Leeds United will be looking to round off a busy period of matches with a win over Bristol City.
The Whites have picked up 10 points in five matches since the first international break of the season, and with another to come next week, they will want to enter it with a win.
Leeds have not won back-to-back matches in the league for almost a year but with how relentless both Leicester City and Ipswich Town are at the moment, that will need to end on Saturday.
But Bristol City will not be an easy game as they sit just one point adrift of Leeds, and the five other teams currently sat on 16 points.
Nigel Pearson’s side have already won away in Yorkshire this week at Rotherham United, with their only defeat on the road this season coming narrowly at Leicester.
Prutton predicts Leeds vs Bristol City
Writing in his latest EFL predictions column for Sky Sports, David Prutton has labelled this as another must-win for Leeds, but does believe they will narrowly secure three points.
He wrote: “Leeds dug out a narrow win over QPR in midweek to recover from the shock at Southampton. They need to string some wins together, though, because they are losing ground on the top two.
“Bristol City took a big win in midweek, late on at Rotherham, which should ease some of the frustration after that result against Stoke at the weekend. But this is a tough trip and I can’t see it bearing any fruit for the Robins. Prediction: Leeds 2-1 Bristol City.“
Though Bristol City are a decent side, these simply are the type of matches Leeds need to be winning, especially at home at Elland Road.
While there is plenty of points still to play for this season, Leeds can’t really afford to lose anymore ground on the top two and the moment, neither of them look like dropping points.
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