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Tuesday night sees Leeds United take on Championship league leaders West Brom at Elland Road, with the Baggies heading into the game unbeaten in their nine league so far this season.
Leeds suffered a 1-0 defeat to Charlton Athletic away at the Valley last Saturday, producing a performance some fans labelled as "the worst of the season". Despite the loss, the Whites only fell to fourth place in the league table, meaning that they still haven't out of the top four while under Marcelo Bielsa.
Meanwhile West Brom are enjoying life under manager Slaven Bilic. The Baggies are unbeaten from their first nine games of this Championship games, picking up five wins and four draws - with all fours draws being 1-1 scorelines.
They head into Tuesday night's clash after picking up back to back wins. A 4-2 win over Huddersfield Town at home was followed up with a 2-0 victory over QPR away at Loftus Road.
West Brom travel to West Yorkshire in high spirits after their good start, however they may still be haunted by last seasons 4-0 defeat against Leeds at Elland Road.
Team news
Bielsa revealed in his press conference this week that Leeds United are still without 34-year-old midfield maestro, Pablo Hernandez, after the Spaniard missed last weekend's trip to Charlton Athletic.
Leeds are also without 27-year-old, Adam Forshaw, with the midfielder now living through a second spell on the sidelines..
Slaven Bilic has no new injury concerns heading into the game against Leeds, so he is expected to name an unchanged line-up from last weekend's 2-0 at QPR.
The BBC report that defenders Ahmed Hegazi and Kieran Gibbs are close to making returns from ankle injuries, while fellow defender Conor Townsend is also said to be making progress following a nerve problem in his back.
Quick match facts
Leeds United have suffered four defeats from their last five meetings with West Brom, however last seasons meeting at Elland Road between the two teams took place on March 1st 2019, with Leeds thrashing West Brom 4-0, with Pablo Hernandez opening the scoring after just 16 seconds. It was West Brom's heaviest league defeat outside of the top-flight since they lost 6-0 to Sheffield United in February 2000.
The Whites have only lost once in their previous ten home league matches against West Brom (W6 D3 L1), losing 3-2 under Dennis Wise in January 2007.
West Brom remain the only unbeaten side in the Championship this season after nine games. The Baggies have never gone undefeated in their opening ten league games before.
Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds side have netted the fewest amount of home league goals so far this season with three (level with West Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield Town).
Leeds have registered just one win from their last six league games at Elland Road (D3 L2), beating Brentford 1-0 in August.
Match information
Leeds United v West Brom
Sky Bet Championship
7:45pm Tuesday 1st October 2019
Elland Road
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