Kelly Cates
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So Brentford moving a little closer to the Champions League battle, but the teams behind them moving a little bit closer in terms of qualifying for other European competitions.
And at the other end of the table, that point for Leeds moves them on to 33.
It means they're four points clear of the bottom three.
They would have hoped that they could move a little bit further away, especially given that they were playing at home.
But at this stage of the season, in a relegation battle, every point counts.
Well, it was a game of no goals and few chances at Elland Road.
It finished nil-nil between Leeds United and Brentford.
It might yet prove to be a big point for Leeds.
Brentford staying steady in terms of fighting for European competition.
And this is how the game itself played out.
So 14 shots, six for Brentford, four on target for Leeds, two for Brentford.
But the bigger picture is when you look at the XG, which is 0.54 for Leeds, 0.46 for Brentford and big chances.
It's only the sixth game so far this season not to have a single big chance in it, which is why 20 shots.
feels like a lot for that game because it didn't feel like either side was peppering the opponent's goal and it didn't feel as though either side really was on the verge of getting the breakthrough in it.
Are you surprised that, or maybe they did try to, but are you surprised that it didn't look like either side went for it in the end?
And they've just edged that little bit further away from the teams below them, two of whom in Spurs and Forest play each other tomorrow.
And that's going to be a massive game to determine whether or not this is a good point for Leeds or whether they needed the three.
It's going to be incredible and it's going to be extremely tense, particularly given that it's going to be happening at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
But when we look at the table, we look at maybe the points total that's going to be required for teams to stay up.
At one stage, when Wolves and Burnley were really struggling early on in the season, I thought it might actually end up being a really low points total.