Leeds United will be looking to avoid setting an unwanted club record stat in the Premier League ahead of their matches with Manchester City and Newcastle United. The Whites have conceded 69 goals in the league so far in the calendar year of 2022 and are just one short of equalling their record of 70 in 2003.
Leeds currently possess the joint fifth defensive record in the division so far this season having shipped 26 goals in their 14 matches so far. With City and Newcastle to come, who both sit in the top three positions in the table, it is going to be difficult for Leeds to avoid surpassing the 70 they conceded in 2003.
This could be a bad omen for Leeds given their narrow escape of relegation in the 2002/03 season, before then going down the following year. As everyone knows, Leeds secured survival by the skin of their teeth last term and are once again in the centre of another battle to beat the drop.
