Leeds United are set to break a 38-year long top-flight record by becoming the first team to play a full year in the top-flight and concede at least two goals per game on average. The Whites have conceded 72 goals from their 35 matches in 2022 and not a clean sheet in their final game of the year at Newcastle United will prevent it.
Coventry City in 1984 were the most recent team to set this record, shipping 95 in 43 games. This is another alarming defensive statistic from a Leeds point of view, with last night also setting an unwanted club record in the Premier League.
Their aforementioned total of 72 against during this calendar year eclipsed the 70 they shipped back in 2003, which is a damning indictment of the fact a managerial change has still not been able to alter their defensive woes. Marcelo Bielsa was sacked on the back of a run of four defeats in five matches - a period in which they conceded 20 goals.
