to sign him. Nearly two years after making his debut, Peacock-Farrell played his second match for Leeds on 7 March 2018 at home to league leaders Wolverhampton Wanderers, with first-choice goalkeeper Wiedwald dropped due to poor form. Leeds lost 3–0, but Peacock-Farrell received the man-of-the-match award for his performance. He retained his place in the team for the following matches and became Leeds' first-choice goalkeeper for the remainder of the 2017–18 season. He put in several man-of-the-match performances, including a 1–0 defeat against Aston Villa, after which Dan Long of Sky Sports wrote that Peacock-Farrell "looks incredibly assured between the sticks, particularly astounding given his age". In May, Peacock-Farrell won the Young Player of the Year award at Leeds' annual award ceremony. He finished the season with 11 appearances for Leeds as they finished in 13th place in the 2017–18 Championship. 2018–19 After beating off competition from new signing Jamal Blackman, Peacock-Farrell started the 2018–19 season in goal under new head coach Marcelo Bielsa. His understudy Blackman returned to parent club Chelsea with an injury in November, leaving Peacock-Farrell as Leeds' only senior goalkeeper. After Bielsa publicly revealed that Peacock-Farrell would have been dropped the following match had Blackman not been injured, Peacock-Farrell became the match winner on 27 November, saving a 90th-minute penalty against Reading to help Leeds to a 1–0 win. Leeds signed goalkeeper Kiko Casilla from Real Madrid on 17 January 2019 to compete with Peacock-Farrell for a starting place. He dropped to the bench against Rotherham United on 26 January, with Casilla establishing himself as the club's first-choice goalkeeper. Bielsa stated that he believed that taking Peacock-Farrell out of first-team action would help his development. However, he did return for a single match later in the season on 30 March, for the suspended Casilla, in a 3–2 home win over Millwall. Leeds qualified for the play-offs with a third-place finish in the 2018–19 Championship, and Peacock-Farrell was an unused substitute in both legs of the semi-final as Leeds were beaten 4–3 on aggregated by Derby County. During the 2018–19 season, Peacock-Farrell made 29 appearances in all competitions. In June 2019, Peacock-Farrell revealed he had turned down the option of starting pre-season training a week later after featuring on international duty for Northern Ireland, in order to compete for the goalkeeping position with Casilla. Peacock-Farrell had previously stated that he would be reluctant to sign a new