Leeds United will take on the Premier League champions and current table-toppers on Tuesday evening, as they travel away from home to face Manchester City (8pm).
Pep Guardiola’s side have won six on the bounce in the Premier League, with that already impressive record extending further, becoming eight wins from nine in all competitions.
The Whites have a thoroughly impressive and confidence-boosting record of their own to take into Tuesday night’s clash. Since being promoted back to the Premier League, Marcelo Biesla’s side have won all five of their Tuesday night fixtures!
Sticking with the Tuesday theme, Manchester City can counteract with a stat of their own. City are unbeaten in their last 14 league home matches played on a Tuesday, a run stretching back to 1993!
One last record the Whites are hoping to stop their hosts from getting, is a goal. If the Blues do find the back of Illan Meslier’s net, they will have scored their 500th goal under Guardiola’s leadership in just their 207th game together.
Last season, despite there being no fans in the ground, Leeds produced a victory which will live long in the memories. After going down to 10 men and being level at 1-1, having already scored previously in the game, up stepped Stuart Dallas to find a stoppage time winner.
That match was after the two teams had played a fiercely contested 90 minutes at Elland Road previously in the season, which resulted in a point each following a 1-1 draw.
Both top-scorers on Tuesday evening will begin the game on seven each. Raphinha and Bernardo Silva have both been in top form for their side this season and will continue to be a threat at either end, throughout the match.
Assists wise, there is another Brazilian to keep an eye on. Gabriel Jesus has six to his name, meaning the creativity and flair expected of players from his nation has been clear for all to see. Leeds don’t have a stand-out top assister, but 10 of the squad have registered them up to this point.
The match has been selected for live coverage on BT Sport. Commentary is available as always on LUTV, with up to date blog coverage on leedsunited.com
Manager/head coach:
Man City: Pep Guardiola
Leeds: Marcelo Bielsa
What has Marcelo Bielsa said, ahead of the match?
“Every game we make lots of effort to deserve to win. Sometimes it is possible and sometimes it is not. We have a lot of hope we can obtain what we deserve and that means we get more points on the board. At City, I always see a constant evolution of the variables offensively. Players of different characteristics combine in different parts of the pitch.”
League position
Man City: 1st
Leeds: 15th
Premier League form
Man City: WWWWW
Leeds: LDWDL
Top scorer
Man City: Bernardo Silva (7)
Leeds: Raphinha (7)
Head to head
Man City: 45
Draws: 18
Leeds: 43
A memorable moment against Man City…
Team news
Leeds will still be without Rodrigo, Kalvin Phillips, Liam Cooper, Patrick Bamford and Robin Koch on Tuesday evening. Also missing having picked up a knock just before the weekend trip to Chelsea will be defender, Pascal Struijk.
City have just the one injury concern. Spanish international Ferran Torres, who has been a handful to defences since his arrival in the Premier League will be the only player unavailable for Tuesday’s hosts.
Officials
Referee - Paul Tierney
Assistant Referee 1 - Constantine Hatzidakis
Assistant Referee 2 - Neil Davies
Fourth Official - Mike Dean
Video Assistant Referee - Darren England
The key battle
Raheem Sterling vs Raphinha
Goals, pace, trickery and a constant threat throughout the match! Both these players can be summed up in similar fashion and they will need watching closely from both defences. Take a look at some key stats from either player, ahead of the match.
Latest odds
Man City: 1/8
Draw: 15/2
Leeds: 18/1
How to watch
The match has been selected for live coverage on BT Sport. Commentary is available as always on LUTV, with up to date blog coverage on leedsunited.com
