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Friday 29 April 2011

Need a bit of luck as we enter the last chance saloon

Andy O'Brien fighting for Leeds as we go down to Palace
Leeds host Burnley tomorrow in what is a game that can only be described as 'win or bust'. United are 3 points adrift of 6th placed Nottingham Forest and just the one solitary point off Millwall and opponents Burnley in 7th and 8th with only two games remaining. Simon Grayson and his side are relying on both sides dropping points while they must pick up the maximum 6 points available from a difficult run-in. Beating Burnley will see the Whites move above their near by neighbours.

Leeds' game kicks off at 12.45 which allows them to apply the pressure on Forest and Millwall assuming United take all the points in a huge game which will say fair well to the Elland Road faithful for another season. Luciano Becchio is again doubtful and it is becoming for likely that our top goalscorer will watch the Championship seasons climax from the sidelines. Leeds are also without Barry Bannan who was recalled by Aston Villa earlier this week. George McCartney is expected to return to the side.

Leeds complete comeback at Burnley
Leeds are currently experiencing their worst run of their campaign having not seen themselves record a victory in 5 games. This run has dropped them out of the Play-offs and seen them slip to 9th which is their worst position in 6 months. As well as this United are no longer the league's top scorers with Norwich passing their total last weekend. Unlike Leeds the Clarets have won 3 of their last 4 games which has propelled them within contention of a Play-off place however they also rely on other sides slipping up.

It's now or never for both sides tomorrow afternoon as they are striving to keep their Npower Championship season alive with victory. 30,000 fans are expected to turn out to see this crucial match up. This sell-out crowd will say goodbye to their hero's after the game and the players will be doing everything to repay the fans fantastic support with a big 3 points tomorrow!

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