Leeds United will look to ride the momentum from Wednesday night’s thrilling win over Chelsea when Liverpool come to town for Saturday’s Premier League encounter.
United led from the sixth minute against Enzo Maresca’s outfit, with goals from Jaka Bijol, Ao Tanaka and Dominic Calvert-Lewin delivering an important victory. Leeds expected goal tally of 2.82 was the highest any team have registered against the Blues this season, including in their Champions League fixtures!
Both Calvert-Lewin and fellow striker Lukas Nmecha will be aiming to net their third goals in the last four games, should they be selected to face the reigning Premier League champions this weekend.
Daniel Farke's side are currently 17th in the standings after the first 14 matches, eight points behind 8th placed Liverpool, who will be looking to find form and get their title defence back on track.
After a strong start to the season, winning their first seven matches, the Reds have now lost nine of their last fourteen matches. Nevertheless, Arne Slot’s squad is full of talent and sure to pose a real challenge to Leeds’ aim of climbing away from the bottom three.
Over the years, there have been many memorable encounters between the two teams. Leeds and Liverpool have faced off against one another 121 times, with the Whites winning 28 and drawing 30 of those matches.
Most memorably in recent times, an 89th minute Crysencio Summerville goal secured all three points for Leeds in a 2022 thriller at Anfield.
Action from Elland Road gets underway at 5:30pm and you can follow all the action across leedsunited.com, as well as on LUTV.
A memorable meeting:
Team News:
As always, Daniel Farke has given an update on the fitness of his squad for Saturday’s game. You can read more here.
How to follow:
Look out for our guide on how to watch the pre-match show, listen to commentary, or where you can watch the game live around the world! This will be on leedsunited.com on the day of the game.
Important supporter information:
Discriminatory language or chanting is not acceptable and you could be breaking the law. The club condemns this behaviour and has a zero-tolerance policy towards discrimination abuse of all kinds.
To report an incident, text LEEDS along with any relevant information including ticket details, your name and description of an incident to 60006. You will then receive an automated response which means that your report has been logged and will then be looked into.
Tough measures and sanctions are in place across all English football leagues to tackle dangerous and illegal behaviours within football grounds, and this involves but is not limited to, discriminatory behaviour, tragedy chanting, fans entering the pitch, the use of pyros and throwing objects.
What has Daniel Farke said ahead of the match?
League position:
Leeds: 17th
Liverpool: 8th
Top scorer:
Leeds: Lukas Nmecha (4)
Liverpool: Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah (4)
Officials
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Assistant referees: Gary Beswick & Adam Nunn
Fourth official: Leigh Doughty
Video Assistant Referee: John Brooks
Additional Video Assistant Referee: Daniel Robathan
