How to watch today's Leeds United vs Blackburn Rovers Championship game: Live stream, TV channel, and start time

Leeds will take on Blackburn in the Championship at Elland Road on Wednesday.

The hosts are leading the league standings and have a two-point advantage over second-placed Sheffield United. They will be confident of extending that gap with a win here.

Blackburn are fifth in the standings. With no wins in three games, they will be desperate to impress on New Year's Day.

Here, GOAL brings you everything you need to know about how to watch the game, including TV channel, streaming details and more.

How to watch Leeds vs Blackburn online - TV channels & live streams

Sky Sports+

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Leeds vs Blackburn kick-off time

Championship - Championship

Elland Road

The match will be played at Elland Road on Wednesday, with kick-off at 3pm GMT for fans in the UK.

Team news & squads

Leeds vs Blackburn lineups

Leeds

4-2-3-1

Formation

4-2-3-1

BLB

1

I. Meslier

25

S. Byram

6

J. Rodon

5

P. Struijk

2

J. Bogle

22

A. Tanaka

7

D. James

11

B. Aaronson

14

M. Solomon

8

J. Rothwell

10

J. Piroe

1

A. Pears

5

D. Hyam

2

C. Brittain

15

D. Batth

24

O. Beck

10

T. Dolan

6

S. Tronstad

14

A. Weimann

19

R. Hedges

42

L. Baker

23

Y. Ohashi

4-2-3-1

BLB

LEE

-Line up

• 1

  I. Meslier

• 25

  S. Byram

  46’

• 6

  J. Rodon

• 5

  P. Struijk

  88’

• 2

  J. Bogle

  51’

• 22

  A. Tanaka

  90’ + 6’

• 7

  D. James

• 11

  B. Aaronson

  90’ + 7’

• 14

  M. Solomon

  70’

• 8

  J. Rothwell

  69’

• 10

  J. Piroe

  69’

Substitutes

• 17

  L. Ramazani

• 23

  J. Guilavogui

• 19

  M. Joseph

  69’

• 4

  E. Ampadu

  51’

• 26

  K. Darlow

• 39

  M. Woeber

  46’

• 9

  P. Bamford

  70’

• 29

  W. Gnonto

  69’

• 33

  I. Schmidt

Manager

• D. Farke

BLB

-Line up

• 1

  A. Pears

  90’ + 11’

• 5

  D. Hyam

• 2

  C. Brittain

• 15

  D. Batth

  90’

  90’ + 10’

• 24

  O. Beck

• 10

  T. Dolan

  81’

• 6

  S. Tronstad

• 14

  A. Weimann

  81’

  90’ + 1’

• 19

  R. Hedges

• 42

  L. Baker

  40’

• 23

  Y. Ohashi

  38’

Substitutes

• 20

  H. Leonard

  38’, 81’

• 21

  J. Buckley

• 12

  B. Toth

• 9

  M. Gueye

  81’

• 11

  J. Rankin-Costello

  81’

• 4

  K. McFadzean

• 33

  A. Cozier-Duberry

  81’

• 41

  H. O'Grady-Macken

• 40

  M. Litherland

Manager

• J. Eustace

Leeds team news

Leeds will be without Ilia Gruev due to a knee injury, ruling him out until mid-January.

Joe Gelhardt remains sidelined with a hip issue. Defenders Junior Firpo and Maximilian Wober are also unavailable.

Blackburn team news

Blackburn have their own injury concerns, with forwards Arnor Sigurdsson and Zak Gilsenan out until early January.

In defence, Scott Wharton, Harry Pickering, and Hayden Carter are unavailable. Midfielder Lewis Travis is also sidelined with a hamstring injury.

Form

Head-to-Head Record

LEE

Last 5 matches

BLB

2

Wins

1

Draw

2

Wins

• Blackburn

  1

  -

  0

  Leeds

• Leeds

  0

  -

  1

  Blackburn

• Blackburn

  0

  -

  2

  Leeds

• Blackburn

  1

  -

  1

  Leeds

• Blackburn

  1

  -

  3

  Leeds

6

Goals scored

4

Games over 2.5 goals

1/5

Both teams scored

2/5

Standings

Useful links

• Latest betting updates
• Blackburn team page
• Leeds United team page
• Football on TV in the UK