Leeds United's season is in a state of make or break right now. While Jesse Marsch and his squad are being held in limbo during the winter break, as the World Cup winds to a close this weekend, the fixtures when they return are tough ones.
While their first two matches come against sides competing for Champions League places and have a combined 62 points at this point in the season, other - and potentially more important - matches come quickly afterwards against opponents much closer to them in the league table.
Several 'six-pointers' having just come off what has been a month-and-a-half long break for the Whites will not be an easy task but one solace from that is that they aren't the only ones. In what is a tightly contested race to escape the relegation zone, there's just six points between Fulham in ninth and Nottingham Forest in 19th.
