Reply With QuoteMost nervous I have felt all season.
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Leeds United return to Elland Road on Thursday (5:00pm), looking for a fourth consecutive victory in the Sky Bet Championship.* Barnsley are the visitors to West Yorkshire, who need to win to boost their survival hopes, in their bid to avoid relegation to League One.* A win for Leeds would take Marcelo Bielsa's side further clear at the top and would be a giant step towards Premier League football next season.
Manager/head coach
Leeds United: Marcelo Bielsa
Barnsley: Gerhard Struber
League position
Leeds United: 1st
Barnsley: 24th
Form
Leeds United: WDWWW
Barnsley: DWLDD
Top scorer
Leeds United: Patrick Bamford (16)
Barnsley: Cauley Woodrow (15)
Head to head
Leeds United wins: 26
Draws: 17
Barnsley wins: 20
Last time at Elland Road
Saturday 21st April 2018
Leeds United 2 (Pearce 17, Alioski 50)
Barnsley 1 (O'Connor O.G. 36)
Team news
Influential midfielder Kalvin Phillips has picked up a knee injury which is set to rule him out for the rest of the season.* Winger Elliot Simoes is set to be absent for Barnsley with injury.
Officials
Referee: Jarred Gillett
Assistant Referee 1: Philip Dermott
Assistant Referee 2: Mark Dwyer
Fourth Official: Scott Duncan
The key battle
Mateusz Klich v Alex Mowatt
Former Leeds midfielder Mowatt is now captain at Barnsley.* He will be up against Klich in the middle of the park in what will be an interesting battle.
3 - 0.
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Most nervous I have felt all season.
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You and me both. Simply because no other club I know seems to have blown the chances we have over recent years. Please be it our time!Originally Posted by Rev72
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Team: Meslier, Ayling, Berardi, Cooper, Dallas, White, Klich, Harrison, Costa, Roberts, Bamford.
Subs: Casilla, Casey, Douglas, Struijk, Stevens, Shackleton, Alioski, Poveda, Hernandez.
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On paper we should win comfortably. But we should have beaten Luton, Cardiff at 3-0 up, Preston, Derby, Sheff Wed and quite a few other home games. Wish I was as confident as some others.
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Official?
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There will never be a better opportunity to get out of this league than we have now.If we don't take it we will only have ourselves to blame.
Must win today.
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Is kiko a keeper sub or a midfield sub?
we'll win today. Meslier's in goal.
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I'd prefer him (Casilla) to be nailed to the bench.
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Commentators are bigging us up.
Not a good recipe.
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