After a sunshine result and performance on the opening weekend against Plymouth Argyle, Wednesday were on the receiving end of a Wearside whirlwind last Sunday, succumbing to a heavy 4-0 loss at Sunderland. At Leeds, perfect storm conditions remained. After a tempestuous - and winless - opening to the season, compounded by the sale of a third marquee player in the shape of Georginio Rutter, whose transfer was officially completed on Monday night, the West Yorkshire outfit were seeking some respite from the elements and maybe a welcome shaft of light down the M1.
Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access to all of our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Here, it was provided emphatically as they got their season up and running in eye-catching fashion and much-needed fashion as far as they were concerned. Leeds were going for automatic promotion when they triumphed 2-0 at Hillsborough in early March.
Ahead of this latest instalment, that represented the last time that Wednesday - whose mojo has been restored under Danny Rohl - had lost on home soil. Here, they got a carbon-copy defeat in terms of scoreline - headlined by a second goal of the campaign from Brenden Aaronson and a head-turner from Dan James. Advertisement Advertisement Wednesday were handed a bit of a chasing in truth as Leeds provided evidence that rumours of their demise - following the loss of Rutt.