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Joshua Hobbs

Two Leeds United fixtures rearranged in latest round of televised matches

Television rights holders have made their latest selections for broadcast in the UK and Leeds United have had two fixtures selected. This has meant moving both the games away from the traditional Saturday 3pm kick-off slot.

The first game is the away clash against Leicester City on Saturday March 5 at the King Power Stadium. The fixture remains on the same day but it has now been moved to the lunch time slot of a 12.30pm kick off as BT Sport have selected it as their game that day.

The second fixture to be affected is later that month, as the match against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux will no longer be played on Saturday March 19. That game has been selected by Sky Sports as a Friday night fixture so will now be played the night before - March 18 - now kicking off at 8pm.

Marcelo Bielsa's side have already face both opponents at Elland Road this season, with both matches ending with 1-1 score lines.

It took a stoppage time strike from Rodrigo to secure a point against Wolves, after Joe Gelhardt made his first big contribution in a white shirt by coming off the bench to win the penalty which the Spaniard converted. Hwang Hee-Chan had opened the scoring in the first half of the game and Wolves looked set for the victory before the intervention of Gelhardt.

Against Leicester, it was Leeds who went ahead as Raphinha's in-swinging free-kick eluded Kasper Schmeichel. However, Harvey Barnes immediately pegged back the home side with an excellent strike into the top corner and although Leeds largely dominated the game they were unable to make their superiority count and the points were shared.

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