Follow live coverage as Stoke City face Leeds United in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

Leeds United manager Daniel Farke says the number of games with quick turnarounds over the festive period was a deciding factor in choosing to leave Japan international Ao Tanaka out from the start against Stoke City on Boxing Day.

News, action and reaction as it happens from the bet365 Stadium as Stoke City take on Leeds United in Championship Boxing Day showdown

Follow live coverage as Stoke City face Leeds United in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

Live updates from the Championship match at the Bet365 Stadium between Leeds United and Stoke City where Daniel Farke and Narcis Pelach lock horns

Leeds United will hope to continue their promotion charge on Thursday, when they travel to the bet365 Stadium to face strugglers Stoke City in their 23rd Championship match of 2024-25.

Leeds United face Stoke City away from home on Boxing Day, in an 8pm kick-off in the Sky Bet Championship. Ahead of the game, Daniel Farke has chosen his starting XI to face the Potters at the bet365

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Sol Sidibe, Ashley Phillips and Lynden Gooch are brought into the Stoke City starting XI for a Boxing Day clash with promotion-chasing Leeds United at a very foggy bet365 Stadium. Sidibe, aged 17, joins Wouter Burger and Andrew Moran in midfield while versatile Gooch - making his first start under Narcis Pelach - could fill in at left-back or wing-back in the absence of Eric Bocat and Enda Stevens.