Leeds United's start to the new Premier League campaign looks as though it will prove Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville's pre-season prediction wrong.
While the Whites have drawn one and lost two domestic games since their rampant 3-0 win over Chelsea at the end of August, Leeds have been competitive in the majority of their games this season.
Their last outing did see them fall 5-2 to an Ivan Toney inspired Brentford but bar their drubbing in West London, Jesse Marsch's side look to be night and day ahead of the team that almost got relegated last term.
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Prior to the start of the season, Neville said speaking on The Overlap: "I would agree with the bottom three you just said there [Forest, Bournemouth and Fulham]. But, I do think those two above, Brentford and Leeds are the two that could sink into it."
So far after six games, Marsch and co sit 11th in the table. They will have to come out of the international break firing after not playing a competitive game for nearly a month.
The passing of Queen Elizabeth II led to the postponement of their recent games against Nottingham Forest and Manchester United.
As a result, they could be quite rusty when they take on Aston Villa on October 2. However, the added bonus of the time away from the Premier League is Leeds should be able to field an almost fully fit starting XI against Villa.
If they can pick up a positive result against Villa and get back to winning ways, Leeds can continue to look up the table rather than worry about what is below them.
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