Leeds United vs Manchester City Prediction: the Hosts to Fight Hard

Prediction for the EPL Leeds United vs Manchester City match, which will take place on December 28th. Manchester City went into the break with a sensational home loss to Brentford. The next game is on the road against Leeds, who can impress the Citizens with their offensive audacity. Will Jesse Marsh's side upset Pep Guardiola? Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Leeds' recent games before the break were reminiscent of an earlier version of Marcelo Bielsa's Peacocks, particularly the meetings with Bournemouth and Tottenham, which ended with the same score of 4:3. Only in the first case Leeds won, while in the second they failed. Before that, the Peacocks beat Liverpool at Anfield (2:1), scoring late in the game. However, Leeds loses more often than they win. Therefore, they are 15th in the standings.

During the break, the Peacocks had three test matches with Elche, Real Sociedad, and Monaco. They defeated the first two, 2:1, while losing to the latter. 2:4. Aleksandr Golovin was credited with the goal.

On the matchday before the World Cup, Man City sensationally fell to Brentford (1:2). So, the Citizens are eight points behind leading Arsenal as the Gunners beat West Ham the day before. At the break, Pep Guardiola's charges played one test match against their farm team Girona and beat them 2:0. After the World Cup, the Citizens faced Liverpool in the EFL Cup last 16. Pep Guardiola had to assemble the squad urgently. And the reserve lineup sealed a hard victory, 3:2.

Almost all the players have returned from the World Cup, except for world champion Julian Alvarez. Besides Kalvin Phillips, Guardiola can count on the remaining players for the upcoming against Leeds.

About half of the Leeds squad is in question for the match against Man City. In addition, three players will not be on the pitch. At Man City, three players won't participate. All of the leaders will take the field. Therefore, the City will do everything not to let Arsenal go far away. But Leeds will surely fight, as we saw in the games with Tottenham and Liverpool.

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