Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United will face Dean Smith’s Aston Villa at Elland Road in the Championship this afternoon.
Leeds United will be looking to bounce back from their defeat to Brentford with victory over Aston Villa at Elland Road in the Championship this afternoon.
Marcelo Bielsa’s side will take on Villa at home in the league at lunchtime today.
Leeds will head into the match against the Villans on the back of a 2-0 loss at the hands of Brentford away from home at Griffin Park in the league.
Marcelo Bielsa’s side are third in the Championship table at the moment with 82 points from 44 matches.
Leeds are as many as six points behind second-placed Sheffield United, who won on Saturday evening, and given the difference in the goal difference between the two sides, the Blades are good as promoted to the Premier League at the expense of the Whites.
As for Villa, Dean Smith’s side are fifth in the Championship table at the moment with 75 points from 44 games.
This is how Leeds and Villa will line up for the Championship game at Elland Road this afternoon:
Meanwhile, Noel Whelan has suggested that Leeds head coach Bielsa will leave the club if the team are unable to clinch promotion to the Premier League at the end of the season.
Whelan said about the future of Bielsa on The Noel Whelan Show on BBC Radio Leeds on Friday evening (6:45pm, April 25, 2019): “I can’t see him staying if we remain in the Championship. I think this is a one-year love affair.”
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