Leeds United - v - Derby County ***Matchday Thread***

[BelfastAndy]

Here we go. Do or die.



Leeds United forward Kemar Roofe will miss the Championship play-off semi-final second leg with Derby County.

Roofe, who scored the only goal as*Leeds beat the Rams 1-0 on Saturday,*has suffered a calf injury, while Adam Forshaw misses the game with a knock and Pontus Jansson is doubtful.

Derby forward Martyn Waghorn is a doubt after missing the first leg with an Achilles tendon injury.

Duane Holmes is available after coming off with 20 minutes left at Pride Park.

The Rams face an uphill struggle to qualify for the final at Wembley - no side has lost at home in the first leg and gone on to the showpiece.

The two clubs have had a difficult history this season - the side's clash at Elland Road in January was overshadowed by the 'spygate' affair and Leeds head coach Marcelo Bielsa's admission that he had sent a*member of his staff to "spy"*on the Rams training the day before the game.

Bielsa later admitted that he had sent staff to watch "the training sessions of all opponents", with*Leeds fined £200,000 by the EFL*for their part in the incident, which Bielsa says he paid himself.

Meanwhile, Saturday's first leg saw tempers flare on both sides - Derby were incensed when they had a 77th-minute penalty decision overturned following the intervention of the assistant referee.

Leeds' Mateusz Klich was booked after forcing his head into the chest Fikayo Tomori as he got up from a challenge while Derby's Tom Huddlestone appeared to strike Stuart Dallas with his arm.

"We all know the intensity of this game - it's big between the clubs and that ramped up in January for obvious reasons," Derby manager Frank Lampard said.

"I'm not worried about their players, I'm worried about mine and what they must do is give everything and not overstep the line by doing anything that could get them sent off by putting their head into someone or doing something petulant in the game

"Those are the things we need to stay way from, but other than that give everything."

Leeds have have never beaten a side four times in a single season and need just a draw to go through, but Bielsa says he is expecting a difficult encounter at Elland Road.

"It's two games, but we could say it's just one game and we've just played the first half.

"Usually you don't make comments at half-time and usually you work to build a superiority in the time that you have to play.

"The first game was not simple for us, and we're sure that the next game won't be easy either."

MATCH FACTS:

Leeds have beaten Derby County three times this season - they've never beaten a side four times in a single season in their history.20% of Derby's defeats in all competitions this season have been against Leeds United (three out of 15).

None of the previous 17 teams to lose the first leg of a second-tier play-off semi-final at home have progressed to the final.Leeds have lost just two of their last 45 home matches in May in all competitions (W25 D18 L2), although one of those was in the League One play-offs in 2008 (2-1 v Carlisle United).

Derby have won just one of their last 10 away matches in all competitions (W1 D5 L4).The team finishing third in the Championship haven't lost the home leg of the play-off semi-final since 2009-10, when Nottingham Forest lost 3-4 to Blackpool - third-place teams have won seven of their eight home legs since then (W7 D1 L0).

Across three Championship matches against Leeds this season, Derby have managed just 26 shots, six shots on target and one goal; in the home leg, the Rams failed to attempt an effort on target and had just two shots in the second half.

3 - 0.

MOT.

HOPEFULLY FINAL V WBA.

[Billyni]

Lets just get through. Drama free.

[BelfastAndy]

Positivity

[WTF11]

Here we go. Do or die.



Leeds United forward Kemar Roofe will miss the Championship play-off semi-final second leg with Derby County.

Roofe, who scored the only goal as*Leeds beat the Rams 1-0 on Saturday,*has suffered a calf injury, while Adam Forshaw misses the game with a knock and Pontus Jansson is doubtful.

Derby forward Martyn Waghorn is a doubt after missing the first leg with an Achilles tendon injury.

Duane Holmes is available after coming off with 20 minutes left at Pride Park.

The Rams face an uphill struggle to qualify for the final at Wembley - no side has lost at home in the first leg and gone on to the showpiece.

The two clubs have had a difficult history this season - the side's clash at Elland Road in January was overshadowed by the 'spygate' affair and Leeds head coach Marcelo Bielsa's admission that he had sent a*member of his staff to "spy"*on the Rams training the day before the game.

Bielsa later admitted that he had sent staff to watch "the training sessions of all opponents", with*Leeds fined £200,000 by the EFL*for their part in the incident, which Bielsa says he paid himself.

Meanwhile, Saturday's first leg saw tempers flare on both sides - Derby were incensed when they had a 77th-minute penalty decision overturned following the intervention of the assistant referee.

Leeds' Mateusz Klich was booked after forcing his head into the chest Fikayo Tomori as he got up from a challenge while Derby's Tom Huddlestone appeared to strike Stuart Dallas with his arm.

"We all know the intensity of this game - it's big between the clubs and that ramped up in January for obvious reasons," Derby manager Frank Lampard said.

"I'm not worried about their players, I'm worried about mine and what they must do is give everything and not overstep the line by doing anything that could get them sent off by putting their head into someone or doing something petulant in the game

"Those are the things we need to stay way from, but other than that give everything."

Leeds have have never beaten a side four times in a single season and need just a draw to go through, but Bielsa says he is expecting a difficult encounter at Elland Road.

"It's two games, but we could say it's just one game and we've just played the first half.

"Usually you don't make comments at half-time and usually you work to build a superiority in the time that you have to play.

"The first game was not simple for us, and we're sure that the next game won't be easy either."

MATCH FACTS:

Leeds have beaten Derby County three times this season - they've never beaten a side four times in a single season in their history.20% of Derby's defeats in all competitions this season have been against Leeds United (three out of 15).

None of the previous 17 teams to lose the first leg of a second-tier play-off semi-final at home have progressed to the final.Leeds have lost just two of their last 45 home matches in May in all competitions (W25 D18 L2), although one of those was in the League One play-offs in 2008 (2-1 v Carlisle United).

Derby have won just one of their last 10 away matches in all competitions (W1 D5 L4).The team finishing third in the Championship haven't lost the home leg of the play-off semi-final since 2009-10, when Nottingham Forest lost 3-4 to Blackpool - third-place teams have won seven of their eight home legs since then (W7 D1 L0).

Across three Championship matches against Leeds this season, Derby have managed just 26 shots, six shots on target and one goal; in the home leg, the Rams failed to attempt an effort on target and had just two shots in the second half.

3 - 0.

MOT.

HOPEFULLY FINAL V WBA.

Nope, Villa.

[Pacaman]

Villa aren’t special apart from their diving antics and their mass hassling of referees to get decisions. When did Dean Smith become such a prat? Oh yes, when he took over Vill 😩

Leeds 3 -1 Derby

[spaldy]

Really hope that Bamford comes to play. He lacks pace and tends to miss a lot of sitters as well as PK's and flops easily. Other than that he's a pretty good player.

think our young lad Shackleton could be a hero in this game. he's good and he's going to be pumped with the ER crowd behind him.

[asturianblanco]

bamford, another Wood, looks dodgy, but his goal ratio speaks for itself, expect him to score the winner tonight.

Already got the beers chilling in the fridge, just hope there's some decent streams available later.

i said 0-1 and got it right saturday. 1-0 Bamford tonight.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

bamford, another Wood, looks dodgy, but his goal ratio speaks for itself, expect him to score the winner tonight.

Already got the beers chilling in the fridge, just hope there's some decent streams available later.

i said 0-1 and got it right saturday. 1-0 Bamford tonight.

Will be interesting to see how he plays to say the least.

Atmosphere should be buzzing and hope he puts in a performance. Different player to Roofe but Roofe adds to much more to the system Bielsa plays than Bamford and you are right his stats are good and easy to forget how bad his injury was that kept him out.

We seem to be able to keep possession against Derby and limit their chances so think that will be key to the game. Hope Shackleton gets a goal.

[UbiqueLUFC33]

bamford, another Wood, looks dodgy, but his goal ratio speaks for itself, expect him to score the winner tonight.

Already got the beers chilling in the fridge, just hope there's some decent streams available later.

i said 0-1 and got it right saturday. 1-0 Bamford tonight.

I think Bamford offers far less than Wood did. I am really disappointed about missing Roofe and I hope he's fit for the final. Surely Shackleton deserves a start now?

[asturianblanco]

dont really care how Bamford plays, so long as he nicks one, cant see Derby scoring 2 at E.R, bigger bottlers than us!