Ahead of Sunday's televised trip to Middlesbrough (1.15pm kick-off), Andrew Dalton picks out some of the key stats that link the two sides.

League positions (before Saturday's games)...
Middlesbrough are second in the Championship P8 W5 D2 L1 F14 A5 PTS 17
United are 10th in the Championship P8 W2 D5 L1 F9 A8 PTS 11

United’s last five visits to the Riverside Stadium...
February 21 2015 - Middlesbrough 0-1 Leeds Untied, Championship
February 22 2014 - Middlesbrough 0-0 Leeds United, Championship
February 12 2013 - Middlesbrough 1-0 Leeds United, Championship
March 11 2012 - Middlesbrough 0-2 Leeds United, Championship
October 16 2010 - Middlesbrough 1-2 Leeds United, Championship

Middlesbrough’s last five games...
September 22 2015 - Middlesbrough 3-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers, Capital One Cup second round
September 19 2015 - Nottingham Forest 1-2 Middlesbrough, Championship
September 15 2015 - Middlesbrough 3-1 Brentford, Championship
September 12 2015 - Middlesbrough 2-0 Milton Keynes Dons, Championship
August 29 2015 - Sheffield Wednesday 1-3 Middlesbrough, Championship

United’s last five games...
September 19 2015 - Milton Keynes Dons 1-2 Leeds United, Championship
September 15 2015 - Leeds United 0-1 Ipswich Town, Championship
September 12 2015 - Leeds United 1-1 Brentford, Championship
August 29 2015 - Derby County 1-2 Leeds United, Championship
August 22 2015 - Leeds United 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday, Championship

Top scorers (all competitions)...
Middlesbrough: Christian Stuani (7)
United: Chris Wood (4)

Five who played for both...
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink - 87 appearances, 42 goals for United. 89 appearances, 34 goals for Middlesbrough.
Tommy Wright - 92 appearances, 28 goals for Leeds United. 66 appearances, 6 goals for Middlesbrough.
John Hendrie - 31 appearances, 5 goals for Leeds United. 234 appearances, 55 goals for Middlesbrough.
Michael Ricketts - 38 appearances 3 goals for Middlesbrough. 29 appearances, 2 goals for Leeds United.
Malcolm Christie - 49 appearances, 9 goals for Middlesbrough. 5 appearances, 1 goal for Leeds United.

Five moments to remember...
Last season’s encounter was one to remember for all concerned, as Alex Mowatt’s early goal won the day. However, it was the performance of goalkeeper Marco Silvestri who earned the plaudits in a superb 1-0 victory for the Whites.

Leeds' final visit to the old Ayresome Park was one to forget for then Champions of the old First Division. Middlesbrough, who had just been promoted from the Second, won 4-1 thanks to a brace from Paul Wilkinson and one each from former Leeds players Tommy Wright and John Hendrie. Eric Cantona responded with a consolation goal for Leeds.

Nigel Martyn certainly won't have happy memories of visiting the Riverside Stadium. On February 9, 2002 Leeds twice took the lead through Eirik Bakke and Robbie Fowler, but Boro hit back first through a Paul Ince shot that bobbled over Martyn and a Dean Windass free header to earn a share of the spoils.

It was goalless start to the 1998/99 season as the two sides met at the Riveside in a forgettable encounter. Leeds, who gave a debut to Clyde Wijnhard, came closest to winning the match when Harry Kewell was denied by by Mark Schwarzer.

Leeds kept up their charge for promotion with a crucial 2-0 win at Ayresome Part in the old Second Division on December 9, 1989. Leeds went into the game without strikers Bobby Davison and Ian Baird, giving starts to John Pearson and Carl Shutt. It was Shutt who opened the scoring before defender Chris Fairclough doubled the visitors' advantage before half-time. Leeds held out and topped the table for the first time in the season. 

All stats are provided courtesy of Andrew Dalton, you can give Andrew a follow on Twitter at @lufcstats