Leeds United's dismal record without Kalvin Phillips in their side continued this weekend, when the Thorp Arch graduate's team-mates slumped to a disappointing 1-0 defeat at fellow strugglers Southampton.
This weekend's fixture was the 11th game that Phillips has missed since the beginning of the 2020-21 season and in that time, Marcelo Bielsa's side have picked up just six points from a possible 33.
It's an alarming pattern that's showing no sign of improvement, despite last season's win against Aston Villa being one of the best performances of the season.
But how worried should Bielsa be about the trend?
As we know, the Whites head coach will read very little into coincidences or historic trends in his analysis.
The trend this season has coincided with a terrible injury crisis that has seen Leeds line-up without a number of important first team players.
Robin Koch, Patrick Bamford and Phillips are just a few of the big name players that've been absent through injury this season.
The results without Phillips are pretty damning on their own, but truth be told, there are bigger problems facing the Whites this season.
There's a severe lack in squad depth than has seen a number of Under-23's players named on the bench in recent weeks, and while the long term aim is to produce talent for the first team, a number of these youngsters have been fast tracked.
