Leeds United make their return from the six-week World Cup break with a home clash against Manchester City on Wednesday. The Whites could not have asked for a tougher game to come back to as City push for their fifth Premier League title in six seasons.
Jesse Marsch's side currently sit 15th in the table after 14 matches and will be hoping to use wins over Liverpool and Chelsea as confidence they can get a result against City. That said, with Erling Haaland, Kevin de Bruyne and co looking menacing in City's Carabao Cup victory over Liverpool on Thursday, it will be a tough ask.
FiveThirtyEight - a website which uses data to predict the outcome of sporting events - forecast that Leeds have just an 11% chance of winning, in comparison to 74% for City. Pundits have also been giving their views on the match, and LeedsLive have rounded them up.
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Chris Sutton - BBC Sport
Chris Sutton of BBC Sport is expecting a very comfortable afternoon for City. He said: "Manchester City put out a strong team against Liverpool in the Carabao Cup on Thursday and they looked like they meant business in their first game back.
I like the way Leeds play, and they always seem to have a spell in every game where they are on top, but they rarely do it for 90 minutes and that worries me when they are up against a side as good as City.
There will be a great atmosphere at Elland Road - I always loved going there as a player, and it is the same now I go to work on games there for 5 Live - but that won't help Leeds much here."
Prediction: Leeds 0-4 Man City
Mark Lawrenson - Paddy Power
Mark Lawrenson has also predicted a City win in his latest Paddy Power column, but not by such a margin. He said: "Erling Haaland will be champing at the bit and Kevin De Bruyne wasn’t at the World Cup for very long so Manchester City are in good shape.
"I’ll go 2-0 to City in this one, a straightforward win. Leeds will give a load of effort and application but no, no surprises here."
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