Leeds United host Newcastle United at a sell-out Elland Road on Sunday.
Former Leeds United midfielder David Prutton is expecting an entertaining affair when his old team host Newcastle United on Sunday lunchtime.
The two sides are among the most in-form in the Championship, with Newcastle three points clear at the top and Leeds into the play-offs for the first time after being Norwich City in dramatic fashion last time out.
The fixture is set to draw Elland Road’s first sell-out since 2010, when Leeds needed to beat Bristol Rovers to secure promotion from League One.
And the near-40,000 crowd are in for a treat, as far as Prutton is concerned.
“This is a score draw for me,” the former Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday midfielder wrote in his predictions column for Sky Sports. “If Newcastle had played this fixture six or seven weeks ago, it would have been a straight forward win, but there’s a real doggedness and determination about Leeds at the moment and they have a nice bit of quality.
“If they play, I think both (Leeds striker) Chris Wood and (Newcastle striker) Dwight Gayle can see it as a great opportunity to get on the scoresheet.
“2-2.”
Earlier this week, Prutton told Sporting Life he expects the Championship’s current top two, Newcastle and Brighton & Hove Albion, to end the campaign as they are.
And the 35-year-old, who was on Leeds’ books but not in the squad when they beat Bristol Rovers, believes the Whites have a shot at joining the pair in next season’s Premier League.
“They’ve already jumped up to sixth but I’m going to go for Leeds to stay in contention and maybe climb a little bit higher,” said Prutton.
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