The Yorkshire Post's football writer, Leon Wobschall, looks at Leeds United's away form ahead of their trip to Cardiff City and hopes the FA Cup win at Peterborough United last weekend will translate into the Championship
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00:00 Leon, thanks for joining us again. Obviously, just having a quick word here about Leeds
00:12 United. Had a great win in the FA Cup last week down at Peterborough. Sort of great for
00:18 them to get a win on the road. It's been a bit difficult for them on the road this season.
00:22 They're away again this Saturday down at Cardiff. Never an easy game. Their confidence will
00:28 have been significantly lifted by what happened in Peterborough, won't it?
00:32 Yeah, I think so, Phil. I mean, they're one of the better sides in the lower divisions.
00:37 You sort of look historically at Peterborough and they've sort of switched a little bit,
00:41 a bit of a yo-yo club almost, between League One and the Championship. You know, a bit
00:45 akin to Barnsley and Rotherham, really. And obviously, you know, Farquhar had spoken ahead
00:51 of it. You know, he basically bracketed Peterborough along, you know, as good as a side in the
00:56 sort of bottom half of the Championship. So, yeah, it was quite a tough gig before and
01:04 it had that look of it, didn't it? And yeah, an excellent performance. I think he got everything
01:08 he wanted out of it. But, you know, the trick now is following it on, you know, in the league
01:14 away from home, isn't it? Obviously, Leeds, you look at the record, they've only won five
01:20 away league games this season. They've lost six. So, you know, it's an area that Farquhar
01:26 will be wanting to address. Little things haven't quite dropped for them in the last
01:30 sort of two league games on the road. They dominated the possession against West Brom.
01:38 Things went against them. They had a couple of penalty calls that, you know, on another
01:42 day could have been given. And obviously, they're sending off in the Preston game. So,
01:48 he just told that the confidence that they've got from obviously winning at Peterbrook and,
01:54 you know, psychologically, it can be taken in the game at Cardiff. It's, yeah, as you're
02:00 right to say, it's a tough venue for Leeds and they've had some sticky results once or
02:06 twice there. If they can get a win and a good performance, that will really show that they're
02:12 sort of getting their act back together, you know, on the road, because that's what really
02:16 needs to be addressed, because they're pretty impregnable at home, aren't they? They'd won,
02:21 I think it was seven in a row, wasn't it, before the Coventry game. And, you know, fair
02:25 play to Coventry. They played well on the day and got a draw. But, you know, after that,
02:29 Leeds have won, obviously, dispatched Ipswich pretty well and Birmingham. So, it really,
02:35 you know, to anybody looking at Leeds' statistics this season, you know, the issue isn't at
02:40 Helen Road, it's away from home. And, you know, Farke is an astute manager and, you
02:48 know, he'll know that as well. You know, that ratio of wins will need to improve if Leeds
02:54 are going to have a little, you know, a sniff of second place. And at the minute, there's
02:58 a bit of encouragement with Ipswich, who are having a little bit of a difficult time, aren't
03:03 they? I was going to say, essentially, the away form is what's going to dictate whether
03:06 Leeds finish second or in the play-offs. Yeah, yeah. But they can do it, Phil, can't they?
03:10 You look at them, you know, for the defeats, the Fard obviously lost at Sunderland, didn't
03:16 get three points at Rotherham. They've won at Leicester, they've won at Ipswich and they've
03:21 won at, you know, other difficult venues, Millwall, Blackburn as well. So, you know,
03:26 they've shown that they have the wherewithal to do it, they can do it, but they've just
03:31 got to find that balance, that consistency. And, you know, that's why I believe, obviously,
03:37 the victory at Peterborough, although he did make some changes, it should stand them in
03:42 good stead.
03:43 [Break]