Leeds United vs Manchester United - prediction, team news, lineups

Desperate for Premier League points and a distraction from their struggles, Manchester United volition question to look bitter rivals Leeds United astatine Elland Road connected Sunday.

The Whites are hoping to bounce backmost aft decision past clip out, portion the Red Devils are reeling from a five-game winless run.

Match preview

Daniel Farke's Leeds impressed successful the 2nd fractional of the 2025-26 run en way to earning endurance successful the apical flight, and the squad person made a commendable commencement to this word arsenic they look to physique connected that foundation.

The Whites presently beryllium seventh successful the array with 9 points to their name, a tally that puts the nine level with Liverpool and conscionable 1 constituent shy of the apical four.

Last Saturday, Farke's broadside were beaten 2-1 by Arsenal astatine the Emirates Stadium, and though the effect was to beryllium expected connected paper, the manger volition beryllium frustrated by the mode successful which the lucifer was turned astir successful conscionable 8 minutes.

On the different hand, that decision was Leeds' archetypal successful the Premier League this season, and the Whites fought valiantly successful London, getting their noses successful beforehand done James Justin soon aft the interval and lone losing owed to a superb Bruno Guimaraes onslaught from the borderline of the box.

Heading into Sunday's showdown, the hosts volition beryllium buoyed by their fantabulous grounds astatine Elland Road, wherever they are unbeaten successful 8 competitory matches, winning 5 times and keeping 5 cleanable sheets successful the process.

Meanwhile, Michael Carrick's Man United person struggled passim the aboriginal stages of this season, and volition marque the abbreviated travel to Leeds debased connected confidence.

The Red Devils person picked up conscionable 1 triumph from their six Premier League games successful 2026-27, and person not travel retired connected apical successful immoderate of their past 5 outings crossed each competitions, losing 3 times and drafting doubly since hammering Champions League debutants Sabah 4-0 connected September 10.

Most recently, Carrick's men followed up a demoralising 1-1 gully with 10-man Tottenham Hotspur by losing 2-0 to Atletico Madrid connected Tuesday.

That decision successful Spain was made each the much achy by the information Man United conceded with conscionable 53 seconds connected the clock, earlier Leny Yoro was sent disconnected successful the 2nd half, and Ademola Lookman enactment the crippled beyond the Mancunians.

However, the effect was overshadowed by post-match comments from Lisandro Martinez, who took purpose astatine the club's Director of Football, Jason Wilcox, successful an interrogation with Amazon Prime:

"I expect much [investment]. 100%. I expect much from our method manager [Jason Wilcox]. I person to beryllium honest, arsenic players we person to bash much but it is besides important erstwhile you marque a beardown squad to beryllium acceptable for this benignant of night," said the Argentina defender.

Martinez is expected to beryllium progressive against Leeds aft making a clarifying follow-up statement, but the play and hostility surrounding the Red Devils has lone been inflamed implicit the past week.

With Man United's strife arsenic context, losing connected Sunday would beryllium highly damaging, but aft seeing their squad neglect to triumph immoderate of their 4 distant matches this word - losing doubly and conceding 2 goals connected 3 occasions - fans volition people beryllium fearing the worst.

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Team News

Leeds could beryllium boosted by the instrumentality of speedster Dan James this weekend, fixed that the winger resumed grooming connected Thursday, and manager Farke noted successful his property league "There is simply a accidental that helium is involved."

Right-sided guardant Mateo Joseph is continuing his rehabilitation pursuing an anterior cruciate ligament injury, though Noah Okafor and Anton Stach should beryllium connected manus to enactment striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin up top.

At the other extremity of the pitch, centre-back Joe Rodon has been ruled retired of this lucifer owed to a hamstring injury, and is simply a fewer weeks distant from a instrumentality to action, truthful expect to spot a three-man backline featuring James Justin, Nico Elvedi and Tarik Muharemovic.

As for Man United, they are missing striker Benjamin Sesko erstwhile again arsenic helium works done different little limb problem, and Bryan Mbeumo could commencement up top, supplied by Amad Diallo, Bruno Fernandes and Matheus Cunha.

In midfield, Kobbie Mainoo is simply a uncertainty and faces a precocious fittingness test, portion Manuel Ugarte is continuing his rehabilitation from the ACL wounded helium suffered successful the summer, but Carlos Baleba volition beryllium acceptable to articulation Youri Tielemans successful Carrick's treble pivot connected Sunday.

Elsewhere, the Red Devils are lighter than perfect astatine full-back, considering that Patrick Dorgu is sidelined with a hamstring injury, Noussair Mazraoui has lone been progressive successful tiny parts of training, and Luke Shaw faces a precocious telephone connected his fitness.

If neither Mazraoui nor Shaw are available, past Diogo Dalot could run astatine left-back, with Leny Yoro connected the close arsenic portion of a four-man defence alongside Harry Maguire and Lisandro Martinez.

Leeds United imaginable starting lineup:

Trafford; Muharemovic, Elvedi, Justin; Bogle, Ampadu, Tanaka, Gudmundsson; Stach, Okafor; Calvert-Lewin

Manchester United imaginable starting lineup:

Lammens; Yoro, Maguire, Martinez, Dalot; Tielemans, Baleba; Diallo, Fernandes, Cunha; Mbeumo

We say: Leeds United 3-1 Manchester United

Leeds are successful the uncommon presumption of being supra their rivals erstwhile they look off, and the Whites volition beryllium raring to spell up against the struggling giants connected Sunday.

Man United caput into this clash debased connected confidence, and decision astatine Elland Road would not beryllium astonishing considering they are apt to beryllium caught retired by the strength of Farke's side.

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