Leeds v Man United: Preview, expected line ups, stats and where to watch

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Leeds United are aiming for a first win in three league games and a repeat of their painful defeat at Arsenal when Manchester United visit Elland Road on Sunday for the latest episode of an evocative rivalry.

James Justin gave Daniel Farke’s side a second-half lead against the reigning champions last Saturday, only for the Gunners to score twice in nine minutes. Leeds suffered his first top-flight defeat from a promising start to the campaign.

“It’s still early days (after) just six games,” he reflected wake upchecking Brentford and Brighton & Hove Albion as two teams that have “done a really good job” and been rewarded with impressive results.

“After 36, it’s a bit more important. We’re not too far from the glory days, but let’s focus on the here and now.”

Michael Carrick’s The team are three points behind Leeds but their start has looked entirely different, winning once in the league and suffering a 2-0 Champions League defeat by Atletico Madrid on Tuesday, compounded by defender Lisandro Martinez’s scathing post-match comments about the club’s spending.

After five games without a win in all competitions, Carrick is under pressure but expects a “fantastic game”. “There’s a great rivalry and there’s a great history between the football clubs and the areas,” the manager said, via United website.

“That’s what makes these kinds of games special. You have to embrace the history and what it means. You have to embrace the past.

“Some games are different and that’s what makes them special and keeps you hooked. This is definitely one of them.”

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Carrick suggested Luke Shaw and Kobbie Mainoo could make a comeback, but said Benjamin Sesko is “further away” from returning from a shin injury.

Martínez is part of the squad. Tom Heaton (abdominal), Noussair Mazraoui (back) and Patrick Dorgu (hamstring) are out, as is Manuel Ugarte with a long-term knee injury.

Daniel James could return from a back problem with Leeds, but Mateo Joseph has a long-term knee injury and Joe Rodon (hamstring) is sidelined.

“He’s getting close,” Farke said of Rodon, who expects the defenseman to return to action in one to three weeks.

Leeds and Manchester United predicted line-ups

Manchester United: Senne Lammens, Leny Yoro, Harry Maguire, Lisandro Martinez, Diogo Dalot, Youri Tielemans, Andrey Santos, Amad Diallo, Bruno Fernandes, Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo

Leeds United: James Trafford, James Justin, Nico Elvedi, Tarik Muharemovic, Jayden Bogle, Anton Stach, Ethan Ampadu, Ao Tanaka, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Noah Okafor

Leeds v Manchester United stats, Premier League form

• Leeds ended a 10-game Premier League winless streak against United with a 2-1 win at Old Trafford in April and could make it back-to-back league wins in the fixture for the first time since 1971/72.
• They are unbeaten in their last seven Premier League home games (W4 D3), their longest unbeaten run coming at Elland Road between January and December 2001 (15 games).
• For the first time since September 2002 (excluding Matchday 1), Leeds go into this game ahead of United in the Premier League table.
• On that occasion, they won 1-0 at Elland Road – and a win this time would put them six points ahead of United in the table as late as the seventh game of a season for the second time, having been seven points ahead in December 2001 after 15 games played.
• Since beating Chelsea 3-0 at home in August 2022 in a 14:00 BST kick-off on a Sunday, Leeds have gone 20 Premier League games without a win in games kicking off before 15:00 (D7 D13), the longest in Premier League history.
• In all competitions, United are unbeaten in their last seven games at Leeds (W5 D2) since that defeat in September 2002.
• United’s tally of six points (W1 D3 D2) is their lowest from six league games since 1986/87 under Ron Atkinson (4)
• For the second consecutive season, the Red Devils have kept a clean sheet in their first six games, the first time this has happened in back-to-back campaigns since 1930/31 and 1931/32.
• They have had the most attempts (125) and touches in the opposition box (205) of any team in the Premier League this season.
• This is the most tries in a team’s first six games since Liverpool had 141 in 2021/22. Each of the last four teams to take 125 shots at this stage of a season have finished the season in the top two.

Where to watch Leeds v Man United: TV channel, live streaming online

Kick-off on Sunday is at 14:00 BST (09:00 ET / 06:00 PT), with live UK coverage on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Ultra.

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Prediction Leeds-Manchester United

Leeds

2-0

Manchester United

Leeds’ impressive home run bodes well against a United side who traveled to Europe four days earlier, are out of form and have faced further turmoil thanks to Martinez’s display of displeasure.