Leeds United fans may have to make alternative travel arrangements when they travel to Hillsborough for the Saturday lunchtime kickoff at Sheffield Wednesday this weekend.
The Whites currently sit second in the Championship table - one place above Wednesday, who are managed by former Leeds head coach Garry Monk.
Marcelo Bielsa's side could open up a sizeable gap over the Owls if they pick up all three points and around 4,500 Leeds fans are expected to make the trip to South Yorkshire.
However, no trams will be running to or from the stadium. The decision has been backed by South Yorkshire Police following the ugly scenes at last year's fixture, when supporters were accused of vandalising trams and assaulting staff.
A statement from Stagecoach, the company that runs the Sheffield Supertrams, says: "On Saturday 26 October 2019 Sheffield Wednesday host Leeds United, a fixture which last year saw serious incidents including vandalism and damage to our trams, and more seriously intimidation to our staff with physical and verbal assaults. This resulted in our services having to be suspended due to safety concerns.
"Following this, Supertram jointly met with Sheffield Wednesday and South Yorkshire Police to discuss how safety could be improved for fans, regular tram users and our employees in order to avoid similar conflicts occurring in future matches.
"Recommendations were made in terms of how potentially difficult fixtures could be managed including reduced away tickets and options to manage the transport of away fans. Unfortunately for the above fixture none of these have been supported by Sheffield Wednesday.
"In light of this and following discussions with South Yorkshire Police, we have regretfully had to take the difficult decision to suspend tram services between the City Centre and Hillsborough for a period of time prior to the game and after the game."
The changes mean that trams will not operate towards Hillsborough from either Sheffield city centre or Malin Bridge between 10:30am - 12:30pm and 1:30pm - 3:30pm.
The full revised timetable can be found on the Supertram website.
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