus Liam Manning's Bristol City.

Daniel Farke welcomed his one and only January addition to the club on deadline day as Wales international Connor Roberts signed on loan until the end of the season. The 28-year-old was not registered in time to feature this evening, however, and will be made to wait until next Saturday to make his United debut.

Nevertheless, the Leeds boss welcomes Archie Gray and Crysencio Summerville back into his matchday squad after the pair sat out the 1-1 draw with Plymouth Argyle six days ago. Aside from existing injuries to Pascal Struijk, Dan James and Stuart Dallas, Leeds are collectively in good health which should allow Farke to name as strong an XI as possible at Ashton Gate.

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United have already beaten the Robins this season, defeating what was then Nigel Pearson's side 2-1 at Elland Road in October. That game marked the beginning of Gray's stint at right-back and the 17-year-old has hardly looked back since, seeing off the likes of Luke Ayling and Djed Spence for first-choice backing from Farke in that position. Another victory over tonight's opponents will move the Whites into the automatic promotion places for the first time this season.

Team news, build-up, match analysis and live updates throughout the evening right here. Kick-off in Bristol is at 8pm.

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Leeds United team news

XI: Meslier, Gray, Rodon, Ampadu, Firpo, Gruev, Kamara, Gnonto, Summerville, Georginio, Bamford

Subs: Klaesson, Shackleton, Cooper, Byram, Cresswell, Joseph, Gelhardt, Anthony, Piroe

Leeds' potential Fifth Round tie

Should they beat Plymouth on Tuesday, Leeds will face Chelsea or Aston Villa on Wednesday, February 28 in the FA Cup Fifth Round.

Listen to Graham and Joe's assessment of the January window

Roberts: 'I like a scrap'

Here's what the Whites' latest Welsh arrival had to say to us last night as he signed on the dotted line at Elland Road.

The last couple of days I've obviously spoke with a few of the guys here, the manager included, it's something that I could basically not turn down I think when a club the size of Leeds comes calling and wants you to contribute to hopefully something really special come the end of the season. [There's] Loads of my mates here, things like that and it was something that really excited me.

Being totally honest, it's really nice. It's brilliant. It's going to help me settle in a bit but even if they weren't here, I would have still been desperate to come to play for a massive club like Leeds. It's going to make me so proud when I get the chance to put on the shirt and to play at Elland Road and to play away from home when all the fans are there as well.

I just want to be here with this massive club and contribute in every way I can, whether that's playing games, whether that's coming off the bench, whether that's not playing at all, I'll always contribute. I think I've got a lot of experience compared to a lot of lads in this squad. Off the back of last season, knowing what it takes to get out this league and in seasons before as well, I've been right up there with Swansea. I think I've got plenty of experience to bring to Archie [Gray], if he's playing there or Joe [Rodon] alongside me, Ethan [Ampadu], I know them well, but I can still give them some pointers and hopefully as a collective, as a group.

The aim is to get promoted and whether that means me playing half the games, all the games, only a few games, it doesn't really bother me. I just want to want to be smiling with the rest of the lads come the end of the season.

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