Leeds take on Millwall this weekend.
Leeds United are looking to get their automatic promotion hopes back on track against Millwall this weekend.
Leeds lost a heartbreaker at Elland Road to the Lions 4-3 last season and have not beaten Neil Harris’ side in the last three meetings between the sides.
Now the stakes are high, and there is a dark reality about Leeds game with Millwall this weekend.
If Leeds lose, they risk slipping further behind Sheffield United, who beat them 1-0 in the last game.
The reality is if Leeds lose to Millwall, at this time of season, hopes of automatic promotion might be over.
It would be hard to argue they deserve it either. These are the type of games which serious promotion challengers have to win.
It’s not a prospect Leeds want to have to entertain, and fear could drive them on.
A loss, even a draw, would further send Leeds towards the play-offs, where they risk facing a more in form team like Aston Villa.
This is just one game out of eight remaining, but for Leeds it feels like so much more than that.
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