English Premier League: Leeds United vs Liverpool Preview, Odds, Prediction

Leeds and Liverpool meet in the only English Premier League match this Monday night. The Peacocks welcome the team against whom they opened the season in a very good mood. And how wouldn’t they be after defeating the league leaders and the future champions, Manchester City, at Etihad last weekend? On the other side, Liverpool is not in a good situation at all. The Reds are outside the UCL zone, and the way they play, the chances for reaching one of the top four spots are minimal. The chemistry is gone, the system of their play is ruined, and everything Liverpool does is sole because of the individual quality.

Preview

Leeds United (+350) is on a three-game winning streak. The Peacocks defeated Fulham at Craven Cottage, then Sheffield at home, before making one of the biggest sensations this year, taking down the dominant Man City on the road. Interestingly, all the games saw 2-1 as the final score.

Moderate efficiency, Two or three goals took place in five of the past seven games Leeds played, but we saw both teams to score only in those wins. This was something usual in the first part of the campaign when the team had enough energy, but as time went by, Leeds started slipping, but they managed to secure survival in the EPL.

The Peacocks have three victories and one draw and loss in the past five games at home.

Liverpool (-160) suffered an elimination from the UEFA Champions League playing 0-0 with Real Madrid on Tuesday, and that was no doubt a major blow for the Reds, who hoped to save the season by winning the UCL trophy.

That was the first draw for Klopp’s unit in the past six games, during which they had one defeat and four wins. Also, just two matches ended with both teams scoring during that run.

Liverpool is in crisis even though the recent results aren’t showing that. We can see that they have multiple struggles on the pitch in pretty much every line. The defense is the most vulnerable, with two youngsters involved, Kabak and Phillips.

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Cooper is unavailable for Leeds. Forshaw, Raphina, and Rodrigo are questionable.

Gomez, Henderson, Kelleher, Matip, Origi, and van Dijk are out for the Reds. Jones is doubtful.

Head to Head Games

The first game of the year finished with Liverpool’s win at Anfield, 4-3. It was a spectacular match that showed everyone Leeds wouldn’t be just another promoted team who will be easy prey.

Salah posted a hat-trick, while van Dijk added one more for the hosts. The Egyptian’s penalty two minutes before the end of the regulations solved the event. Harrison, Bamford, and Klich delivered for Leeds.

Prediction

Our money here is on high efficiency. To be more precise, over 2.5 goals. Current odds are settled at -195 for this suggestion. For those who are willing to take on more risk, over 1.5 goals in the first 45 minutes might be a perfect solution. The odds for that are +125, which is pretty tempting the way both sides know to play.