Leeds United vs Everton Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Following their 1-0 win at Goodison Park in the reverse fixture, Leeds are looking to complete their first league double over Everton since 1990-91, when they were also a newly promoted side.
Everton have only won one of their last 37 top-flight away games against Leeds (D9 L27), winning 1-0 in November 2002 thanks to a Wayne Rooney goal.
Of the 45 sides Everton have faced at least 10 times away from home in top-flight history, their lowest win rate on the road is against Leeds – the Toffees have won just three of their 49 visits to Elland Road (6% - D12 L34).
Leeds have won all three of their midweek Premier League games this season (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday), scoring 12 goals and conceding three.
Everton have won four of their last five away league games (D1), including each of the last three in a row. They last won four consecutive top-flight away games in December 1985.
Leeds, who won 1-0 at Goodison Park earlier this season, could be the first newly promoted team to record a Premier League double over Everton since West Brom in 2010/11. The only newly promoted team to complete a top-flight double over a team managed by Carlo Ancelotti was Brescia against Parma in Serie A in 1997/98.
Everton have lost three of their four Premier League games this season when they’ve had 60% or more possession, including in their previous outing against Newcastle (0-2 with 61% possession). The only game they won in these circumstances came against West Brom in September, who had to play with 10 men for the entire second half.
Leeds’ Marcelo Bielsa could become only the fourth manager to win his first two top-flight managerial matches against Carlo Ancelotti, after Alberto Zaccheroni (Udinese, 1996-97), Zdenek Zeman (1996-97, Lazio & Roma) and Gerardo Martino (2013-14, Barcelona).
Patrick Bamford has been directly involved in 15 goals in his 20 Premier League games for Leeds United (11 goals, 4 assists) – only Tony Yeboah (17) has had a hand in more goals in their first 20 PL appearances for the club. The striker has scored in two of his last three games in the competition at Elland Road (two goals).
In his first nine Premier League games this season, Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored 10 goals from 29 shots for a conversion rate of 34%. In his subsequent nine league appearances, he’s scored just once from 19 shots (5% conversion).
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