PREVIEW: BRISTOL CITY V LEEDS UNITED
We analyse Saturday's clash.
Leeds United travel to Ashton Gate to take on Bristol City on Saturday (3:00pm), knowing a victory could take the Whites back to the top of the Sky Bet Championship table. Leeds have been somewhat of a bogey team for the Robins over recent years, since 2010 there have been 13 meetings between the two sides with the Whites losing just once and winning on 10 occasions. Bristol come into the match without a win in their last four games, whilst Leeds are looking to back up the fine 4-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion last time out.
Manager/head coach
Bristol City: Lee Johnson
Leeds United: Marcelo Bielsa
League position
Bristol City: 6th
Leeds United: 2nd
Recent form
Bristol City: WLLLD
Leeds United: DWWLW
Top scorer
Bristol City: Famara Diedhiou (11)
Leeds United: Kemar Roofe (14)
Head to head
Bristol City wins: 8
Draws: 9
Leeds United wins: 22
Last time at Ashton Gate
Sunday 21st October 2017
Championship
Bristol City 0
Leeds United 3 (Saiz 4, 14, Lasogga 67)
Bristol: Fielding, Bryan, Flint, Wright, Brownhill, O’Dowda, Reid, Woodrow (Taylor 57), Pack, Hegeler (Magnusson 68), Leko (Diedhiou 57). Subs not used: Steele, Eliasson, Kelly, Vyner.
Leeds: Lonergan, Ayling, Pennington, Cooper, Berardi, O’Kane, Vieira, Phillips, Alioski (Sacko 81), Saiz (Anita 83), Lasogga (Grot 90). Subs not used: Wiedwald, Roofe, Jansson, Hernandez.
Team news
Marcelo Bielsa has confirmed he will name an unchanged side for the trip to Ashton Gate. Jack Clarke, Adam Forshaw and Kemar Roofe are once again absent. Korey Smith is again likely to miss out, whilst goalkeeper Frank Fielding has a fractured hand. Fellow stopper Niki Maenpaa has a calf strain, so the Robins moved to sign free agent Stefan Marinovic on Thursday and he could be handed a debut.
The key battle
Famara Diedhiou v Pontus Jansson
Striker Diedhiou is City's top scorer this season with 11 goals. It promises to be a good physical battle between Diedhiou and Leeds defender Pontus Jansson, who will be looking to help the Whites to a second clean sheet in a row.
Betting odds with Ladbrokes
Bristol City: 2/1
Draw: 23/10
Leeds United: 13/10
(Odds correct at time of article published)
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