Leeds travel to Sheffield on Friday night for a Yorkshire derby in which they are just hoping to emerge unscathed after a fairly bruising start to the season.
The pre-season Championship favourites are without a win in three matches - two league and one in the EFL Cup - and come up against an emerging side in Sheffield Wednesday in what should be an entertaining encounter.
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It wasn’t supposed to be like this for Leeds this season.
It was supposed to be plain sailing, and a far smoother ride than it was this time last season after the turbulence of a relegation, departing players, a new manager and a boardroom takeover disrupted summer plans, but 12 months on and it is all remarkably familiar to Leeds fans.
Granted Daniel Farke is still in charge, but we’ve seen Red Bull investment unnerve supporters, key players such as Archie Gray, Crysencio Summerville and now Georginio Rutter sold and a lack of activity in the transfer market which has all contributed to leave Leeds fans very unsatisfied after being assured by the club ownership that they would control their own destiny this season.
What Paraag Marathe meant is that Leeds wouldn’t be held ransom by transfer clauses and could instead go from strength to strength after falling just short in the Championship play-off final last season, but it has been anything but.
An entertaining 3-3 draw at home to Portsmouth was acceptable, but a heavy defeat and an uninspiring goalless draw at West Brom last week means they are still without a win and growing impatient both with the ownership and the style of play favoured by Farke.
With no new additions expected before the trip to Hillsborough, it is hard to see how Leeds can conjure the creativity and inspiration to overcome tricky away fixtures - playing at home should be a different question - and with the 49ers Enterprisers showing no signs of splashing the cash, any predictions of Leeds running away with the title should probably be scaled back.
I’m finding this one quite a hard game to call, as Sheffield Wednesday have shown genuine signs under Danny Rohl of becoming not just a competitive side, but potential play-off contenders.
That was until a 4-0 battering away at Sunderland, so we could be in for anything on Friday night but I’m going to side with the Owls over the Peacocks and for them to get the win with both teams scoring, which comes in at 13/2 with Paddy Power.
Leeds had conceded six goals in two games before an obvious attempt to shut West Brom out last week, but I don’t think they will get away with that in a Yorkshire derby.
I don’t think there will be much in it at all though, and if Wednesday can get the win there will just be a goal in it. Sheffield Wednesday to win by one goal is a tempting 5/1 with Paddy Power and I don’t think that’s a bad shout at all.
Sheffield Wednesday v Leeds Odds
| Team | Odds |
|---|---|
| Sheffield Wednesday to win odds | 3/1 |
| Draw odds | 5/2 |
| Leeds to win odds | 8/11 |
Odds courtesy of Betfred, correct at the time of publication
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