Blackburn’s run of two consecutive victories came to a nasty end as bottom-placed Sheffield Wednesday thundered three goals past them to win just the second game of their wretched campaign.
With 28 points from 19 games, Blackburn are in the seventh spot as the home side looks to resurrect their sublime form after a heartbreaking defeat.
Leeds United, on the other hand, are unbeaten in their previous five games with four victories and one draw.
The former Premier League outfit defeated Middlesbrough in a five-goal thriller played out at Elland Road to take their points tally to 38 points as they look to mount more pressure on the two sides above them with a win on the road.
Centre-back duo Hayden Carter and Dominic Hyam are sidelined due to their respective injuries while Joe Rankin-Costello is also confined to the treatment room because of a hamstring concern.
The home side has relied heavily on Sammie Szmodics who has been the biggest source of goals having netted 14 already.
The left-back and right-back pairing of Leo Fuhr Hjelde and Stuart Dallasare prepared to miss out on the fixture. Hjelde has an undisclosed injury while Dallas is recovering from a femoral fracture ruling the duo out.
Dan Jamesscored the opener in Leeds’ victory last time and the former Manchester United forward is touted to feature ahead of Italian prodigy Wilfried Gnonto.
Crysencio Summerville added to his tally with another strike against Middlesbrough alongside Joel Piroe with the duo leading the club’s goalscoring charts with eight goals as they’ll shoulder the goal-scoring responsibility once again.
Leeds predicted XI:Meslier; Gray, Rodon, Struijk, Firpo; Ampadu, Kamara; Gnonto, Piroe, Summerville; Rutter.
