In a weekend match on Sun Feb 20th, in week 26, Leeds United will play host to Manchester United in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Leeds United is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Everton. Séamus Coleman scored the first goal for Everton in the 10th minute, then Michael Keane added another in the 23rd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Leeds United couldn’t manage to score, and Everton took the shutout win. Leeds United is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 4th placed Manchester United, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Brighton & Hove Albion. Cristiano Ronaldo struck first for Manchester United in the 51st minute on a feed from Scott McTominay, then Bruno Fernandes added another in the 7th minute of the second half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed Brighton & Hove Albion couldn’t manage to score, and Manchester United took the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Manchester United should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Sat Aug 14th, Manchester United hosted Leeds United at the Old Trafford in their last match together. Manchester United won by a score of 5 to 1 in front of almost 73000 excited fans. Bruno Fernandes struck first for Manchester United in the 30th minute on a feed from Paul Pogba, then Luke Ayling got the equalizer for Leeds United in the 48th minute on a feed from Stuart Dallas.
Jadon Sancho has been the most prolific scorer on Manchester United in the last 5 matches with 2 goals. Leeds United’s most prolific scorer has been Jack Harrison. The English midfielder has netted 3 goals over the last five matches
Junior Firpo, Mateusz Klich, Patrick Bamford, Liam Cooper, Kalvin Phillips, Adam Forshaw and Jamie Shackleton are unavailable to play for Leeds United, while Ralf Rangnick’s Manchester United squad will be without Alex Telles, Victor Lindelöf, Mason Greenwood, Eric Bailly, Edinson Cavani, Luke Shaw, Nemanja Matić, Fred and Aaron Wan-Bissaka.