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Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa has urged caution from midfield duo Kalvin Phillips and Mateusz Klich, as both are just one card away from serving a suspension.

They have both picked up four yellow cards in the Premier League so far this season and any player that earns five yellow cards in their side’s first 19 games serves a one-game ban.

The Whites have upcoming league fixtures against Burnley, West Brom and Tottenham in the space of a week that they’ll need to try negotiate.

Leeds are currently 14 matches into the league season and right now they have a comfortable seven-point cushion over the relegation zone in 14th, but have seen how predictable the top-flight is this season in terms of results.

“The only advice possible is to be weary of picking up another caution, to just be cautious,” Bielsa advised Phillips and Klich in his press conference, as quoted by Leeds Live.

TBR’s View:

The likelihood is that neither Phillips or Klich will get through the next five matches without a booking, as their games are based on tenacity in the centre of the park and aggression.

Both are nailed-on starters at Elland Road when available and it would be an enormous test of the squad if both were ruled out at the same time.

Leeds need to find a reaction in their next fixture against Burnley after losing 6-2 away to Manchester United in their previous result and the manager would surely do anything for a clean sheet from his side.