Leeds United will open their doors at Elland Road to Brighton & Hove Albion this Saturday afternoon with the Whites looking to rocket themselves further away from the drop zone just the Seagulls eye up a spot in the Champions League.
Although a place amongst Europe’s elite is of the wildest dreams for a club the size of Brighton, they are still coming into this one with a mathematical possibility of making it into fourth if they can carry on winning.
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Ahead of the match in Yorkshire, the Seagulls have a gap of seven points to make up on Tottenham Hotspur in fourth, but there are nine points still left to be had from their three games in hand.
They do, of course, need to win these games, but with 43 goals scored and 29 conceded, there is a huge chance this happens.
As for Leeds, they have won just one game with Javi Gracia at the helm after a narrow 1-0 win over Southampton.
They've since gone on to exit the FA Cup with a 2-0 defeat to Fulham and a 1-0 loss to Chelsea last time out. The Yorkshire side are still above the drop zone on goals difference, however, while also having a game in hand to play.
Brighton come into this game with a few injuries to deal with still. Jakub Moder is set to miss this game and will not return until mid-April.
Tariq Lamptey has missed the last few games and could come back into this game if he passes his late fitness test before the game. Adam Lallana remains out for the season, but Levi Colwill should return this weekend.
Leeds continue to be plagued by injuries as many crucial players face late fitness tests or miss this game.
Adam Forshaw will miss this one and won't return until some point in April. Rodrigo, Luis Fernando Sinisterra and Patrick Bamford are all set to face late fitness tests and likely start on the bench if they are fit, but Liam Cooper and Stuart Dallas are both out and continue to add to the defensive woes of Leeds.
It's hard to see how Leeds keep a clean sheet these days with such a terrible run of form in doing so.
Brighton are heading to a spot in the European places and maybe even in the Champions League if they can continue, and Forebet predicts a victory for them here and over 2.5 goals in the game.