Leeds United and Manchester United are going to face on Sunday the 20th of February at 2:00 pm in the 26th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be played in Leeds at the Elland Road. The appointed referee is Paul Tierney.
Leeds United is in the 15th place in the standings with 23 points. It comes from a 3-3 draw against Aston Villa in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 5 times, draw 8 times, and lost 9 times.
Manchester United occupies the 4th place in the standings with 43 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against Brighton & Hove Albion in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 12 times, draw 7 times, and lost 6 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Leeds United
Leeds United has mostly adopted the 4-1-4-1 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 31.82%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (7 times), 4-2-3-1 (6 times), 3-3-3-1 (5 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera is expected to play against Manchester United with the following players: I. Meslier, D. Llorente Ríos, P. Struijk, L. Ayling, M. Klich, J. Harrison, D. James, R. Moreno Machado and R. Dias Belloli.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Leeds United would be 27.22.
There are doubts about the presence of S. Dallas.
Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera will probably not be able to employ H. Firpo Adames because of injury.
L. Cooper, L. Hjelde, K. Phillips and P. Bamford will definitely miss the match.
Manchester United
Manchester United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (16 times or 64.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (16 times), 4-2-2-2 (5 times), 4-3-3 (once), 4-3-1-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Ralf Rangnick is expected to play against Leeds United with the following players: D. de Gea Quintana, L. Shaw, H. Maguire, J. Dalot Teixeira, S. McTominay, P. Pogba, J. Sancho, B. Borges Fernandes, M. Rashford and C. Ronaldo.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the average age of Manchester United would be 27.80.
There are doubts about the presence of R. Varane.
Ralf Rangnick will probably not be able to employ E. Bailly and N. Matić because of injury.
T. Heaton and E. Cavani will definitely miss the match.
Ralf Rangnick will not be able to have the presence of M. Greenwood who is suspended.
