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Aston Villa vs Leeds United LIVE: Confirmed teams, goal updates, latest score, highlights
ASTON VILLA VS LEEDS UNITED LIVE - Goal updates, latest score and highlights
Aston Villa take on Leeds United in a crunch festive fixture in the Championship today.
Villa can move to seventh in the table with a win over Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds side.
But the West Yorkshire club can top the table heading into Christmas if they claim three points at Villa Park.
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Leeds United are without Patrick Bamford, who suffered an injury ahead of the game and has not travelled with the squad.
Leeds are desperate for a win to continue their promotion push under boss Bielsa.
And they joked ahead of the game that they will be bringing a cabbage to Villa Park - a reference to the vegetable a fan threw at Steve Bruce before the manager was sacked by Villa earlier this season.
The match kicks off at 1:30pm UK time and you can follow all the action LIVE with Express Sport.
ASTON VILLA VS LEEDS UNITED LIVE
(kick off 1:30pm)
• Leeds can top the table at Christmas with a win
• Villa seeking to move up to seventh in the Championship
• Aston Villa XI: Nyland, Chester, Whelan, McGinn, Bolasie, Hourihane, Bree, Abraham, Hutton, Kodjia, Elmohamady.
• Leeds XI: Peacock-Farrell, Ayling, Douglas, Jansson, Phillips, Klich, Harrison, Alioski, Hernandez, Forshaw, Roofe.