New boss Marsch has arrested United’s recent slide with epic back-to-back victories at home to Norwich City and away at Wolves before the international break followed by last weekend’s 1-1 draw against Southampton at Elland Road.
The seven-point haul and three-game unbeaten run has fifth-bottom Leeds six points clear of the Premier League drop zone but having played more games than the four sides below them ahead of Saturday afternoon’s showdown at second-bottom Watford.
Nonetheless, with fourth-bottom Everton woefully struggling for form and Burnley still playing catch up, Leeds are now as big as 4-1 to go down having been considerably shorter and United will now visit a Watford side who have lost their last eight games at home.
Victory would put Marsch’s outfit on to 33 points and in all likelihood the brink of safety but United’s head coach has fired a strong warning, admitting Leeds are ultimately not out of the mire yet.
“The reality is we are still in a relegation battle,” said Marsch
“We know that, we are not foolish or naive to that.
“But watching the table doesn’t do anything to impact our work process and so the best thing for us is to control ourselves and not stress about what the external situation is and I think we have done a really good job of that.
“We have tried to stay focused and calm and disciplined with that mentality since I have been here and I think it has impacted us in a positive way.
“None of us think that we are done or that we are safe or that we are a completed project, it’s all about pushing every day to get to be better and by doing that we know that we can fight for more points.”
Check out the latest Premier League transfer speculation below...
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1. Ocampos valuation revealed
West Ham will have to pay up to £66.7m to sign Lucas Ocampos from Sevilla. (Estadio Deportivo)
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2. Madueke in demand
Aston Villa have joined Leeds and Tottenham in the race to bring Noni Madueke to the Premier League. (talkSPORT)
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3. Man United target Richarlison
Manchester United have made an approach for Everton ace Richarlison but face competition from Real Madrid. (Sport Witness)
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4. Battle on for Tshimanga
Middlesbrough are battling Burnley and Norwich City for the signing of Chesterfield striker Kabongo Tshimanga. (Football League World)
![Rangers have the ‘advantage’ in the race for Leeds United star Crysencio Summerville this summer if they battle HSV Hamburg for his signature. (Frankfurter Rundschau)](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2022/04/08/16/GettyImages-1359745975.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
5. Rangers lead Summerville race
Rangers have the ‘advantage’ in the race for Leeds United star Crysencio Summerville this summer if they battle HSV Hamburg for his signature. (Frankfurter Rundschau)
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6. Boro plot Toon raids
Middlesbrough are ready to raid Newcastle United for Jamal Lewis, and are also keeping tabs on Sean Longstaff. (TEAMtalk)