Leeds United host Burnley in a huge Championship clash at Elland Road.
With West Brom, Watford and Blackburn not in action until later in weekend, victory would see Leeds or Burnley climb to second in the table.
Team News
Dan James is ruled out until October for Leeds due to a recurring hamstring injury.
Max Wober (knee) and Patrick Bamford (hamstring) could feature, whilst Isaac Schmidt could make his club debut.
Burnley manager, Scott Parker could hand Oluwaseun Adewumi and John Egan their club debuts.
Josh Cullen (knock) is a doubt but Jordan Beyer (thigh), Nathan Redmond (hamstring) and Aaron Ramsay (knee) remain sidelined.
When is Kick-Off?
Leeds host Burnley at Elland Road on Saturday 14 September at 12:30pm BST, live on Sky Sports+ in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Leeds are unbeaten in four of their last five league meetings against Burnley (W3, D1, L1).
- Burnley have won one of their last nine trips to Leeds (W1, D1, L7).
- Leeds have won two of three league matches played at home against Burnley in September (W2, L1).
- Four of Leeds’ five goals at home this season came after half-time.
- Burnley have kept just one clean sheet this season.
Prediction
After a slow start to the season, Leeds have finally hit their stride with a clinical pair of 2-0 wins underlining just how strong this team is and ready for another promotion tilt.
Burnley though have hit a slight snag in their last two games after a strong start but they have the firepower to turn this around, especially if they can be more clinical than they were against Blackburn.
This clash though does already feel like an early key match in the promotion race and if Burnley do polish their end product, I fancy them to snatch a draw here.
Prediction: Leeds 1-1 Burnley
Result: Leeds 0-1 Burnley
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