West Bromwich Albion 1 Leeds United 0 – HT 1-0
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Friday was not a good night, with Leeds losing to one of their closest rivals for promotion.
Grady Diangana’s goal saw West Bromwich move within three points of fourth-placed Leeds in the Championship with a 1-0 win over the Yorkshire side at The Hawthorns.
The DR Congo midfielder struck in the first half of a tight, breathless affair against a Leeds side who now have just one win in their past five games.
Whites manager Daniel Farke switched to three at the back on the hour mark in a bid to prise open a determined Baggies defence but, despite a late siege of the opposition goal, they could find no way through.
The home side could have won by more as Djed Spence kicked a Cedric Kipre shot off the line, although Leeds were denied a strong penalty claim when Kipre appeared to pull down Willy Gnonto as he shaped to shoot inside the box.
Both sides have been in stuttering form in December, but West Brom’s 1-0 win over Norwich on Tuesday hinted at their improvement, while Leeds fell to defeat at Preston as they watched the top three of Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton start to move further clear of them.
As mentioned above, December as not been a great month for Leeds, and we need to pick up in the New Year, as were now 9 points behind Ipswich who are in 2nd place for the automatic promotion spot.
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