Leeds United face Derby County at Elland Road this weekend, and the away side will be without two key midfielders Ebou Adams and David Ozoh.
The chance to rectify the defeat at Ewood Park presents itself this weekend for Daniel Farke and his side, taking on Derby County at Elland Road looking to preserve their brilliant home record.
Leeds have selection issues to contend with after injury updates from Farke on Thursday, but the Rams aren’t without a crisis of their own.
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Derby team news pre-Leeds: Rams without Adams and Ozoh in midfield
The newly-promoted Rams come to Elland Road already the underdogs as they occupy 15th place and have only collected six points from a possible 27 on their travels this season.
However, their task of coming away from West Yorkshire with anything has been made more difficult by the news that Paul Warne will be without two of his key midfielders.
Ebou Adams scored last weekend in their defeat to Sheffield Wednesday, but he was also handed his fifth yellow card of the season, meaning he is suspended for this clash – the cut-off for five bookings comes at full-time after this game.
Meanwhile, Crystal Palace loanee David Ozoh is not yet fit enough to return to the squad after his lengthy hamstring layoff, only playing five times this season
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Leeds team news pre-Derby: Ampadu back in full training, full-back issues emerge
A major boost for Leeds this week comes in the form of Ethan Ampadu being confirmed as back in full team training, nine weeks on from his knee injury.
Junior Firpo, meanwhile, suffered a knock in training and will need a late fitness test to determine if he will be fit to start at left-back.
Other issues in that area of the pitch come in the form of Sam Byram still ruled out with hamstring trouble, while Isaac Schmidt is working back to fitness after his hernia operation last month – and Max Wöber is available too, but may not be ready to play a full 90 minutes.
Leeds have big opportunity to reclaim top two spot with win v Derby
Leeds are quite heavily fancied this weekend to get back on track with a home win against bottom-half opposition, and while the Rams will plan to make life difficult for Leeds, it’s a game Farke cannot afford to drop points in.
Elsewhere in the Championship, Middlesbrough travel to Burnley tonight in a game that Leeds fans will surely be keeping an eye on.
On Sunday, Sheffield United take on West Brom without their two starting centre-backs, both suspended after picking up recent red cards.
There’s a decent chance that if Leeds win, they could reclaim one of two positions in the automatic promotion slots, hoping for a slip-up from their rivals.