Leeds United vs. West Ham United Match preview
West Ham United will be taking a trip to play Leeds United at Elland Road on Friday evening looking to reinforce their position close to the top five of the English Premier League standings.
The Peacocks, who are in 14th place, head into the match at sitting just three points off their opponents.
Leeds United investment reasonably during the summer 14-point earned from 11 matches would have been regarded as the minimum and it gives Marcelo Bielsa headache having to demand more improvement.
The host is coming into this game with a 3-1 defeat away to Chelsea, while the Hummers as well lost 3-1 to Manchester united in their own home ground.
Match Facts
- Leeds United has featured in 11 EPL, won four times, drawn twice, and lost five times this season.
- The Peacocks have registered four clean-sheets in the last ten EPL matches this season.
- West Ham United has registered four clean-sheets in the last ten matches in all competitions this season.
- The Hummers have featured in 11 EPL matches this season winning five times, drawn twice, and lost four times.
- Leeds United has won once out of five home matches in EPL this season.
- West Ham United has registered two away wins out of five matches in all competitions this season.
Leeds United vs. West Ham United Head to Head
These teams have met thrice, twice in the Championship and the other in EPL. The Hummers have failed to win against the host. Back in 2003 Peacocks registered a 1-0 victory when they hosted the Hummers in EPL.
In the last encounter, they drew 1-1 in the Championship.
Leeds United Team News
Bielsa will hand a full Leeds debut to Diego Llorente, who featured as an early substitute against Chelsea.
Rodrigo Moreno could replace Ezgjan Alioski in the starting XI.
West Ham United Team News
Said Benrahma the summer signing may finally be given a start, he could stand-in for Pablo Fornals in the final third.
Sebastien Haller is expected to remain in the starting IX, to replace Michail Antonio who is still struggling with a hamstring injury
West Ham United Prediction
West Ham was thrashed 3-1 against Manchester United; this will play as motivation to shake off that frustration at the earliest opportunity.
However, Leeds will create entertaining chances in this clash.
Our topbets pundit is predicting a home win and Betway is backing the results with 2.18 odds while 1XBet is giving 2.2 Odds.
Goals – Over 2.5
In the previous encounter, the two teams have produced more than two goals; therefore chances of registering more than two goals are likely to be on the scoreboard.
We expect more goals to be produced in this match therefore over 2.5 markets ascertained by our pundits
Betway are backing the goals with 1.59 while 1XBet is placing odds at 1.64.
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