Leeds United vs Manchester City Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Leeds have won three of their last five Premier League meetings with Manchester City (D1 L1), including the last two at Elland Road. This is their first such clash since March 2004 when Leeds won 2-1.
This is the first meeting in any competition between Leeds and Man City since February 2013, with the Citizens winning 4-0 in an FA Cup tie.
Manchester City have lost just one of their last 31 Premier League games against promoted sides (W25 D5), with that defeat coming at Norwich last season, who were promoted as Championship winners the previous year.
Leeds United are looking to win three consecutive Premier League games for the first time since January 2003.
Manchester City lost 2-5 against Leicester last time out, shipping as many goals in that defeat as they had in their previous 11 league games combined. They've not lost back-to-back Premier League games since December 2018. 58% of Leeds' shots in the Premier League this season have been on target (19/33) -only Leicester (59%) have a higher such ratio so far in the competition this term.
This will be the fourth meeting in all competitions between Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa and Man City's Pep Guardiola, with the other three all coming in the 2011-12 season between Guardiola's Barcelona and Bielsa's Athletic Bilbao.
Guardiola remained unbeaten in all three meetings (W2 D1 ). Leeds United's Pablo Hernandez scored three league goals against Pep Guardiola's Barcelona for Valencia between 2009 and 2011, with only Diego Forlan (4) and Jamie Vardy (8) scoring more top-flight goals against teams managed by Guardiola in his career.
Patrick Bamford has scored in each of his three Premier League appearances so far this season; the last Leeds player to score in four consecutive league games was Ezgjan Alioski in November 2017, while in the top-flight it was Mark Viduka in April 2004.
Kalvin Phillips has created nine goalscoring opportunities in the Premier League this season, more than any other Leeds player.
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Indeed, in each of Leeds' three matches so far, Phillips has either had the most or the joint-most chances created for the club.
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