The hosts are heading into the match on the back of a goalless draw away to Hull City in the mid-week, while Watford secured a 2-2 draw against West Bromwich Albion last time out.
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Two sides going through an identical run of form in the EFL Championship will be up against each other on Saturday as Leeds United welcome Watford at the Elland Road on Saturday. Both sides have collected five points from their last three outings, and are heading into the match on the back of draws in the mid-week. The hosts played out a goalless draw away to Hull City last time out, while Watford secured a 2-2 draw against West Bromwich Albion. As of now, the Whites are occupying ninth spot in the English second tier standings, having collected ten points from their opening seven league-games, while the visitors are sitting at the 14th position, separated by just a solitary point.
“This is my job, to improve the young players.” 🎙️
Ismaël speaks ahead of Leeds trip. ⤵️
— Watford Football Club (@WatfordFC) September 22, 2023
Leeds haven’t made a great start to their quest to return to their Premier League at the first time of asking, having recorded just two wins from their opening seven second tier games, while drawing four matches in the period. The Peacocks shared the spoils against Hull at MKM stadium on Wednesday despite playing against 10 men for the final 30 minutes after Hoe Rodon was sent off on the hour-mark. Prior to that, Daniel Farke’s men thrashed Millwall 3-0 thanks to Joel Piroe’s brace and one goal from Georginio Rutter. Now, the Whites are trailing the top six by just two points, and couple of positive results from their Upcoming fixtures will put them in the Championship leading pack.
Watford, on the other hand, kicked off their 2023-24 campaign with a dominant 4-0 win over Queen Park Rangers on August 5, but then went on a five game winless run across all competitions, recording three defeats in the process. Nevertheless, the Hornets got back to winning ways against Birmingham City on September 16 thanks to two unanswered goal from Mileta Rajovic and Ryan Andrews in the injury time. Four days later, Valerien Ismael’s side were involved in a four-goal draw against West Brom. Tom Ince put the Hornets ahead inside the opening three minutes, before two quick goals from John Swift and Jed Wallace made the score 2-1 in favour of Baggies, but Mattheus Martins’ 23rd-minute effort meant that the points were shared at Vicarage Road.
Leeds United probable starting lineup: Meslier, Ayling, Cooper, Struijk, Shackleton, Gray, Ampadu, Summerville, Piroe, Gnonto, Rutter
Watford probable starting lineup: Bachmann; Ngakia, Porteous, Hoedt, Morris; Louza, Sierralta, Kone; Ince, Rajovic, Martins
Leeds United
| Opponents | Score |
| Hull | 0-0 (D) |
| Millwall | 0-3 (W) |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 0-0 (D) |
| Salford | 2-1 (L) |
| Ipswich | 3-4 (W) |
Watford
| Opponents | Score |
| West Brom | 2-2 (D) |
| Birmingham | 2-0 (W) |
| Coventry | 3-3 (D) |
| Blackburn | 0-1 (L) |
| Stoke | 1-0 (L) |
| Last 5 match-results | Score |
| Leeds beat Watford | 0-3 |
| Leeds beat Watford | 1-0 |
| Watford beat Leeds | 1-0 |
| Watford beat Leeds | 2-3 |
| Watford beat Leeds | 4-1 |
The EFL Championship fixture between Leeds United and Watford will take place at Elland Road on Saturday at 7:30 pm IST.
| Leeds United vs Watford | Key Details |
| Date | September 23 |
| Venue | Elland Road |
| Kickoff time in UK | 3:00 pm |
| Kickoff time in India | 7:30 pm |
Unfortunately there is no reliable information available regarding the live streaming of this match.
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