English Premier League: Leeds United vs. Liverpool Preview, Odds, Prediction

The Premiership champs, Manchester City, restarted the campaign furiously with success in the Carabao Cup and now wants to post another win, only against Leeds United. The Citizens didn’t post just an ordinary triumph this Thursday, but a big one, over their rivals, Liverpool, whom they eliminated from the competition. On the other hand, Leeds didn’t have any competitive events for more than a month, and they hope to see a miracle here. Last year’s games against Man City have been traumatic for this club, yet Guardiola’s crew didn’t beat the Peacocks two seasons ago.

Preview

Leeds United (+650) had three club-friendly games during the World Cup. United won the opening two, against Elche and Real Sociedad, 2-1, before losing to Monaco, 2-4. As you can see, Leeds’ games are still very interesting and rich with goals, which has been the case ever since this unit entered the Premiership.

Jesse Marsch, the US manager, likes to play open and offensive-minded games with lots of pace and tempo. That’s why Leeds’ games at home bring three hits on average, with a goal difference of 12-9 in seven events,

During that time, the Peacocks have had three wins with two draws and losses. The injuries are causing massive oscillations in their performances, and that’s something that goes beyond their control.

Manchester City (-330) defeated Liverpool on Thursday night, 3-2, in one atomic matchup. We’ve seen five goals, plenty of chances, and extremely high intensity on both sides, and it appears that the players missed club football a lot.

Erling Haaland picked up where he left off before the World Cup, scoring the opening goal of the event, meaning that the big Norwegian hasn’t lost his touch. In general, City played very well, without a couple of players, yet with a backbone of the team, including De Bruyne, Gundogan and Haaland.

Five of their last six games, including the club friendly vs. Girona during the World Cup, saw them netting at least twice, and when looking at the same number of previous events on the road, we saw that Citizens kept a clean sheet also on five occasions.

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The Peacocks are shredded, as always. Meslier, Cooper and Moreno are doubtful, while Bamford, Sinisterra, Gray, Klich, Llorente, and Summerville are all out for this event.

On the other hand, Julian Alvarez should be back from Argentina, but we doubt that he will start besides Haaland.

Head to Head Games

Last season, the total score in two events was 11-0 for City, who won at home, 7-0, and in the most recent game, 0-4 at Elland. That was revenge for the results from two years ago, when Leeds took three points from Etihad, 1-2, and kept one point at home, 1-1.

Prediction

With all the injuries, Leeds doesn’t stand a chance against the guests, who would will even if all the Peacocks’ players appeared on the field. Haaland is hungry for goals, therefore, we expect to see the Citizens fired up and victorious. Our pick would be Man City to win and to cover a 1.5-goal spread. Leeds’ defense is too fragile for Guardiola’s explosive attack.

Pick: Man City -1.5 -110