Leeds United and Manchester City are going to play on Wednesday the 28th of December at 8:00 pm in the 17th week of the Premier League. The match will take place in Leeds at the Elland Road. The appointed referee is Stuart Attwell.
Leeds United sits in the 15th position in the table with 15 points. It comes from a 4-3 loss against Tottenham Hotspur in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 4 times, draw 3 times, and lost 7 times.
Manchester City is in the 3rd place in the standings with 32 points. It comes from a 1-2 loss against Brentford in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 10 times, drawn twice, and lost twice.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Leeds United
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (14 times).
Jesse Marsch is expected to play against Manchester City with the following players: P. Struijk, R. Kristensen, M. Klich, A. Forshaw, M. Roca, B. Aaronson and D. Gnonto.
In case that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Leeds United would be 25.43.
There are doubts about the presence of I. Meslier, L. Cooper and Rodrigo.
Jesse Marsch will probably not be able to employ D. Llorente Ríos, J. Harrison and P. Bamford because of injury.
S. Dallas and L. Sinisterra Lucumí will definitely miss the match.
Jesse Marsch will not be able to have the presence of T. Adams who is suspended.
Manchester City
Manchester City has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 71.43%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (10 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against Leeds United with the following players: E. Santana de Moraes, J. Cavaco Cancelo, A. Laporte, M. Akanji, K. Walker, K. De Bruyne, İ. Gündoğan, R. Hernández Cascante, P. Foden, R. Mahrez and E. Haaland.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Manchester City would be 28.00.
R. Santos Gato Alves Dias, K. Phillips and J. Álvarez will definitely miss the match.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will not be able to have the presence of B. Mendy who is suspended.
