Good evening and welcome to our live text coverage of the Premier League match between Leeds United and West Ham United from Elland Road! The away team are six places above Leeds in eighth place, despite having their rich vein of form ended by a 3-1 loss to Manchester United last week. Leeds, in contrast, have struggled to build up a consistent run of good results, losing by the same scoreline to Chelsea in their most recent fixture. We will be bringing you all the build-up, highlights and talking points from the match tonight, so stay tuned ahead of kick-off at 20:00.
Premier League / Matchday 12
Elland Road / 11.12.2020
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- M. Klich(6' PEN)
- T. Soucek(25')
- A. Ogbonna(80')
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Updated 11/12/2020 at 22:02 GMT
19:39
He's come along way! Tonight will be Declan Rice's 122nd competitive appearance in a West Ham shirt.
19:34
And that's not Bielsa's only achievement today! Rather surprisingly, he's made the shortlist for FIFA's 2020 Best Men's Coach award alongside Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp and Bayern Munich's Hans-Dieter Flick.
19:30
Milestone for Leeds' manager Marcelo Bielsa tonight!
19:15
WEST HAM TEAM NEWS
It's a first West Ham start for deadline day signing Said Benrahma after being limited to substitute appearances up until this point.
He replaces the injured Arthur Masuaku in the starting XI, which either means Pablo Fornals is an unfamiliar left wing-back role in the Hammer's typical 3-4-3 or that it is a 4-3-3 with Aaron Creswell at left back and Fornals as the more advanced midfielder in the midfield trio.
19:10
LEEDS TEAM NEWS
As Marcelo Bielsa entertainingly revealed in Wednesday's press conference, there is only change to his starting XI with Robin Koch out injured.
Rodrigo will likely slot in at either attacking midfield or on the wing, while Luke Ayling moves to centre back and Stuart Dallas moves back into defence at right back.