Leeds host Nottingham Forest tonight. Get all of the crew information right here…
Leeds and Nottingham Forest meet tonight in a match that might have big ramifications within the battle to keep away from relegation from the Premier League.
The clubs occupy the final two places above the relegation zone. They’re degree on 26 factors – six forward of third-bottom West Ham – with the West Yorkshire membership forward on objectives scored.
West Ham’s outcomes and performances have improved in current weeks with wins towards Tottenham and Sunderland giving them renewed perception and the loser tonight, if there’s one, might be a nervous onlooker because the Hammers go to doomed Burnley tomorrow.
Each these golf equipment come into the sport on the again of a disappointing end result. Leeds have been swept apart 4-0 by leaders Arsenal whereas Forest have been held to a 1-1 draw at dwelling to slumping Crystal Palace. The frustration for Sean Dyche and his gamers was that they have been main 1-0 and searching good till the dismissal of left-back Neco Williams for handball on the stroke of half-time.
Forest have been higher away from the Metropolis Floor this season, profitable 4 occasions, at Liverpool, Wolves, West Ham and Brentford.
Leeds Crew Information v Nottingham Forest
Daniel Farke makes only one change to the crew crushed by Arsenal with Noah Okafor changing the injured Anton Stach. Dan James has overcome a hamstring downside to start out on the bench.
Leeds: Darlow; Bogle, Rodon, Struijk, Gudmundsson, Justin; Ampadu, Gruev, Aaronson, Okafor; Calvert-Lewin
Subs: Perri, Bijol, Bornauw, Longstaff, Tanaka, James, Gnonto, Nmecha, Piroe
Nottingham Forest Crew Information v Leeds
Matz Sels misses out attributable to a groin harm, which means a debut for Stefan Ortega in purpose. Fellow January arrivals Luca Netz and Lorenzo Lucca are on the bench however there isn’t any Murillo within the matchday squad.
Williams is suspended so Zach Abbott begins at left-back.
Nottingham Forest: Ortega; Aina, Morato, Milenkovic, Abbott; Sangare, Dominguez, Anderson, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Jesus
Subs: Gunn, Awoniyi, Ndoye, Lucca, Hutchinson, Yates, Jair Cunha, McAtee, Netz
Leeds v Forest: TV channel, on-line reside streams
Kick-off on Friday is at 20:00 GMT (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT), with reside protection within the UK on Sky Sports activities Primary Occasion, Sky Sports activities Premier League and Sky Sports activities Extremely.
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Leeds v Nottingham Forest stats
- Leeds have received their final three Premier League dwelling video games towards Nottingham Forest (1996, 1999 and 2023) and scored in every of their 25 top-flight dwelling matches within the fixture
- Farke’s aspect have received all 4 of their Premier League evening matches at Elland Street this season (19:30 or later), most not too long ago beating Palace 4-1 in December
- Dominic Calvert-Lewin has scored 9 Premier League objectives this season, solely twice earlier than reaching double figures in a single marketing campaign (13 in 2019/20, 16 in 2020/21)
- The final Englishman to attain 10 league objectives of their first season with Leeds was Matt Smith in 2013/14 (12 within the Championship)
- Solely Liverpool’s Alexis Mac Allister (31) has had extra pictures with out scoring than Leeds’ Pascal Struijk (22) within the division this season, with Struijk accumulating the very best anticipated objectives complete with no purpose to this point (2.32)
- After a run of six defeats in seven Premier League video games throughout October and November (W1), Leeds have misplaced two of their final 11 for the reason that begin of December (W3 D6)
- Forest want to full a league double over Leeds for the primary time since 2013/14, and for simply the second time ever within the top-flight, after 1995/96
- They’ve misplaced certainly one of their final 15 Premier League video games towards promoted sides (W9 D5), struggling a 1-0 dwelling defeat towards Sunderland earlier this season
- An unbeaten run of their final 4 Premier League video games (W2 D2) is their longest sequence with out defeat this season, final going longer between December and January final season (8)
- Solely backside aspect Wolves (6.7%) have a decrease shot conversion charge than Nottingham Forest within the Premier League this season (8.5%). Forest ranked joint-Sixth in that respect within the competitors final season (12.5%)
- Morgan Gibbs-White has both scored (3) or assisted (1) a purpose in 4 of his final 5 Premier League appearances, in addition to scoring Forest’s winner towards Leeds in November
