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Matty Hewitt

Leeds United's relegation rivals handed opportunity to crank up pressure on Jesse Marsch's side

Leeds United fans were able to breathe a huge sigh of relief when Tomas Soucek levelled the scoring against Burnley yesterday after Wout Weghorst gave the Clarets an unlikely lead. The result means the Whites have an eight-point cushion to the bottom three but could see that cut further by the time they next play.

Burnley still have a game in hand on Jesse Marsch side and will face Southampton at Turf Moor on Thursday night. A win for interim manager Mark Jackson could see them leapfrog Everton and out of the bottom three depending on the Toffees' result against Leicester.

Frank Lampard's side are also set to play twice before the Whites kick a ball next, with the second of their two games a Merseyside derby against Liverpool next Sunday. In the unlikely, but not impossible event the Toffees win both those games, they could jump above Leeds and onto 34 points, having played the same about of games as the Whites.

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