Leeds vs Aston Villa Live Stream
8: SAVE!
Alan Hutton smacks a loose pass across the pitch, Albert Adomah manages to get on the end of it, he drives into the box and strikes at goal but it’s a weak shot and is easy for Felix Wiedwald to gather up.
4: Aston Villa’s injured skipper John Terry is in the stands at Elland Road.
He was up at 6am this morning undergoing the latest stage of his rehabilitation process.
3: A decent start by Leeds, who are piling the pressure on Aston Villa’s defence.
Samuel Saiz and Ezgjan Alioski are already looking lively.
1: PEEP!
Leeds playmaker Samuel Saiz gets us underway.
7.45pm: The players emerge from the tunnel and go through the pre-match handshakes.
We are moments away from kick off.
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Leeds: 9/5
Draw: 21/10
Aston Villa: 17/10
It’s almost too close to call.
7.15pm: Leeds have a pretty woeful record against the current top six.
They have suffered defeats against Wolves, Cardiff, Sheffield United and Derby, with their only win coming against Bristol City.
7.00pm: Albert Adomah is the man to watch for Leeds United.
The Aston Villa winger has scored five goals in three games and he has earned his team 11 points this season.
Only Sheffield United striker Billy Sharp has been more important for his team.
6.45pm: The line ups have been released, and Thomas Christiansen and Steve Bruce have both made one change to their starting XIs.
Leeds: Wiedwald; Ayling, Jansson, Cooper, Berardi; Phillips, Vieira; Alioski, Saiz, Hernandez; Ekuban
Subs: Lonergan, Pennington, Shaughnessy, Anita, Grot, Sacko, Roofe
Aston Villa: Johnstone; Taylor, Chester, Samba, Hutton; Whelan, Hourihane; Snodgrass, Onomah, Adomah; Davis
Subs: Steer, De Laet, Elphick, Elmohamady, Bjarnason Lansbury, Grealish
6.30pm: Leeds will be without Stuart Dallas (ankle) and Pierre-Michel Lasogga (leg) tonight while Eunan O’Kane (hip) is a doubt.
Aston Villa are missing John Terry (metatarsal), Jonathan Kodjia (ankle), Scott Hogan (stomach) and Mile Jedinak (shoulder).
6.15pm: Aston Villa legend Ian Taylor does not believe a defeat would spell doom for his old club’s promotion hopes.
“I think it’s going to be a difficult game,” he told Express Sport.
“I know that because Leeds are doing OK, we’re doing OK.
“It’s live on the TV and I think there’s going to be quite a few eyes on the game, so it’ll be interesting.
“There’s still a long way to go. There’s been other times, especially last season, where there’s been certain games you could use as a yardstick but I’m not sure whether this is one because it’s still early in the season.
“It’s away from home, it’s against one of the teams that have been fancied to make a challenge to go up so it would be nice to win but I wouldn’t say it’s the be all and end all of our season if we don’t get the right result.”
6.00pm: Thomas Christiansen has described this as a “six-point game” for Leeds.
“They are a very tough and strong opponent and we need to be at the level we were against Middlesbrough if we want to take the three points,” he said.
“It is a game with similar situations (to Middlesbrough).
“The fans will be a big part for us tomorrow.
“It’s important to take two wins in a row and this is our mission.”
5.45pm: Steve Bruce believes this would be a standout fixture in the Premier League, let alone the Championship.
“Aston Villa against Leeds United would grace any league,” he said at his pre-match press conference.
“There’s big support, big history and big tradition at both clubs.
“It’s bound to be a hostile atmosphere, too.
“It’s a really great game to be involved in.”
5.30pm: Good evening and welcome to Express Sport’s live coverage of Leeds vs Aston Villa.
More than 30,000 fans are expected at Elland Road for the game between two of the Championship’s biggest clubs.
Villa are in supreme form, having won nine of their last 12 games, and they will hope to continue their ascent up the Championship table.
Leeds, meanwhile, have stopped the rot and could break back into the top six with a win.
We will have breaking team news at 6.45pm.