Two teams in contrasting form face off on Sunday, as struggling Leeds United welcome buzzing Brentford to Elland Road.
Leeds beat Cardiff City 5-2 in their FA Cup third round replay on Wednesday night, but the Whites have failed to win any of their last five league games – losing three – and defeat here could spell the end for under-fire boss Jesse Marsch.
Brentford, meanwhile, are enjoying one of the best seasons in their history and will move even closer to the European places with victory at a ground where they're unbeaten in six.
Jesse Marsch has named the following Leeds starting 11: (4-2-3-1) Illan Meslier; Luke Ayling, Robin Koch, Max Wober, Pascal Struijk; Marc Roca, Tyler Adams; Jack Harrison, Brenden Aaronson, Wilfried Gnonto; Rodrigo
Thomas Frank has named the following Brentford starting 11: (3-5-2) David Raya; Kristoffer Ajer, Ethan Pinnock, Ben Mee; Mads Roerslev, Josh Dasilva, Christian Norgaard, Mathias Jensen, Rico Henry; Ivan Toney, Bryan Mbeumo
Form
Leeds' victory over Cardiff was their first in any competition since before the World Cup. Languishing in 14th, there's no doubt that the Whites are in a relegation battle, but they did show a much-improved performance in their last league outing – a 2-1 loss away to Aston Villa.
Brentford come into this clash unbeaten in seven Premier League games; during that time, the Bees have beaten Manchester City and Liverpool, and drawn with Tottenham. They won 2-0 at home to Bournemouth last time out.
Referee
Peter Bankes will be the referee for Leeds United vs Brentford.
Stadium
Leeds United vs Brentford will be played at 37,792-capacity Elland Road in Leeds.
In the US, kick-off time is 9am ET / 6am PT. The match will be shown on Peacock in the US. See below for international broadcast options.
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International Premier League TV rights
• UK: Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
• USA: NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
• Canada: The way to watch Premier League football in 2022/23 is fuboTV, which has exclusive rights to all the action.
• Australia: Optus Sport will screen every game of the Premier League season. Non-subscribers can access the action via a Fetch TV box and other friendly streaming devices.
• New Zealand: Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
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Tom Hancock started freelancing for FourFourTwo in April 2019 and has also written for the Premier League and Opta Analyst, among others. He supports Wycombe Wanderers and has a soft spot for Wealdstone. A self-confessed statto, he has been known to watch football with a spreadsheet (or several) open...
