Leeds United and Norwich City face off at Elland Road [Credit: Imago]
Leeds United and Norwich City face off at Elland Road [Credit: Imago]

Leeds United v Norwich City postponement update amid Met Office weather warning

Jonathan Burnett

Jonny is a University of Leeds journalism graduate who became part of the FootballInsider team in Spring 2024, and recently worked as Head of Media for Widnes Vikings Rugby League club. Writing as a freelance reporter and commentator for The Sporting News and StatsPerform, he has covered matches in competitions including the FIFA Men's and Women's World Cups, as well as the Champions League, Women's Euro 2022, Six Nations and the Rugby Union World Cup.

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Leeds United and Norwich City's clash at Elland Road is expected to go ahead with no issues despite a new Met Office weather warning.

Ahead of Wednesday night's (22 January) Championship contest, the Met Office have issued an amber warning for mist in parts of West Yorkshire.

The Leeds city region, however, is only met with a yellow mist warning despite visibility being still expected to be poor, meaning the match is not at immediate risk of being postponed.

Leeds United look to repeat last season's heroics v Norwich

Having come up against one another in the Championship play-offs last term, the Whites and Norwich faced off four times, including almost exactly a year to the day at Elland Road last January.

Patrick Bamford's header was enough to seal a 1-0 win for United on 22 January 2024, and while he won't feature due to injury this time around, there's still plenty of firepower in Daniel Farke's frontline.

Leeds United manager Daniel Farke
Daniel Farke faces his former side Norwich at Elland Road, whom he won two Championship titles with

That firepower was on full display in May's play-off semi-final second leg; the Peacocks putting Norwich to the sword in a 4-0 hammering which saw them march on to an unsuccessful Wembley trip in style.

Though goalscorers Georginio Rutter and Crysencio Summerville have since been sold, Ilia Gruev and Joel Piroe remain in LS11, and both could start as Farke's side aim to return to the Championship summit.

Last January's regular-season win came during a record-equalling nine-game winning run, and whatever the weather at Elland Road, United want to kick-start another streak which takes them clear at the top.

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