TEAM NEWS
Leeds forward Patrick Bamford will be involved as a substitute on Thursday after a three-month injury lay-off with a foot injury.
Diego Llorente is fit after a muscle strain but Tyler Roberts is out for the season because of a ruptured hamstring.
Aston Villa defenders Ezri Konsa and Lucas Digne are both available after missing Saturday’s win over Southampton because of Covid-19.
Carney Chukwuemeka is fit again after a two-match absence with a slight niggle.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Aston Villa have won only three of their past 16 league games against Leeds, squandering a two-goal lead to draw 3-3 in this season’s reverse fixture on 9 February.
Leeds United
- Leeds can equal the club record of six successive league defeats, which happened most recently in February 2004.
- They could also match the club Premier League record of four consecutive games without a goal, set from December 1994 to January 1995.
- The Whites have conceded 41 goals in their past 13 league fixtures, failing to keep a clean sheet during that period.
- The only manager to lose both of his first two Premier League matches in charge of Leeds was George Graham in 1996.
- Patrick Bamford is one short of 100 career league goals. He has had only 22 minutes of Premier League playing time since mid-September because of injury.
Aston Villa
- Villa have won successive games but their only longer Premier League winning streak since the beginning of the 2010-11 season was a run of four from September to October 2020.
- They are vying to earn consecutive away league victories for the first time since December 2020.
- Philippe Coutinho has been directly involved in six goals in four home appearances for Villa, but he has failed to score or assist in any of his three away games.
- Ollie Watkins has not scored in any of his nine league matches versus Leeds.
- Steven Gerrard played for LA Galaxy in a 2-2 home draw versus a New York Red Bulls team managed by Jesse Marsch in August 2016.
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