Millwall away next for Leeds United as they try and break London duck
Leeds haven’t had great success in London over the years - Millwall being one of those destinations.
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00:00 And finally, next up, Millwall away after the international break.
00:05 Is it a big chance to get a second win in the new campaign?
00:10 Well, I think so, yeah.
00:11 But the first thing that sticks out here is Leeds' awful record there.
00:14 I mean, Leeds' record in London has never been great.
00:17 The London curse.
00:18 I mean, however many games it was without a win there.
00:20 And Millwall has quite often been in that sort of category,
00:23 you know, in terms of games where they haven't won.
00:25 I think it's five defeats in the last six there at Millwall.
00:28 Even Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds didn't win there.
00:30 I remember going down there for the Jack Harrison,
00:32 get where Jack Harrison equalised in the 89th minute,
00:34 which stopped another defeat.
00:36 And you've got to go back to all the way, is it 2012-ish, I think it is, March 2012,
00:40 1-0 victory when Ross McCormack scored there.
00:42 So straight away, people are going to point at the record.
00:45 So that's something to overcome.
00:47 Obviously, then there's the atmosphere.
00:48 It's going to be hostile down there.
00:49 You know, Gary Rowett's going to have them write up for it.
00:52 They're going to be writing Leeds' faces and stuff.
00:53 And it's going to be a very, very difficult game.
00:55 And they're just going to have to hang on in there.
00:56 But what you would hope, ultimately, is that Leeds' quality comes through.
01:00 They're going to have more options for that game, or whatever happens.
01:02 I mean, Jadon Anthony's obviously signed too late to be involved for the Wednesday game.
01:06 So he's going to be available.
01:07 I mean, you have people like Kamara and Gruev, who will have had a bit more time.
01:10 Sam Byron, Dan James, maybe coming into it.
01:12 Pavader and Joseph, obviously, just back from injury.
01:14 So there's going to be more options for definite for Daniel Farke.
01:18 And you just sort of hope that it all comes together.
01:20 But I mean, I do half think with this team, if they'll end up, you know,
01:24 people talk about Helen Rowe being a fortress,
01:25 and they get that, obviously, because the fans, you know,
01:27 it's obviously a fantastic thing to have on your side.
01:29 But I half wonder if Leeds is going to be better away from home, purely because
01:32 teams will have to come at them a little bit, and they can maybe have a bit more,
01:35 you know, space to exploit, so to speak.
01:37 But Gary Rowe will be very, very wise to that.
01:40 It'll be a very, very hard game.
01:41 Leeds are favourites, knocked by an awful lot, around about five to four.
01:45 Millwall, about two.
01:46 So, you know, that tells you what the bookies think, whether you agree with that.
01:49 I don't know.
01:50 It's just one of those ones I could see going either way.
01:51 But I think ultimately, you just have to hope that Leeds' quality shines through.
01:54 They'll have to keep an eye on Kevin Nisbet.
01:55 He's been a good sign, and he's scored two already since coming from Hibs.
01:59 I think he'll be a key player for them.
02:01 But, yeah, just I think it's going to be about basically, well, obviously,
02:03 keeping tight at one end, but taking the chances at the other.
02:06 And there's no doubt that Leeds will have the better quality on the show, you would think.
02:08 So hopefully, they can go there and get three points, because they need to start pushing on.
02:11 I mean, you know, obviously, it's still early days, but they do, you know,
02:14 obviously, 15th of the minute, they need to start getting at that table ASAP.