Two wins would be huge for Leeds United

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Leeds United have a huge couple of games in the Championship.

Leeds United are gearing up for perhaps the two toughest tests of Thomas Christiansen’s short reign as head coach.

The Whites are joint top of the Championship with Wolves and Cardiff City ahead of tomorrow’s clash with Neil Warnock’s side in South Wales, before then turning their attentions toward a trip to Sheffield Wednesday in a Yorkshire derby on Sunday.

It’s still early doors and although Leeds have been superb for the most part, those two away days are the best barometer to gauge how good they really are – and two victories would be absolutely massive.

One criticism levelled at Christiansen’s side is that they have been a bit too lightweight in physical games, with Preston and Millwall both taking points off them by adopting something of a rough approach.

But a maximum of six points from the next two games would prove definitively that United have the stomach and indeed the bottle necessary to win promotion to the Premier League.

Of course, winning both isn’t exactly a guaranteed ticket to the top flight, but it would reveal that Leeds have the character to handle such high-pressure games, standing them in good stead because, chances are, they’ll have a lot more of them as the season progresses.

You could argue that the Elland Road club, under Garry Monk, faltered under the pressure toward the end of last season, somehow throwing away a playoff spot by winning one of their last eight games in a horrendous run of form which led to a seventh-placed finish.

The early signs are that Christiansen has improved the team quite a bit (Leeds have seven more points, scored seven more goals and conceded eight less goals compared to this point last season) and two big wins over the next six days would signal a shift in mentality which stands them in good stead for the rest of the season.