Leeds United can look forward to another Premier League night under the Elland Road lights as they welcome Regis Le Bris’ Sunderland to West Yorkshire.
Only three days on from a positive showing against Pep Guardiola’s six-time champions, Daniel Farke’s side will be seeking to build on the positive run of results amassed since November.
Last time out, the Whites were narrowly beaten by Manchester City despite an encouraging display and, before that, a point away at Aston Villa. Anton Stach’s stunning freekick was cancelled out late on by Tammy Abraham, securing a point away from home for Leeds.
United’s last win on home turf came against Nottingham Forest in a crucial clash in the battle for Premier League survival. Jayden Bogle and Noah Okafor converted in the first half, before Dominic Calvert-Lewin secured his 10th goal of the season to confirm a significant three points at a fired-up Elland Road.
Sunderland are coming into the clash off the back of an away point at the Vitality Stadium. The Black Cats led for a majority of the match through Eliezer Mayenda’s 18th-minute strike but were forced to settle for a point as Bournemouth’s Evanilson drew level with half-an-hour to go.
Over the decades, there have been many memorable, often fiery encounters between the Whites and the Black Cats dating back to the clubs’ first meeting in 1924.
United and Sunderland have encountered each other 94 times with Leeds winning 40 and drawing 21 of those matches.
Memorably in recent times, Daniel Farke’s side emerged victorious late on against Tuesday’s visitors with a 2-1 comeback courtesy of brace from Pascal Struijk, sending Elland Road into pandemonium in the title race.
Action from Elland Road gets underway at 7.30pm and you can follow it all across leedsunited.com, as well as on LUTV.
A memorable meeting:
Team News:
After Saturday’s narrow defeat to Manchester City, Whites boss Daniel Farke has confirmed the condition of a few of his players. Defender James Justin should be fit to face the Black Cats and the boss also expects Joe Rodon to be available for selection. Noah Okafor remains sidelined for the clash.
How to follow:
Monthly audio subscribers around the world can listen to every minute of Tuesday’s fixture LIVE on LUTV. Bryn Law will be joined by Tony Dorigo on commentary. Pre-match build up begins at 7pm with Michael Bridges and Simon Grayson in the studio! The match has also been selected for television coverage in the UK by TNT Sports.
The view from inside the camp:
Speaking exclusively to Premier League Productions, Calvert-Lewin said: “Tough like every Premier League game. There are no easy ones these days.
“We have to take confidence from our current form and the game being played at Elland Road and back ourselves to go there and put on a good performance and win the game.”
Read the full interview HERE.
Important supporter information:
Leeds United will show their support for Her Game Too during Tuesday's Premier League fixture against Sunderland, celebrating another year of our ongoing partnership ahead of International Women’s Day.
To help celebrate the fourth anniversary along with International Women’s Day, the annual event which takes place on Sunday 8th March, there will be special guests in attendance at the game, additional branding and exclusive photo opportunities around the stadium. The club will be hosting a number of events both internally and through the Leeds United Foundation throughout the next week.
Discriminatory language or chanting, including tragedy chanting, is not acceptable, and you could be breaking the law. The club condemns this behaviour and has a zero-tolerance policy towards discrimination abuse of all kinds.
To report an incident, text LEEDS along with any relevant information including ticket details, your name and description of an incident to 60006. You will then receive an automated response which means that your report has been logged and will then be looked into.
Tough measures and sanctions are in place across all English football leagues to tackle dangerous and illegal behaviours within football grounds, and this involves but is not limited to, discriminatory behaviour, tragedy chanting, fans entering the pitch, the use of pyros and throwing objects. A list of prohibited items can be found HERE.
More matchday information can be found HERE.
What has Daniel Farke said ahead of the match?
League position:
Leeds: 15th
Sunderland: 12th
Top scorer:
Leeds: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (10)
Sunderland: Brian Brobbey (5)
Officials
Referee: Stuart Attwell
Assistant referees: Constantine Hatzidakis & Hristo Karaivanov
Fourth official: John Busby
Video Assistant Referee: Paul Tierney
Additional Video Assistant Referee: Ian Hussin
