Leeds United vs Tottenham Hotspur Live Stream, Predictions

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Leeds United

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Leeds United will be hoping for a better result following the 3-1 Premier League defeat in their last game at the hands of West Ham United.

In that game, Leeds United managed 41% possession and 12 shots on goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Leeds United was Rodrigo (17'). West Ham United got 19 shots at goal with 8 on target. Declan Rice (32'), Jarrod Bowen (72') and Manuel Lanzini (94') scored for West Ham United.

Fixtures featuring Leeds United have tended to be entertaining encounters of late with plenty of scoring being the norm. Over their past six games alone, the sum of 21 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 7 of those belonging to Leeds United.

Leading up to this clash, Leeds United:

• have not beaten Tottenham Hotspur in their previous 3 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 home league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 4 matches in the league. Things will have to change soon.

Tottenham Hotspur

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Brentford in Premier League action, Tottenham Hotspur and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Tottenham Hotspur managed 62% possession and 22 shots on goal with 8 on target. The scorer for Tottenham Hotspur was Harry Kane (8'). At the other end, Brentford had 11 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Bryan Mbeumo (50', 62') and Yoane Wissa (88') scored for Brentford.

Tottenham Hotspur have been good when going forward leading up to this encounter, having scored 9 goals in their last 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Tottenham Hotspur have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 5 of those same outings. Despite that, we will just have to wait and see if that trend might continue on in this next match or not.

Coming into this meeting, Tottenham Hotspur haven’t won away from home in the past 7 league games.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head to head clashes stretching back to 27/01/2013 tells us that Leeds United have won 2 of these games & Tottenham Hotspur 4, with the tally of drawn games standing at 0.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 24 in all at an average of 4 goals per match.

The last league match between these clubs was Premier League match day 16 on 12/11/2022 which ended up with the score at Tottenham Hotspur 4-3 Leeds United.

On that occasion, Tottenham Hotspur managed 55% possession and 14 shots on goal with 8 on target. The goals were scored by Harry Kane (25'), Ben Davies (51') and Rodrigo Bentancur (81', 83').

Leeds United got 12 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Crysencio Summerville (10') and Rodrigo (43', 76') scored.

The referee was Michael Salisbury.

🗞️ Team News: Leeds United

Luis Sinisterra (Ankle Injury) and Stuart Dallas (Femoral Fracture) will not be able to play for Leeds United gaffer Sam Allardyce.

In our view, The Whites will probably employ a 4-2-3-1 formation this time and select Joel Robles, Luke Ayling, Rasmus Kristensen, Maximilian Woeber, Pascal Struijk, Robin Koch, Liam Cooper, Weston McKennie, Adam Forshaw, Jack Harrison and Rodrigo.

🗞️ Team News: Tottenham Hotspur

We are inclined to think that Spurs could decide to elect for a 4-4-2 lineup, choosing Fraser Forster, Emerson Royal, Davinson Sanchez, Clement Lenglet, Ben Davies, Pedro Porro, Yves Bissouma, Oliver Skipp, Heung-Min Son, Dejan Kulusevski and Harry Kane.

⚡ Prediction

We’re thinking that Tottenham Hotspur and Leeds United should end up playing out a closely-fought contest here.

Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we get quite a few goals with scores finishing level. That’s why our selection here is for a very competitive game with a 2-2 when all is said and done.

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Victor Martins, 00:13 24/05/2023