Kiko Casilla’s suspension hands Bailey Peacock-Farrell the chance to regain Leeds United place

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Leeds United slipped out of the automatic promotion places at the weekend after losing 1-0 to Sheffield United.

Chris Basham’s late goal was enough to see the Blades leapfrog Leeds into second and hand them the initiative.

To add insult to injury Leeds goalkeeper Kiko Casilla was sent off late on and will now miss the Millwall game.

Bailey Peacock-Farrell kept goal for the Leeds earlier in the campaign and looks set for a reprieve against the Lions.

The Northern Ireland international has played 28 games in competitions, keeping 10 clean sheets.

At 22-years-old Peacock-Farrell looks set to have a bright future in football.

He won’t have been happy to lose his place to Casilla and needs to show Marcelo Bielsa exactly what he is capable of.

Some sections of the Leeds support were critical of Peacock-Farrell earlier in the campaign.

As a result, Bielsa went and signed Casilla and the Spaniard has looked solid between the posts.

Now is the chance for Peacock-Farrell to prove his worth, however.

Leeds must get back to winning ways straight away and the young goalkeeper won’t want to fluff his lines.

If he wants to have a future at Elland Road he must grasp any opportunity that comes his way with both hands.

Bielsa is the type of manager that doesn’t do an awful lot of rotating and a sound showing from Peacock-Farrell could see him retain the shirt.