Not since the heady days of Marcelo Bielsa’s top-half-chasing Premier League Whites have Leeds United gone six unbeaten in the league, yet eight games into Daniel Farke’s tenure as boss, the team are closing in on a seventh straight league match without defeat.
Farke’s arrival has brought with it an air of sensibility. Leeds are playing attractive, effective football again and reaping the rewards on the pitch. Crisis is never far from the corridors of Elland Road, and yet currently there is a distinct feeling of calm about the place.
This weekend, the team visit St. Mary’s Stadium, where Southampton find themselves in anything but a state of serenity. Four consecutive defeats and no clean sheets this season has increased the pressure on new man in the dugout Russell Martin. The prospect of five straight losses would be difficult to stomach for any side, especially a newly-relegated one in receipt of parachute payments, boasting a team of players tipped to be challenging at the top of the table.
On the flip side, Leeds could go seven unbeaten should they avoid defeat on the south coast. It would still be some way off the separate 11-game and eight-match streaks achieved during 2019/20 en route to the title, but such a run would indicate travel in the right direction.
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