Friday 24th November 8:00pm |New York Stadium
Leeds make the 30 mile trip down the M1, to play a disjointed Rotherham side, in desperate need for points, as they try to recover from their 5-0 thrashing at Watford last time out.
Such is their predicament, that the hierarchy at the New York Stadium have already given Matty Taylor his marching orders, six months after guiding them to safety (15th) last season. If the lure of a local Yorkshire Derby wasn't enough of a potential banana skin, two former Leeds Managers are fighting it out to take the helm for the visit of Daniel Farke's men
Although Neil Warnock and Steve Evans should not give too many of us sleepless nights (as long as they're part of the opposition), the game is anything but a forgone conclusion, as Plymouth proved when they visited Elland Road recently. In fact, the Millers have played better this season, against top opposition. They drew 1-1 at St Marys, held Ipswich to a 2-2 draw and beat Leicester City.
Leeds have completed the double twice in recent times over their local rivals (16/17 and 18/19). You have to go back to April 2nd 2016 when a last minute Greg Halford goal gave the Millers a 2-1 home victory. On that day Neil Warnock was in the Rotherham dugout, and you've guessed it, Steve Evans in the other!
Georginio Rutter is a major doubt for the visit of Rotherham. The 21 year old forward returned from International duty with France with an abdominal strain. This could see Joel Piroe move to a more central striking role. Pascal Struijk is making good progress having undergone the surgeons knife to repair a double hernia. He returned to full training on Wednesday, and may still make the squad. Joe Gelhardt (broken hand) , Jamie Shackleton (groin strain), Sam Byram (various) and Djed Spence (outer ligament problems) have also returned to full training this week though probably won't feature.
Stuart Dallas continuous to be in and out of first team training, suggesting we'll have to wait until the New Year to see the Northern Ireland utility player in action. It had been suggested that Wilfred Gnonto pulled his Hamstring during Italy U21's 7-0 victory over Malta, but returned to grab himself a brace in the 2-2 draw with Eire on Tuesday evening.
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