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George Smith

Leeds United's impressive midweek record can inspire Whites ahead of Reading trip

Leeds United will be targeting a fourth successive Championship victory when they travel to the Madejski Stadium to face Reading on Tuesday evening, kick-off 8.00pm.

Marcelo Bielsa's team, who ran out 3-0 winners against the Royals on their last visit to Berkshire, scoring three times before half time, moved back into the Championship's automatic promotion places on Saturday after defeating Luton Town 2-1 at Kenilworth Road.

But with a potentially tricky task against Luton now out of the way, attention switches to Tuesday's meeting with Mark Bowen's Reading.

And when it's come to playing in midweek in the Championship over the past year or so, Leeds have a very impressive record indeed, which means they can finally put to bed the memories of those dour midweek nights such as the 7-4 home defeat to Nottingham Forest earlier in the decade

In their last 10 Championship matches to have been played in midweek under the floodlights, excluding games on Bank Holidays and other traditional football dates around Christmas time, Bielsa's team have been beaten just once - a 1-0 reverse to QPR at Loftus Road back in February.

So far this season, the Whites have had three midweek fixtures and have taken seven points from a possible nine on offer. Bielsa's side defeated both Brentford and West Brom 1-0 at Elland Road before drawing 1-1 at Deepdale against Preston North End last month.

Here is a full breakdown of the last 10 midweek games that Leeds United have participated in and how just how good their midweek record is...

Preston North End 1-1 Leeds United - October 22, 2019

Leeds United 1-0 West Bromwich Albion - October 1, 2019

Leeds United 1-0 Brentford - August 21, 2019

Preston North End 0-2 Leeds United - April 9, 2019

Reading 0-3 Leeds United - March 12, 2019

QPR 1-0 Leeds United - February 26, 2019

Leeds United 2-1 Swansea City - February 13, 2019

Leeds United 1-0 Reading - November 27, 2018

Leeds United 2-0 Ipswich Town - November 24, 2018

Hull City 0-1 Leeds United - October 2, 2018

Visit our  dedicated Leeds United page  for the latest news, views and analysis from Elland Road.

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