This Saturday Leeds United welcome giants Manchester City to Elland Road. Marcelo Bielsa’s side are coming into this game in good form having won two of the last three. The most impressive performance coming on the opening day
of the season putting three past current champions Liverpool in a 4-3 defeat. However, they have conceded seven goals in just three games which may be a slightly worrying stat if they hope to keep a clean sheet against the firepower of City. They will most likely line out in a 4-1-4-1 formation with a largely unchanged starting eleven. Harrison will be unavailable due to his loan deal not
allowing him to play against former club. They will look to defend in numbers when needed and have the raw pace and trickery of Roberts and Costa on the wings to break swiftly.
Manchester City will be under pressure for a win this weekend having lost last week in a humiliating 5-2 defeat to Leicester City. With a win desperately needed to keep the pace with Liverpool this game could is extremely important for manager Pep Guardiliola. Manchester City will likely go with the 4-2-3-1 formation that they’ve stuck to in every game this season. With injuries mounting and defenders such as Zinczenko and Stones still recovering ,Pep will be forced to go with the same back four as last weekend and will no doubt want to keep a clean sheet to restore confidence.
Predicted result Manchester City 3- 1Leeds Utd
Saturday 5:30 pm Sky Sports Main Event/Now TV
Venue Elland Road
Previous Meeting Man City 4 Leeds United 0 (FA Cup 2013) Referee Mike Dean
Odds Leeds Win 6/1, Man City win 1/3, Draw 9/2
Leeds
Predicted team –
P.Bamford
Helder Costa M.Klich Rodrigo T.Roberts K.Phillips
S.Dallas
R.Koch L.Cooper L.AylingI.Meslier
Subs Ian Poveda, Ezgjan Alioski, Pascal Struijk, Leif Davis, Elia Caprile, Jamie Shackleton, Tyler Roberts
Doubtful: Harrison (ineligible)
Injured: Hernandez (groin strain), Foreshaw (Hip) , Casilla (Ankle)
Discipline: 2 Y, 0 R
Form LWW
Top Scorer Bamford 3
Manchester City
Predicted team – E.Moraes
K.Walker N.Ake E.Garcia B.Mendy Fernandinho R.Hernandez
R.Mahrez K. De Bruyne P.Foden R.Serling
Subs Oleksandr Zinczenko, Zack Streffan, Aymeric Laporte, Ferran Torres, Liam Delap, Tommy Doyle, Cole Palmer
Doubtful Stones (Lacking Fitness), Silva (Lacking fitness recently back training) Gundogan (isolating, tested positive for covid 19)
Injured Aguero (Knee), Cancelo (Foot), Jesus ( undisclosed)
Discipline Y4 R0
Form WL
Top Scorer Ake, De Bruyne, Foden, Jesus, Sterling 1
