U21 Preview: Leeds United vs Sunderland
Whites in action at Elland Road on Sunday.
Leeds United Under-21s are back in action on Sunday afternoon (2pm), when they take on Sunderland at Elland Road.
Paco Gallardo’s side have four matches remaining of their PL2 campaign and are currently top of the league. Whilst they continue their battle to be crowned champions of the division, the added bonus of top-spot is automatic promotion to Division 1.
Nottingham Forest and Southampton are aiming to catch the Whites. Forest are level on points with Leeds, with Southampton just two points behind. However, both those teams have played a game more so the Whites could extend the gap with victory on Sunday.
It’s three wins on the bounce for the Under-21s having beaten Derby County, Southampton and Aston Villa in their last three matches.
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Sunderland come into the match with one win in their last four games, which was last time out against Stoke City - a convincing 4-1 success. Their games have seen plenty of goals since the turn of the year, with a 7-5 defeat to Middlesbrough coming a few weeks before a 6-4 loss to Villa.
The Black Cats can no longer make the play-off positions to battle out promotion for the remainder of the campaign but they will aim to finish the season strongly nonetheless.
When the two teams met earlier in the season at the Stadium of Light, Willy Gnonto’s second half strike into the top corner was enough to secure the points for Leeds.
For fans wishing to attend Sunday’s game, ticket are still available for the match, with the information further down the page.
Unfortunately due to broadcast restrictions the match will not be shown live on LUTV. You can stay right here on leedsunited.com to follow updates throughout the match, with a report and reaction to follow after the game.
Ticket information:
Adult: £7
Concessions: £4
Top scorer:
Leeds: Mateo Joseph (13)
Sunderland: Harry Gardiner (7)
League position:
Leeds: 1st
Sunderland: 8th
How to watch:
Unfortunately due to broadcast restrictions the match will not be shown live on LUTV. You can stay right here on leedsunited.com to follow updates throughout the match, with a report and reaction to follow after the game.
