Match Preview
Marcelo Bielsa's side will welcome the former Premier League champions to Elland Road in their fourth game of the season. Leeds United will aim to add to their impressive start to the 2020/2021 Premier League season by recording another win when Manchester City come to town. The Peacocks, following their promotion from the Championship, are swiftly becoming favorites of neutrals, and they have done so with a series of top performances thus far.
The new entrants started the campaign by almost running away with a point at Liverpool but saw their hard work undone by a late penalty. They followed the 4-3 defeat at Anfield with their own 4-3 win over Fulham on Matchday 2, and subsequently added a 1-0 victory at Sheffield United.
The unique brand of football being played under Marcelo Bielsa has drawn plaudits since its outdooring in the premiership and, against Manchester City, the Argentine will only hope that his boys will do due diligence in to uphold their charge to stay afloat at the end of the season.
For Pep Guardiola's men, the mission is to find their rhythm and get back to winning ways as soon as possible. The Citizens come into Saturday's game on the back of a shocking 5-2 home defeat against Leicester City after enjoying a comfortable win over Wolves in their previous league outing. The defeat to the Foxes was the heaviest ever suffered by any club Guardiola has managed in his coaching career so far.
Indeed, at this point, the Spaniard could have been satisfied with testing his luck against any other club but this Leeds side who have hit the ground running. Nevertheles, he will hope that his side's run of seven wins in their last 10 outings will be enough morale booster as they take on a manager he so admires in Marcelo Bielsa on Saturday.
What is the current form of Leeds and Manchester City?
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Leeds United in their last 10 matches: W8 D0 L2
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Manchester City in their last 10 matches: W7 D0 L3
Head to head stats: Leeds United vs Manchester City
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Leeds United wins: 42
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Manchester City wins: 45 Draws: 17
Team news: Who is injured or suspended for Leeds vs Manchester City?
Leeds will go into the weekend's game without Jack Harrison as he is not eligible to play against his parent club. Pablo Hernandez, Adam Forshaw and Kiko Casilla are still unavailable through injury.
For Manchester City, John Stones is a huge doubt having missed his side's first three outings. Relatively, Oleksandr Zinchenko is ruled out of the clash after picking up another injury after almost completing his recovery.
Both Gabriel Jesus and Sergio Aguero will miss the game through injury whereas Ilkay Gundogan and Joao Cancelo will be amiss.
Predicted starting Xi for Leeds vs Manchester City
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Leeds United: Meslier; Ayling, Koch, Llorente, Dallas; Phillips; Costa, Klich, Roberts, Alioski; Bamford.
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Manchester City: Ederson; Walker, Dias, Laporte, Mendy; Fernandinho, Rodri; Mahrez, De Bruyne, Foden; Sterling.
Broadcast information for Leeds United vs Manchester City
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Australia: Optus Sport
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Canada: DAZN
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United Kingdom: SKY GO Extra, Sky Sports Main Event, BBC Radio Manchester, Sky Ultra HD, Sky Sports Premier League
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United States: UNIVERSO, UNIVERSO NOW, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports App, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, NBC
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