Leeds United and Huddersfield Town lock horns in their first league derby for 20 years on Saturday (12.15pm), with Elland Road set to host its biggest crowd of the season.

Leeds officials expect the attendance to top the 30,319 turnout for the game against Millwall on October 27 and a win would hoist Leeds into second place in League One, however briefly.

The optimistic crowd forecast comes despite Town's ticket allocation being restricted to 1,700, with Leeds fans expected to turn out in force for the second home game in four days.

Manager Dennis Wise is encouraged by the fitness of 11-goal leading scorer Jermaine Beckford, who left the field with a bruised shin during the 3-0 victory against Port Vale on Tuesday night.

Beckford's goal against Lee Sinnott's Valiants was a gem, yet Wise believes his leading scorer's strike partner Tresor Kandol deserves more credit than he has been given by the fans lately.

Wise said: "Tresor's work-rate the other night was fantastic. Sometimes people can get mixed up about his body language because he is a laid back kind of fella but he works so hard it's phenomenal.

"It's also good to have Tore Andre Flo available to come off the bench like he did against Port Vale. I was chuffed for him when he scored because he has spent so much time out injured and is desperate to play his part. His fitness has not been quite there but when he is fully fit he will put the other two under pressure for their places."

Midfielder Andrew Hughes will continue in the unfamiliar role of left back after impressing there in midweek.

Wise added: "With the match kicking off early it would be nice to go second, if only for a couple of hours or so. If it hadn't been for the 15-point deduction we would be top with 44 points from 18 games, which is frightening.

"You never lose the sense of injustice. They should have punished the club financially because it was the finances that got us into the mess we were in, but they punished us on the field instead."

Saturday's match programme is dedicated to United's former manager and captain Billy Bremner, who died ten years ago tomorrow of a heart attack, two days short of his 55th birthday.

There will be a minute's applause before the match.