Leeds United travel to Leicester City in Championship game

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A huge game for both.

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00:00 So, Lee, looking at Leeds United, they travel to Leeds as Leicester.

00:04 14 points in between the two sides.

00:07 I mean, this is a huge, huge occasion for both teams even.

00:11 What can you see coming out of this game?

00:14 I think it's a very hard game to call, to be honest, Charles.

00:16 I mean, Leicester are favourites, obviously, hovering around the even money marker.

00:19 They're going to be out there with the run they've been on.

00:20 I mean, it's staggering. 13 wins out of 14.

00:22 I mean, you're talking like record starts here now, very much so.

00:26 You know, and they've just done fantastically well.

00:28 But obviously, there's a big gap between the two teams, 14 points.

00:31 And, you know, you say the league table doesn't lie, and that is very, very true.

00:35 But I'm not sure there's that big a gap between the two sides in terms of, like,

00:38 overall quality and what have you, where the two teams are at now.

00:41 You've got to remember that Leeds, it felt like they were playing...

00:43 I know both teams got relegated, obviously, but it felt like, you know,

00:46 it was particularly sort of like tumultuous at Leeds over the summer with the departures.

00:49 And, you know, Daniel Farker said when he came in himself, it'd be a bumpy start.

00:53 And, you know, you only have to look at the start.

00:54 They had two points out of nine before they finally got going at Ipswich.

00:57 And it feels like they're a different team now to where they were at the start of the season.

01:00 And I think they've got to go there with every chance.

01:02 That said, you know, obviously, you have to be hugely respectful of Leicester.

01:05 I mean, there's threats all over the pitch.

01:07 I mean, Kiernan Dewsbury Hall, with, like, 11 goal involvements this season, is absolutely staggering.

01:11 Harry Winks, I mean, great player.

01:13 Just listened to a piece on Sky Reap just now, and they were saying that he was...

01:17 Enzo Mareschi, when he came in, wanted him as his principal target, basically.

01:20 And, you know, we'd all know about his quality.

01:22 You know, there's players all over the pitch.

01:24 I mean, even people like Jamie Vardy and stuff.

01:25 I mean, his threats are obviously there for all to see.

01:28 You know, there's just talent everywhere, all over the pitch.

01:31 But there is at Leeds as well.

01:33 So, I mean, you look at Christendom, some of the way he's going, Giorginio Routier.

01:37 Obviously, the defence has certainly improved.

01:39 It'll obviously be a very different task to the Huddersfield game, no doubt about that whatsoever.

01:44 But, yeah, I mean, I think they've got to go there with every chance.

01:47 It'd just be fascinating to see how this one goes, because obviously, Leicester like to dominate.

01:50 Leeds, you know, you'd think would be very, very good in clinical on the counter.

01:53 Daniel Farke was asked about that at his pre-match press conference and said, you know,

01:56 could you sit back and not part of the bus, but almost, you know, try and hit them on the break?

02:00 And he said, we go to every game wanting to be the protagonists, really.

02:03 So, fascinating to see how it will play out.

02:05 I mean, obviously Leicester are favourites, but it is one of those games I could just see going either way.

02:09 I really could.

02:10 And I wouldn't be at all surprised, even though it's a big thing to say, if Leeds did go there and win.

02:13 I feel like they need to, certainly as far as Leicester are concerned, they certainly don't need to get beat,

02:17 because that gap is big at the moment.

02:19 Obviously, fully aware how many games are left in the season, the stage we are at.

02:23 But we're not talking three points or six points here.

02:25 We're talking 14 and then we're talking nine to Ipswich.

02:27 So, you know, if they're going to be top two, they've got to start cutting that back sooner rather than later.

02:31 And this is obviously a great chance to do that against a direct rival.

02:34 Huge game, difficult one to call, but two very, very good sides.

02:37 But no reason why Leeds can't go there confident.

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