Leeds United are back in action once again in the Championship as they travel away from Yorkshire to take on Norwich City at Carrow Road this evening.
The Whites are looking to record a third straight win in the second tier as they aim to move into the automatic promotion places, in their bid to reach the Premier League this season.
Daniel Farke‘s side have only lost once in seven league matches so far this term and have kept five clean sheets in their last six outings in the division.
Leeds are up against Norwich for the first time they beat them 4-0 at Elland Road in the second leg of the play-offs, and at Carrow Road for the first time since their 0-0 draw in the first leg.
The Canaries are under new management, however, and Johannes Hoff Thorup aims to succeed where David Wagner failed and claim a victory over the Whites.
Farke’s team come into this game off the back of a 3-0 win over Coventry last time out and the German head coach will have to make at least one change to his starting XI from that match, as Ethan Ampadu has been ruled out.
The Leeds boss revealed in his pre-match press conference that the Wales international will be out of team training for around ten weeks with a knee injury.
Ampadu was forced off in the first half against the Sky Blues and is now expected to be out of action until January, as he will need time to get back to full fitness after his eventual return to training.
Ao Tanaka was brought on to replace the former Chelsea man and Farke must now unleash the summer signing from the start for the first time, after his impressive showing off the bench.
was thrown in during the first half and did not take any time to settle in against Coventry, as shown by his super pass success rate and duel success rate.
Tanaka, despite his slight frame, immediately adapted to the physicality of the match to win an impressive 75% of his duels, which helped him to complete two tackles and two interceptions.
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