Leeds climbed to the top of the Championship with a battling 2-0 West Yorkshire derby victory over Huddersfield.
Second-half goals from Ezgjan Alioski and Pablo Hernandez did the damage as the visitors stretched their impressive unbeaten run to nine games to leapfrog West Brom at the summit
And victory was also Leeds’ sixth win in a row and their seventh victory in nine games as they kept the pressure on the Baggies ahead of their home clash with Swansea on Sunday.
Town’s defeat means they have not won in five matches despite a promising start when new manager Danny Cowley arrived earlier this season.
Injured midfielder Lewis O’Brien (calf), defender Terence Kongolo and striker Fraizer Campbell (hip) were all unavailable, as were a host of other injured players for the Terriers.
At the other end Mateusz Klich steered a right-foot shot against the right post from Hernandez’s clever corner.
The striker rose to head Bacuna’s free-kick towards the top right corner, but an outstretched Casilla did brilliantly well to turn his header away.
Casilla was called into action again, this time saving Mounie’s header from a Karlan Grant inswinging corner.
Casila raced off his line to clear Kamil Grabara’s hopeful punt forward and the ball fell loose for Grant. Town’s leading scorer saw his powerful left-foot shot superbly headed over his own crossbar by Ayling.
Casilla denied Elias Kachunga an equaliser shortly after the hour mark with a wonderful close-range save from the midfielder’s header.
Then Hernandez bagged a second Leeds goal to kill off the contest, heading home unmarked at the back post from Jack Harrison’s inch-perfect cross.
