Betting prediction and preview: Manchester City fancied to be better team when visiting Leeds United

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Wed 28.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Elland Road (39460 seats)

Leeds United will cross fingers that their home comfort is enough to get a good result from this rough encounter, vs sparky Manchester City.

Insights:
  • Manchester City have the most scored goals (40) in Premier League

Both squads have had plentiful rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's wish for an active fixture!

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Leeds United form and stats

Leeds United have collected 11 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-2-2.

No payout for Leeds in their previous match, an away game at Tottenham Hotspur that ended in defeat 3-4. A goal frenzy last time out for Leeds United, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Tottenham Hotspur. Fun stuff to watch! The striker Rodrigo outshone all the other footballers in that game and got a match rating of 8.44 out of 10. Rodrigo scored two goals and had 22 successful passes (of 26 total).

Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Carabao Cup.

The manager Marsch will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Newcastle United in only three days.

The Leeds United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

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Manchester City form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Manchester City, who have the most scored goals (40) in Premier League, have produced an overall stat of 3-2-1 so far.

The club members enjoyed City's previous game versus Liverpool, a Carabao Cup win (3-2) played at home. Midfield player Bruyne was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.01/10. Bruyne signed up for two assists, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 43 total).

Before that match, the win at home hosting Chelsea in the Carabao Cup (2-0). As mentioned earlier, Manchester City will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 10 wins (7 by two or more goals winning margin), 2 draws and 0 surprising defeats.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this club's 13 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.

A quick return to home after this game, as City are hosting Everton in the Premier League only three days away.

Manchester City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 10 times in 6 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Leeds victory, one draw and three Manchester City wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Manchester CityE. Haaland
E. Haaland
18 goals
Leeds UnitedRodrigo
Rodrigo
9 goals
Manchester CityP. Foden
P. Foden
7 goals

Leeds United missing players

Manchester City missing players

Leeds United Manchester City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 2 6 14
4 3 0 Won W 2 3 10
3 2 0 Drew D 0 2 2
7 2 1 Lost L 0 1 2
22 12 0 Scored S 5 10 40
26 9 1 Conceded C 0 5 14
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 86%
64% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 71%
36% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 50%
29% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 29%
64% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 50%
14% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 43%
29% 29% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 7%
 
5.4 6.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 6 7.3
5.1 4.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.3 2.1
2.1 1.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.8 0.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.7 13.1 17 Shots (avg) S ( 15 16 17.6
4.4 4.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 5.5 6.2
36% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 30% 46%
 
12.7 11.6 10 Shots against (avg) S A 6 8.3 7.5
5 4.4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 2.8 2.9
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Manchester City have the most scored goals (40) in Premier League
  • Manchester City have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Premier League
  • Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+26) in Premier League
  • Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Manchester City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 14 12 1 1 33 11 6 6 0 0 19 7 8 6 1 1 14 4 22 37
2 Manchester City 14 10 2 2 40 14 8 7 0 1 30 9 6 3 2 1 10 5 26 32
3 Newcastle United 15 8 6 1 29 11 8 5 3 0 17 5 7 3 3 1 12 6 18 30
4 Tottenham Hotspur 15 9 2 4 31 21 8 6 0 2 21 11 7 3 2 2 10 10 10 29
5 Manchester United 14 8 2 4 20 20 6 4 1 1 9 4 8 4 1 3 11 16 0 26
6 Liverpool 14 6 4 4 28 17 8 5 2 1 21 8 6 1 2 3 7 9 11 22
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 14 6 3 5 23 19 7 3 2 2 11 6 7 3 1 3 12 13 4 21
8 Chelsea 14 6 3 5 17 17 6 3 2 1 10 6 8 3 1 4 7 11 0 21
9 Crystal Palace 14 5 4 5 15 18 7 4 1 2 10 8 7 1 3 3 5 10 -3 19
10 Fulham 15 5 4 6 24 26 8 3 3 2 14 13 7 2 1 4 10 13 -2 19
11 Brentford 15 4 7 4 23 25 7 3 3 1 13 7 8 1 4 3 10 18 -2 19
12 Aston Villa 15 5 3 7 16 22 7 4 1 2 11 6 8 1 2 5 5 16 -6 18
13 Leicester City 15 5 2 8 25 25 7 2 2 3 9 6 8 3 0 5 16 19 0 17
14 AFC Bournemouth 15 4 4 7 18 32 8 3 2 3 9 8 7 1 2 4 9 24 -14 16
15 Leeds United 14 4 3 7 22 26 7 3 2 2 12 9 7 1 1 5 10 17 -4 15
16 West Ham United 15 4 2 9 12 17 8 3 1 4 9 10 7 1 1 5 3 7 -5 14
17 Everton 15 3 5 7 11 17 7 2 2 3 6 6 8 1 3 4 5 11 -6 14
18 Nottingham Forest 15 3 4 8 11 30 8 3 2 3 10 11 7 0 2 5 1 19 -19 13
19 Southampton 15 3 3 9 13 27 7 1 3 3 8 12 8 2 0 6 5 15 -14 12
20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 15 2 4 9 8 24 8 2 2 4 5 13 7 0 2 5 3 11 -16 10

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