Southampton centre-back Jan Bednarek is one booking away from a two-match Championship suspension which if accrued would leave Saints boss Russell Martin without the Polish defender for important fixtures during the penultimate month of the season.
Leeds United's promotion rivals on the south coast trail the table-topping Whites by nine points but have two games in hand on Daniel Farke's men, meaning the gap could be trimmed to three points over the next couple of weeks. The Saints have seen fixtures against Leicester City and Preston North End rescheduled due to the former's participation in the FA Cup quarter-final and a freak incident adjacent to St.
The 27-year-old is on nine cautions and will be hit with a two-game suspension - for matches against promotion rivals Ipswich Town and Blackburn Rovers - if he picks up another yellow on Good Friday. In the interim, Bednarek is expected to start against Leeds' Welsh quartet in Tuesday evening's one-legged UEFA Euro 2024 play-off final, to decide whether Wales or Poland book their place at this summer's tournament in Germany.
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