Sky Sports pundit predicts Leeds v Barnsley, names two key players

Fri 20 January 2017 11:01, UK

By Will Butcher

David Prutton believes Leeds will grab all three points against Barnsley at Oakwell on Saturday to maintain their promotion push.

The Yorkshire giants will be hoping to continue their magnificent domestic form with a win against Paul Heckingbottom’s side, as they sit third in the Championship table.

Garry Monk’s side are seven games unbeaten in all competitions, winning six of those after dominating Steve McClaren’s Derby in front of the television cameras a week ago.

Prutton, who played for Leeds for three years between 2007 and 2010, claimed his old side would secure a narrow 2-1 away win and named two players that will play a crucial part.

“Pablo Hernandez has been a great addition,” Prutton told Sky Sports. “He now feels at home, while Chris Wood is scoring the amount of goals that suggests a purple patch in his career.

“It will be intense and passionate, as any Yorkshire derby tends to be, but for me it feels as though Leeds are going to go there and get all three points.”

Hernandez is likely to remain in the number 10 role behind top scorer Chris Wood, who has now scored nine goals in his last 13 outings.