MATCH PREVIEW: LEEDS UNITED V BURNLEY

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Clarets head to Yorkshire as Championship action returns

2024-09-13T18:00:00.000Z

MATCH PREVIEW: LEEDS UNITED V BURNLEY

Clarets head to Yorkshire as Championship action returns

2024-09-13T18:00:00.000Z

Clarets head to Yorkshire as Championship action returns

Burnley are back in Sky Bet Championship action on Saturday afternoon (12:30pm) as the Clarets take on Leeds United.

Scott Parker’s side travel to Elland Road following the September international break and will be looking to add to the seven points taken from the opening four league games.

Ahead of the visit to West Yorkshire, the Clarets signed John Egan as the Ireland international arrived as a free agent following six years at Bramall Lane.

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How to watch

Saturday's trip to Leeds is sold out and tickets for the game are unavailable to purchase.

The game will be shown live on Sky Sports+ and to find out the official EFL rights-holders countries showing the game live, click here.

Live audio commentary will also be available as usual via Clarets+ from 12:15pm on the day.

Full match highlights, goals and interviews will be available to view after the match on Clarets+ and across all social media channels.

Click here to view all our Clarets+ packages.

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The opponents

Following a 10-year spell in the Championship and 16-year absence from the top-flight, Leeds returned to the Premier League in 2020 as Marcelo Bielsa guided the Whites back to the top.

An impressive ninth place finish in the first season back was followed by survival on the last day of the 2021/22 season, before relegation back to the Championship in 2023.

A new era began ahead of last season with Daniel Farke taking charge of the Yorkshire club in the summer and the Whites nearly bounced straight back up to the Premier League immediately under the former Norwich man, but play-off final heartbreak to Southampton at Wembley saw United remain in the second tier for another year.

It was a busy summer transfer window at Leeds, including the departures of three-star players, as Crysencio Summerville joined West Ham United, academy product Archie Gray signed for Spurs and Georginio Rutter moved to Brighton & Hove Albion.

Alongside those, midfielder Glen Kamara departed for Ligue 1 side Stade Rennais after just one year at Elland Road, defender Charlie Creswell moved to Toulouse, Marc Roca & Diego Llorente both joined Real Betis and Cody Drameh, Robin Koch, Luke Ayling, Jamie Shackleton, Ian Poveda and Kristoffer Klaesson all left as free agents.

United were busy in replacing those that left, as Jayden Bogle arrived from Sheffield United, Largie Ramazani signed from UD Almeria and Ao Tanaka made the move to Yorkshire from Fortuna Dusseldorf.

Issac Schmidt was a deadline day signing from FC St Gallen whilst Manor Solomon and Joe Rothwell joined on season-long loan moves from Spurs and Bournemouth, respectively.

Leeds have started the 2024/25 campaign brightly, having drawn twice and won twice, which sees the Whites remain unbeaten in the Championship.

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In the dugout

After playing for the likes of TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus, SV Lippstadt and SV Wilhelmshaven, Daniel Farke started his managerial career with former side SV Lippstadt and was in charge for six years, including two promotions.

Following a successful time as Lippstadt, Farke departed and joined Borussia Dortmund II, where the German spent two years as manager before joining Norwich City in May 2017.

The Canaries finished 14th in Farke's first campaign at Carrow Road, before guiding City to the Championship title in 2019 and taking the club back to the Premier League.

Despite suffering relegation back to the second tier, Norwich were instantly back in the top-flight, as Farke's side won the league title once again.

September 2021 saw Farke depart Carrow Road and following a brief spell with Krasnodar, the 47-year-old was appointed Head Coach of Bundesliga side Borussia Monchengladbach in June 2022.

The German only spent a season with Monchengladbach, before joining Leeds United last summer on a four-year contract. Farke achieved a third-place finish in his first campaign at Elland Road and narrowly missed out on promotion, after losing to Southampton at Wembley in the play-off final.

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Last time we met

02/01/2022 – Leeds United 3 – 1 Burnley (Elland Road)

Burnley: Hennessey, Lowton, Mee, Tarkowski, Taylor, Cork, Westwood, Lennon (Rodriguez 80), Gudmundsson (Cornet HT), Wood (Vydra 84), McNeil

Unused substitutes: Norris, Bardsley, Collins, Long, Pieters, Stephens

Leeds United: Meslier, Ayling, Firpo, Llorente, Dallas, Koch, Forshaw, Harrison (James 62), Klich, Raphinha, Roberts (Gelhardt 58)

Unused substitutes: Klaesson, Hjelde, Moore, Bate, Jenkins, Summerville, Greenwood

Goals: Harrison 39’, Cornet 54’, Dallas 77’, James 90

Attendance: 36,083

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What Scott Parker said

"It's a big test for us against a very good side. They have a pretty settled team, obviously they made some changes in the summer, but a lot of the players have been there a while now.

"Then you add that to the atmosphere that a full Elland Road brings and that brings a challenge, but it's an exciting challenge for us and we are looking forward to going into this weekend.

"The international break came at a good time for us, we had a lot of players still here training and a lot of the new lads around, so it has been good to work with them for a couple of weeks.

"It's given the squad and new lads a bit of time to settle in more and gel together, so from that aspect yes, it's been a good week or so and they have worked very hard and they're ready."