Nothing to be decided but momentum to be gained as Leeds United and Norwich City prepare for battle

The enormity of the game between the Championship's top two was underlined after seats in LS11 were snapped up within 90 minutes.

Daniel Farke's side make the trip to West Yorkshire three points behind Marcelo Bielsa's league leaders who will look to open up their biggest gap of the season at the top of the pile with 17 games of the campaign to go.

The fixture will be played amid a backdrop of Spygate, pink dressing rooms and a transfer deadline day saga.

Norwich were the ring leaders of the infamous 11 clubs who wrote to the EFL to demand answers over the 'Spygate' incident last month which saw one of the Whites coaching staff caught outside Derby County's training ground.

Carrow Road also underwent a transformation in the summer as Norwich painted their away dressing room pink citing a study which believes the colour has a calming effect.

United shook off the the issue by covering the walls with flags and banners and subsequently left Norfolk with all three points.

Leeds though were dealt another major blow which only adds to the a growing list of hurdles that Bielsa has overcome this season on the final day of the winter transfer window after Daniel James's proposed move to LS11 from Swansea City collapsed.

The winger was sat inside Elland Road picking out a squad number after completing his medical before the Welsh club pulled the plug on United's number one January target just hours before the deadline passed.

The 21-year-old made his way back to south Wales amid anger and frustration with United quickly turning their attention to tonight's showdown.

Nothing will be decided and there will be no knockout blow landed under the lights with only three points at stake but momentum and bragging rights will sway to the side of the victors.