Delightful dogfight as daring Leeds United duel with determined Fulham

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 23.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Elland Road (39460 seats)

Leeds United are banking on their home advantage to aid them during this game versus Fulham. Who will win at Elland Road?

Insights:
  • Fulham have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Premier League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Leeds and Fulham.

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Leeds United form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Leeds United at their home stadium (Elland Road) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Leeds United to get some points in this home game.

Stress levels are on the rise for Leeds's attacking players as they have now played 260 minutes without scoring in a league game. Struijk was their last goal scorer.

Leeds United are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Leicester City. Cooper was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.44 out of 10. The defender Cooper hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.

Ahead of that match, Leeds lost 0-1 at home to Arsenal.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Leeds United handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Leeds United has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Leeds United are not conceding a lot of goals here at Elland Road in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.

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Fulham form and stats

1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Fulham in their Premier League matches away.

Fulham had fun at their own home (Elland Road) last time out, beating Aston Villa 3-0. Reed and Mitrović scored. Those three points felt good as this team had gone three league rounds without victory. Fulham goalie Leno was high and low in the Aston Villa game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Leno was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.34. The agile goalkeeper Leno topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs AFC Bournemouth.

Fulham are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

Observe that 10 of this side's 11 most recent league rounds have ended with three goals or more.

Fulham have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Fulham have conceded 9 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Leeds have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when facing Fulham.

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
8 goals
Leeds UnitedRodrigo
Rodrigo
4 goals
Leeds UnitedL. Sinisterra Lucumí
L. Sinisterra Lucumí
2 goals

Leeds United missing players

Fulham missing players

Leeds United Fulham
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 0 Played P 2 5 11
2 2 0 Won W 1 1 4
3 2 0 Drew D 1 1 3
5 1 0 Lost L 0 3 4
11 6 0 Scored S 3 6 19
15 3 0 Conceded C 2 9 20
90% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 80% 91%
70% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 91%
50% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 80% 91%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 55%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 27%
50% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 80% 82%
20% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 18%
40% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 9%
 
5.4 5.6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 4 4.4
4 4.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 6 5.5
2.2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.4 2.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.3 12.4 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10 11.7
4 4.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3 3.9
28% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 40% 44%
 
12.6 13 0 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 15.8 13.8
4.5 4.6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 6 5.8
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Fulham have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Premier League
  • Fulham have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Premier League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 10 9 0 1 24 10 5 5 0 0 14 7 5 4 0 1 10 3 14 27
2 Manchester City 10 7 2 1 33 10 5 5 0 0 24 5 5 2 2 1 9 5 23 23
3 Tottenham Hotspur 11 7 2 2 22 12 5 5 0 0 15 4 6 2 2 2 7 8 10 23
4 Chelsea 10 6 2 2 15 10 4 3 1 0 9 4 6 3 1 2 6 6 5 20
5 Manchester United 10 6 1 3 15 15 5 3 1 1 8 4 5 3 0 2 7 11 0 19
6 Newcastle United 11 4 6 1 18 9 6 3 3 0 12 5 5 1 3 1 6 4 9 18
7 Liverpool 10 4 4 2 22 12 6 4 2 0 17 5 4 0 2 2 5 7 10 16
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 10 4 3 3 14 11 5 2 2 1 6 3 5 2 1 2 8 8 3 15
9 Fulham 11 4 3 4 19 20 6 3 2 1 13 11 5 1 1 3 6 9 -1 15
10 Brentford 11 3 5 3 18 17 6 3 2 1 12 6 5 0 3 2 6 11 1 14
11 Crystal Palace 10 3 4 3 12 13 6 3 1 2 9 8 4 0 3 1 3 5 -1 13
12 AFC Bournemouth 11 3 4 4 10 23 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 1 2 2 6 18 -13 13
13 West Ham United 11 3 2 6 9 12 5 2 1 2 6 6 6 1 1 4 3 6 -3 11
14 Southampton 11 3 2 6 10 18 5 1 2 2 6 7 6 2 0 4 4 11 -8 11
15 Everton 11 2 4 5 8 12 5 1 2 2 3 4 6 1 2 3 5 8 -4 10
16 Leeds United 10 2 3 5 11 15 5 2 2 1 6 3 5 0 1 4 5 12 -4 9
17 Aston Villa 11 2 3 6 7 16 5 2 1 2 4 5 6 0 2 4 3 11 -9 9
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 2 3 6 5 14 5 2 2 1 3 4 6 0 1 5 2 10 -9 9
19 Leicester City 11 2 2 7 17 24 6 2 2 2 9 5 5 0 0 5 8 19 -7 8
20 Nottingham Forest 11 1 3 7 7 23 5 1 1 3 6 9 6 0 2 4 1 14 -16 6

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.