Leeds United and Southampton will clash on Saturday the 2nd of April at 3:00 pm in the 31st week of the Premier League. The match is going to be played in Leeds at the Elland Road. The referee will be Anthony Taylor.
Leeds United sits in the 16th place in the standings with 29 points. It comes from a 2-3 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 7 times, draw 8 times, and lost 14 times.
Southampton occupies the 11th position in the table with 35 points. It comes from a 1-2 loss against Watford in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 8 times, draw 11 times, and lost 10 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Leeds United
Leeds United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 37.93%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (11 times), 4-1-4-1 (9 times), 3-3-3-1 (5 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Jesse Marsch is expected to play against Southampton with the following players: C. Cresswell, P. Struijk, L. Ayling, S. Dallas, M. Klich, A. Forshaw, J. Harrison, R. Moreno Machado and D. James.
If the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Leeds United would be 27.78.
There are doubts about the presence of I. Meslier and R. Dias Belloli.
Jesse Marsch will probably not be able to employ D. Llorente Ríos because of injury.
H. Firpo Adames, L. Hjelde, P. Bamford and T. Roberts will definitely miss the match.
Southampton
Southampton has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (23 times or 79.31%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (23 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 5-3-2 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Ralph Hasenhüttl is expected to play against Leeds United with the following players: F. Forster, K. Walker-Peters, J. Bednarek, M. Karim, V. Livramento, M. Elyounoussi, O. Romeu Vidal, J. Ward-Prowse, S. Armstrong, A. Broja and C. Adams.
If this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Southampton would be 26.55.
Ralph Hasenhüttl will probably not be able to employ A. McCarthy and N. Tella because of injury.
L. Silveira Neves Vojnović will definitely miss the match.