‘There is an opportunity’: Scott Parker says Leeds have a weakness he’ll try and exploit

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Leeds United will hope to pick up their first win in four Premier League games when they head to Fulham on Friday night.

It won’t be an easy game for Marcelo Bielsa’s side, however, considering how much the Cottagers have improved in recent weeks.

Scott Parker’s side has kept five clean sheets since the start of February, including in the shock win away at Liverpool.

And victory over Leeds at Craven Cottage would lift them out of the relegation zone for the first time since December.

Parker insists Fulham are a “different animal” to the team which suffered a 4-3 defeat to Leeds at Elland Road in September.

And even though he acknowledges that the Whites cause “stress and pressure” with their intense attacking play, he says the opportunity is there to get at them on the counter.

“They commit a lot of bodies forward, they score a lot of goals,” Parker told Sky Sports.

“They are right up there in the charts in terms of chances created and bodies in the box.

“They always commit a high volume of bodies and their games are expensive (in terms of goals conceded) at times.

“So, while that cause you stress and pressure, there is an opportunity at times to get at them on transition on counter-attacks.

“But you need to be able to (deal with) the intensity and the numbers they create, so your structure has got to be good and individually you have got to be tuned in on that.

“But there is an opportunity you can try and exploit and try and be deadly as well.”

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Leeds may have won just one of their last six in the Premier League, losing four times in that run, but their goalless draw with Chelsea last time out was a very positive result.

Fulham, meanwhile, have tightened up at the back, and they’re certainly capable of scoring goals, so it should be an exciting game in which both sides will certainly fancy their chances.