Leeds United 2 Norwich City 1: Reaction after Joe Gelhardt bags late winner in Elland Road epic
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The Whites and Canaries are approaching the contest having lost their last 11 league games between them, Leeds falling to a sixth-consecutive defeat via Thursday night's 3-0 reverse at home to Aston Villa.
The setback in new boss Jesse Marsch's first home game in charge left Leeds fifth-bottom and just two points clear of the drop zone but having played more games than third-bottom Burnley and fourth-bottom Everton.
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Hide AdThe Clarets then blew a chance to make inroads by falling a 2-0 defeat at Brentford on Saturday afternoon, a game in which Nathan Collins was shown a straight red card.
Norwich continue to prop up the table and Dean Smith's Canaries fell to a fifth consecutive league loss on Thursday evening after being beaten 3-1 at home to Chelsea.
The Canaries are six points behind Leeds having played the same amount of games.
Our live blog below will bring you live match updates and analysis from Elland Road followed by post-match reaction.
Leeds United 2 Norwich City 1: Reaction and recap
Key Events
- 2pm kick-off at Elland Road
- Two sides have lost their last 11 league games between them
BAMFORD starts
Leeds United v Norwich: Meslier; Ayling, Llorente, Struijk, Dallas; Forshaw, Klich; Raphinha, James; Rodrigo, Bamford.
Leeds subs
Leeds subs: Klaesson, Cresswell, Shackleton, Koch, Bate, Harrison, Summerville, Greenwood, Gelhardt.
Present and future
Mark Jackson doing a heading warm up with Llorente and Cresswell side by side, some massive headers from Cresswell. Lots of chatter in the crowd here, feels tense but that’s a decent Leeds XI and three changes for Norwich, at least one of them enforced. Every reason to be confident about a Whites win here.
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