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The Leeds United spotlight is firmly on the battle for the starting spot between Patrick Bamford and Eddie Nketiah, with the former currently favoured by Marcelo Bielsa.

Leeds are currently fifth in the Championship going into the weekend’s fixtures, with many lamenting the constant missed chances that probably would see Leeds in the automatic promotion places.

Leeds so far have scored 15 goals after 11 games, but with the degree of dominance in possession and chances created for Leeds, many have expected Leeds to be scoring far more and clinching games in more comfortable fashion.

At the forefront of the criticism so far has been front-man, Patrick Bamford. Bamford has scored four goals so far this season, but all of those cam in the first five games of the season and he has not scored since the end of August. The £7million man has hit a dry patch in his goal-scoring form of late, leading to many wondering why on-loan prodigy Eddie Nketiah hasn’t had chance to showcase his ability from the start yet.

Nketiah has made seven appearances in the Championship this season all coming from the bench, scoring two goals and assisting one in the process. Nketiah’s contributions from the bench have earned Leeds four points, which without them would see Leeds in 11th position on 16 points.

The on-loan Arsenal man has further added to his claims to start with fine performances away with England’s under-21 side with two dazzling performances, including claiming the match ball in their 5-1 win over Austria on Tuesday. Since then, Nketiah has voiced his own frustrations at only having cameo roles in Leeds’ Championship campaign so far, where he told Sky Sports: "Obviously, I will never be happy with being on the bench. I want to play. I pride myself on being in the team. I think I am good enough to be in the team.”

Marcelo Bielsa is now presented with a dilemma on whether to stick to his own principles and continue to start Bamford but face risking losing Nketiah, or he can give faith in the England-youngster by awarding his good performances with a start against Birmingham.

In the meantime, Patrick Bamford’s target focus should be very simple. He should continue to put in the hard work that has earned him the number nine spot this season following Kemar Roofe’s departure

Bamford’s abilities as a striker go far beyond just putting the ball in the net, with exceptional hold-up play and vision to both move Leeds up the pitch and bring others into the attack. However, for Bamford to fully convince Bielsa, the fans, and Nketiah, that he is the main man for Leeds up-front, he needs to get back to the goal-scoring form that everyone knows he is capable of.