Bristol City return to Ashton Gate on Saturday in the midst of a six-match unbeaten streak in the Championship with the playoff spots in their sights.
From their opening 11 outings, the Robins have earned 15 points, with their only two defeats thus far having come consecutively in August and September.
They bounced back from those setbacks with a victory over Oxford United and three consecutive draws against Swansea City, Sheffield Wednesday and Cardiff City, before manager Liam Manning announced a leave of absence following the tragic passing of his son during the break.
Returning to action under the temporary care of Chris Hogg, the Robins faced a tough trip to Middlesbrough at the weekend and extended their unbeaten run in style, as Anis Mehmeti and Yu Hirakawa fired them to a 2-0 victory with first-half goals, before most recently visiting Stoke City on Tuesday and collecting a point from a 2-2 draw, having come from 2-0 down thanks to a quickfire Nahki Wells brace in the second half.
With momentum building at Ashton Gate, having put themselves within four points of fourth, fifth and sixth spots with a pair of pleasing results on the road, Bristol City will aim to make it seven games unbeaten with a fourth league victory of the campaign on Tuesday.
They arguably face their toughest test yet, though, as the visitors make the trip aiming to continue a perfect run since the break and put themselves in the top two in their automatic promotion bid.
Aiming to win promotion back to the Premier League at the second time of asking under the management of Daniel Farke, following last season’s playoff heartbreak, Leeds United have enjoyed a strong start, currently sitting third having amassed 22 points from their first 11 outings.
Their solitary defeat came to Burnley in mid-September, but the Whites did then head into the international break following two victories and two creditable draws on the road, before continuing a pleasing run on their return to action last week.
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They hosted Yorkshire rivals and fellow promotion-hopefuls Sheffield United on Friday and dished out a first league defeat of the season to the Blades, taking all three points from a 2-0 triumph thanks to goals from Pascal Struijk and Mateo Joseph, before hosting Watford on Tuesday and holding on for a 2-1 triumph after Largie Ramazani and Brenden Aaronson had them two goals up inside seven minutes.
Now with confidence quickly growing in the camp in their quest for a top-two finish this time around, Leeds United will bid to make it three wins on the bounce on Saturday with a chance to climb into the top two if second-placed Burnley drop points or leaders Sunderland suffer a defeat.
