Leeds v Oxford Preview
No doubt like the rest of us, Neil Warnock will be wondering what side Leeds will put out tonight against the U's.
Obviously we can rule out Paul Green, however the expectation is that Warnock will field what is being dubbed "an experimental side" with fringe men such as veteran Andy Gray and youngsters like Dominic Poleon making a start.
Whilst Warnock will rotate his squad to avoid injury to his key players, Oxford travel north with a whole host of injury problems of their own. Most notably, former Leeds defender Michael Duberry is out with a neck injury and boss Chris Wilder will be without ex MK Dons man Peter Leven and Andrew Whing.
Lee Cox is doubtful and the U's are sweating on the fitness of Deane Smalley and Jake Forster-Caskey.
The game kicks-off at 7:45 and Leeds will be hoping for a similar result to the one which saw off League One side Shrewsbury just over two weeks ago. Personally I do not think we will see as comfortable win or indeed as big a crowd than for the win over the Shrews, so I am going for a narrow 2-1 win to Leeds, hopefully in normal time because I want to get to the chippy in East Ardsley for supper before it closes!
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