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Sheffield United v Leeds United: Championship – live!
Updates from the 12.30pm GMT kick-off at Bramall LaneFollow the latest scores from around EuropeAnd you can email Scott with your thoughts 11.40am GMT Sheffield United make three changes to the victorious starting XI named at Brentford in midweek. George Baldock, Mark Duffy and Leeds-bothering captain Billy Sharp start, in place of John Lundstram, Kieron Freeman and Conor Washington.Leeds United make just the one change to the team that saw off Reading on Tuesday. Pontus Jansson returns from injury, replacing Lewis Baker. 11.37am GMT Sheffield United: Henderson, Baldock, Stevens, O’Connell, Basham, Egan, Fleck, Norwood, Duffy, Sharp, McGoldrick.Subs: Lundstram, Coutts, Stearman, Johnson, Moore, Cranie, Washington.Leeds United: Peacock-Farrell, Dallas, Douglas, Jansson, Cooper, Phillips, Klich, Alioski, Hernandez, Forshaw, Roofe.Subs: Huffer, Halme, Clarke, Shackleton, Baker, Harrison, Saiz. 10.51am GMT Sheffield United versus Leeds United. To members of a certain generation, this is a fixture that means only one thing: Brian Gayle, under pressure from a lurking Eric Cantona, slicing the ball into the air with his knee then heading into his own net, effectively securing the 1991/92 title for Leeds. A farcical end to the pre-Premier League era, but what a midfield Leeds had back then: McAllister-Speed-Strachan-Batty! The most underrated English champions of all time?Anyway, we digress, and since then Sheffield United have had the upper hand over their Yorkshire neighbours. The teams have played 14 matches since that epochal day at Bramall Lane, and the Blades have won eight of them, Leeds a mere three. Chris Wilder’s men won home and away last season, a pair of 2-1s, Billy Sharp doing most of the damage. Marcelo Bielsa’s lads will want to arrest that little trend. Continue reading......read full article
