Leeds United 3 Middlesbrough 2 recap: Team news, updates and analysis from Elland Road
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Leeds returned to winning ways after last weekend’s 1-1 draw at relegation-battling Rotherham United with Wednesday night’s 3-1 victory at home to Swansea City which lifted Farke’s side back up to third place in the Championship table and just eight points behind leaders Leicester City.
Just three days later, the Whites will step out at LS11 again in a 3pm kick-off today versus a tenth-placed Middlesbrough side who have rocketed into the promotion reckoning with a strong run of results after an initial poor start to the campaign.
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Hide AdHere, upon landing at Elland Road, we will bring you all of the pre-match build-up followed by confirmed line-ups before match updates and analysis and then post-match reaction.
The 3pm kick-off is not being televised but all eyes first will be on the day’s 12.30pm kick-off as leaders Leicester visit fifth-placed West Brom. Second-placed Ipswich Town, who are still seven points ahead of Leeds, welcome Coventry City in another 3pm kick-off.
Leeds United v Middlesbrough recap
Key Events
- 3pm kick-off at Elland Road
- Third versus tenth.
- Leeds eyeing seventh home win in succession
Unchanged?
There must be every chance that Leeds will be unchanged today. Djed Spence will obviously soon be knocking on the door but he's not even come off the bench yet since returning from injury and Archie Gray was excellent at right back in midweek, and hailed by Farke at his post-match presser. Pascal Struijk came off with cramp late on against Swansea but that's understandable given that it was his first game back after minor hernia surgery. Willy Gnonto is having to make do with sitting on the bench and that seems unlikely to change with Dan James now regularly contributing end product and the rest pretty much picks itself. All will be revealed at 2pm. In the meantime, all eyes on West Brom v Leicester which is goalless as it stands. The perfect scenario would be victory for the Baggies and also Leeds against Boro which would cut the gap to the Foxes to five points but Boro will be no pushovers here whatsoever. A good side standing in the way of a possible seventh straight home win.
The last time Leeds won seven in a row at home - in League One. But as far as the top two divisions go, you have to all the way back to 1999 under David O'Leary. Thanks to Stats AKA Andrew Dalton for that stat. Some feat if Leeds achieve it.
Odds (these are from Grosvenor Sport - https://www.grosvenorcasinos.com/sport)
Leeds 3/5
Draw 16/5
Middlesbrough 4/1
Unchanged
Leeds United v Middlesbrough: Meslier; Gray, Rodon, Struijk, Byram; Ampadu, Kamara; James, Summerville, Piroe, Rutter. #lufc