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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