Leeds United Vs Aston Villa: Shows Unpleasant Record

Noah Okafor, Leeds United mainstay defender (photo: x @LUFC)

JAKARTA - Leeds United are on the verge of setting an unwanted record ahead of the duel to host Aston Villa at Elland Road in the Premier League match, Sunday night, November 23. In the last three home games against Villa, Leeds has always failed to score. If it returns barren, this will be the first time in the history of their clubs not scoring in four consecutive home games against the same opponent.

Returning to play at home should be a breath of fresh air for Leeds after suffering two painful defeats in the away match ahead of the international break. In those two matches, Daniel Farke's team conceded six goals and was only able to score one.

The only goal came against Nottingham Forest (November 9), when Lukas Nmecha had brought Leeds ahead. However, Forest rose through goals from Ibrahim Sangare, Morgan Gibbs-White, and Elliot Anderson.

The defeat cost Leeds four defeats in the last five Premier League games. Now they are in 16th place in the standings, just one point from the relegation zone. The biggest problem remains the same: fragile in the back line. Leeds have not won a clean sheet in the last eight matches since holding Newcastle to a draw in August.

Leeds' record against the top team is also bad. They have never won over the top 10 team since beating Liverpool 2-1 in October 2022. Leeds' last seven wins all came from 13th and bottom.

Aston Villa last lost to a promotional team in October 2022. Since then, they have been unbeaten in 17 Premier League games against a newly up team, winning 13 of them.

Despite starting the season badly without a win in the first five games and scoring just one goal Unai Emery's squad came back to life. Villa have now won five of the last six league games, only losing to Liverpool earlier this month.

In Week 11 match, Villa crushed Bournemouth 4-0 and moved up to sixth in the standings, just two points adrift of Chelsea in third place. They also came to Elland Road with a slick record, never losing to Leeds in the Premier League since October 2020. In fact, Leeds last defeated Villa at Elland Road in the Premier League in May 2003.

Leeds received good news after all the players who were called by the national team returned unharmed. Sebastiaan Bornauw (lutut) and Wilfried Gnonto (pinggul) were previously doubtful, but Daniel Farke said all his players were fit for this match.

Farke is likely to do a little rotation. Pascal Struijk has the opportunity to return to his center-back position to replace Jaka Bijol.

In the Aston Villa camp, the international break actually brought problems. Ezri Konsa,ten Cash, Lamare Bogarde, and Amadou Onana suffered minor injuries while defending their country. However, everything is scheduled to return to training on Saturday and has the opportunity to appear. The only player who is confirmed to be absent is Badminton Mings, who is still recovering from a hamstring injury until 2026.

Andres Garcia can return to the squad, while Victor Lindelof is ready to be played as an emergency right-back if needed.

Leeds and Aston Villa are listed as the two teams with the worst major chance conversion rate in the Premier League this season, so this match may present a number of wasted chances.

But Villa's very solid and fragile performance in the Leeds defense has made the visitors more favorite. Leeds' poor trend against the top team seems to be continuing, while Villa are predicted to take home three points from Elland Road.

Leeds United: Perri; Bogle, Rodon, Struijk, Gudmundsson; Stage, Ampadu, Longstaff; Aaronson, Nmecha, Okafor

Aston Villa:Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Kamara, Tielemans; McGinn, Rogers, Buendia; Watkins

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