Leeds United duo Georginio Rutter and Dan James have been named in the latest Sky Bet Championship team of the week.
The XI, which is powered by Who Scored ratings, was released on Twitter earlier this afternoon with two of Leeds’ front four from the weekend making it into the side.
Neither were on the scoresheet in Leeds’ 3-0 win over Watford at Elland Road but the contributions from both clearly have not gone unnoticed.
James provided the assists for Leeds’ two opening goals, including in an inch perfect cross for Joel Piroe to break the deadlock just over 20 minutes from time.
Rutter, meanwhile, registered a stunning assist of his own for Jaidon Anthony’s first goal in white, picking the ball up from deep, before beating two players and releasing a perfectly weighted pass.
Leeds’ Rutter and James named in Championship TOTW
James is now top of the assists chart for the entire division so far this season despite having missed matches against Ipswich Town and Sheffield Wednesday.
It was his cross that setup Luke Ayling’s equaliser against West Brom, while his scuffed shot at Millwall put it on a plate for Piroe to tap home.
Rutter, meanwhile, now seems to be getting better and better in a Leeds shirt with his performance against Watford arguably his best yet.
He completed seven of his nine attempted dribbles and was pulling off pieces of skill that have rarely been seen down at Elland Road in recent history, with Sam Byram having labelled him a ‘bag of tricks’ after the game.
In terms of players who have missed out from the weekend, Ethan Ampadu and Byram can certainly count themselves unlucky not to be in there.
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