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Craig Pawson
TEAM FORM - (All Competitions)
Leeds: LDLLL ----- Spurs WLLWL
Our two teams will be seeking to bounce back from demoralising midweek Premier League defeats, where we will play each other at Elland Road on Saturday. Liverpool put six unanswered goals past the Whites in midweek, while we could not unlock the door against Burnley in a 1-0 defeat.
It has taken all of four months for the cracks to appear between Conte and us, with him hinting that his stay might not be a long one after overseeing a 1-0 defeat to 18th-placed Burnley on Wednesday night. With us largely struggling to test Nick Pope as Kane rattled the woodwork, a resilient Burnley stood firm and earned their rewards as Ben Mee beat Romera in the air to head home the winner from Josh Brown hill’s pinpoint cross.
Conte cut an emotional figure after the defeat - one which leaves us seven points off the Champions League places with two games in hand on Manchester United - and admitted that the club should make "an assessment" on his future. It is extremely difficult to see us cutting our losses on the Premier League and Serie A title-winner, even though he has now lost four of his last five in the top flight with us, and one can only begin to fear for us should we fail to respond on Saturday.
Furthermore, we have lost on our last two visits to Elland Road - going down 2-1 in the 2012-13 FA Cup before a 3-1 league defeat last term - but we did run out 2-1 winners over Bielsa's side in North London earlier this season.
There is no shame in coming out second best at the fortress that is Anfield, but the manner in which his side capitulated surely concerned Bielsa, as the Leeds boss witnessed his side go down 6-0 to the title-chasing Merseysiders.
Bielsa admitted after the encounter that the threat of relegation is starting to worry him, as Leeds and their leaky defence now occupy 15th - just three points above Burnley, who have experienced an upturn in fortunes - having played two games more.
Furthermore, three of Leeds' most recent four Premier League games at Elland Road have ended in defeat as they endeavour to pull off a surprise result against us, but our confidence also took a mammoth hit in midweek.
Craig Pawson
TEAM FORM - (All Competitions)
Leeds: LDLLL ----- Spurs WLLWL
Our two teams will be seeking to bounce back from demoralising midweek Premier League defeats, where we will play each other at Elland Road on Saturday. Liverpool put six unanswered goals past the Whites in midweek, while we could not unlock the door against Burnley in a 1-0 defeat.
It has taken all of four months for the cracks to appear between Conte and us, with him hinting that his stay might not be a long one after overseeing a 1-0 defeat to 18th-placed Burnley on Wednesday night. With us largely struggling to test Nick Pope as Kane rattled the woodwork, a resilient Burnley stood firm and earned their rewards as Ben Mee beat Romera in the air to head home the winner from Josh Brown hill’s pinpoint cross.
Conte cut an emotional figure after the defeat - one which leaves us seven points off the Champions League places with two games in hand on Manchester United - and admitted that the club should make "an assessment" on his future. It is extremely difficult to see us cutting our losses on the Premier League and Serie A title-winner, even though he has now lost four of his last five in the top flight with us, and one can only begin to fear for us should we fail to respond on Saturday.
Furthermore, we have lost on our last two visits to Elland Road - going down 2-1 in the 2012-13 FA Cup before a 3-1 league defeat last term - but we did run out 2-1 winners over Bielsa's side in North London earlier this season.
There is no shame in coming out second best at the fortress that is Anfield, but the manner in which his side capitulated surely concerned Bielsa, as the Leeds boss witnessed his side go down 6-0 to the title-chasing Merseysiders.
Bielsa admitted after the encounter that the threat of relegation is starting to worry him, as Leeds and their leaky defence now occupy 15th - just three points above Burnley, who have experienced an upturn in fortunes - having played two games more.
Furthermore, three of Leeds' most recent four Premier League games at Elland Road have ended in defeat as they endeavour to pull off a surprise result against us, but our confidence also took a mammoth hit in midweek.
Team News
We have been handed a fresh concern with January signing Bentancur, who was taken off at half time after suffering an awkward fall in the torrid conditions at Burnley and will not take part on Saturday.
Reguilon is fit enough for a place on the bench and could now displace Sesasgnon, but Gollini is a doubt due to illness, while Skipp (groin) and Tanganga (knee) are fighting uphill battles to recover from their injuries.
Conte may elect to re-introduce Moura to the first XI this week, in turn allowing Dejan Kulusevski to move into a wing-back role as Emerson drops out of the side.
Meanwhile Leeds remain without the services of Bamford, Phillips, Cooper and Greenwood, but Lorente should be back from a hamstring strain which caused him to miss the Liverpool loss.
Some predicted Llorente to be dropped in any case given his below-par outing against Manchester United, and Koch has recovered from the head injury he sustained against the Red Devils.
Bielsa's hand is therefore forced in several areas, but the Whites boss should consider bringing Roberts and Shackleton back into the XI in a bid to freshen things up.
Reguilon is fit enough for a place on the bench and could now displace Sesasgnon, but Gollini is a doubt due to illness, while Skipp (groin) and Tanganga (knee) are fighting uphill battles to recover from their injuries.
Conte may elect to re-introduce Moura to the first XI this week, in turn allowing Dejan Kulusevski to move into a wing-back role as Emerson drops out of the side.
Meanwhile Leeds remain without the services of Bamford, Phillips, Cooper and Greenwood, but Lorente should be back from a hamstring strain which caused him to miss the Liverpool loss.
Some predicted Llorente to be dropped in any case given his below-par outing against Manchester United, and Koch has recovered from the head injury he sustained against the Red Devils.
Bielsa's hand is therefore forced in several areas, but the Whites boss should consider bringing Roberts and Shackleton back into the XI in a bid to freshen things up.
Head-to-Head
We first played Leeds on Saturday 18th October 1924 in the Old English First Division, where they beat us 1 -0 at Leeds.
We have played each other 100 times where we have won 38, they have 33 and 29 drawn.
In the League: We have won 34 they have won 31 and 26 drawn
In the FA Cup: We have won 4, they have won 2 and 3 drawn.
We have played each other 100 times where we have won 38, they have 33 and 29 drawn.
In the League: We have won 34 they have won 31 and 26 drawn
In the FA Cup: We have won 4, they have won 2 and 3 drawn.
