Leeds United and Norwich City will face each other in the Championship this weekend.
Leeds United will return to action this weekend when they take on Norwich City at home in the Championship.
The West Yorkshire outfit will head into the match against Norwich at Elland Road on the back of a 2-1 defeat to Burton Albion away from home at the Pirelli Stadium in the league.
It was the Whites’ second successive defeat in the Championship following a 1-0 loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers at Elland Road.
Two losses in a row have put a dent in Leeds’s chances of finishing in the top six of the Championship this season.
Garry Monk’s side are seventh in the league table at the moment with 73 points from 44 matches, three points behind Fulham, who are currently sixth in the standings and occupy the final playoff spot.
Meanwhile, Norwich currently find themselves eighth in the standings with 66 points from 44 matches.
The Canaries are no longer in the running for the playoffs, but they will be determined to end the season on a strong note.
Former Arsenal attacker Paul Merson, though, believes that Leeds will pick up all three points from the encounter against Norwich on Saturday afternoon.
“I have gone for Leeds to win this game,” said Merson on the Sky Sports Now show on Sky Sports News HQ on Friday morning (broadcast from 11am, April 28, 2017) while predicting Leeds to win 2-0.
“I mean, three or four weeks ago I thought they were a shoe-in for the play-offs. We were talking about them probably might be able to catch Newcastle, and it’s just gone terribly wrong.
“Other teams are winning and I think if Fulham win I think that could be probably be it, but I will go Leeds to win this game.”
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