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A battling performance at Crystal Palace saw Leeds pick up a valuable point as they continue their Championship promotion push and sitting just three points off the top six, Simon Grayson's men know they can afford no more slip-ups at home if they're to be in with a shout come May.

Ipswich Town visit Elland Road this weekend and the Whites will be well aware of the dangers the Tractor Boys possess - not least because Paul Jewell's team are holding a mini hoodoo over United. Ipswich are now unbeaten in nine against the Whites and remain unbeaten in their last four trips to West Yorkshire.

But the Suffolk side have struggled for consistency this season and are planted in the bottom half, only four points above the dreaded drop-zone. They've lost seven of their 13 away fixtures and have had their goal-line breached 29 times on the road.

So now seems like an ideal time for United to end their winless run and you can back Leeds to take three points at 3/4 with Sportingbet. Three of the last four meetings at Elland Road have ended all square and that's a 13/5 option, with the away win a 7/2 play.

One area where Whites fans might be able to profit is in the second -half to have the most goals. Leeds' last eight goals have been scored in the final half-hour of games and you can take 17/2 on the second-half having more goals than the first.

And with Ipswich having lost 18 points from winning positions this campaign; Sportingbet will give you 25/1 on Ipswich/Leeds in the double chance market.

Sportingbet have also priced up a host of specials for Saturday's showdown, as well as the season ahead. You can view them all here, but as a sample you can have 6/4 on United finishing in the top six, 5/4 to finish above Hull in the Championship table and 2/1 on Ross McCormack to score more goals than Michael Chopra on Saturday.

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- Odds are correct at the time of writing.