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Manchester United vs Leeds United

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Old Trafford

Date: 20th December 2020

Kick-off time – 16:30 GMT

After their midweek comeback win against Sheffield United, Manchester United are back in Premier League action as they renew their rivalry with Leeds United in Round 14 of the PL season.

The hosts have enjoyed favourable results in the league in recent times as they are unbeaten in six games (W5, D1). In that period, the Red Devils scored 13 times but could only stop their opponents from scoring on two occasions.

They will be looking to take all three points from this tie and perhaps move within the top three.

Leeds have excited many at times this season but have been too inconsistent to mount any serious push towards the top-seven.

After going on a two-game losing streak, Leeds were back to winning ways in a 5-2 dissemination of Newcastle in their last meeting. They sit in 13th place but can enter the top half of the table with more consistent performances.

Marcelo Bielsa’s boys will fancy their chances against a Manchester United side that have won just one (D2, L3) of their six home games in the PL this season.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is likely to bring David de Gea back to the starting IX after Dean Henderson’s showing in their last game against Sheffield United. For Bielsa, Diego Llorente, Robin Koch and Adam Forshaw are missing through injuries.

The last five competitive meetings between both sides have produced two Manchester United wins, two draws, and one win for Leeds United.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

December 7, 2024
Everton 01:00 Liverpool
December 22, 2024
Everton 15:00 Chelsea
Fulham 15:00 Southampton
Leicester City 15:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester United 15:00 AFC Bournemouth
Tottenham Hotspur 17:30 Liverpool
December 26, 2024
Manchester City 13:30 Everton
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Crystal Palace
Chelsea 16:00 Fulham
Newcastle United 16:00 Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Southampton 16:00 West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 18:30 Manchester United
Liverpool 21:00 Leicester City
December 27, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 Brentford
Arsenal 21:15 Ipswich Town

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 15 11 3 1 31 13 +18 36
2 Chelsea 16 10 4 2 37 19 +18 34
3 Arsenal 17 9 6 2 34 16 +18 33
4 Nottingham Forest 17 9 4 4 23 19 +4 31
5 Aston Villa 17 8 4 5 26 26 +0 28
6 Manchester City 17 8 3 6 29 25 +4 27
7 Newcastle United 17 7 5 5 27 21 +6 26
8 AFC Bournemouth 16 7 4 5 24 21 +3 25
9 Brighton & Hov… 17 6 7 4 27 26 +1 25
10 Fulham 16 6 6 4 24 22 +2 24
11 Tottenham Hotspur 16 7 2 7 36 19 +17 23
12 Brentford 17 7 2 8 32 32 +0 23
13 Manchester United 16 6 4 6 21 19 +2 22
14 West Ham United 17 5 5 7 22 30 -8 20
15 Crystal Palace 17 3 7 7 18 26 -8 16
16 Everton 15 3 6 6 14 21 -7 15
17 Leicester City 16 3 5 8 21 34 -13 14
18 Ipswich Town 17 2 6 9 16 32 -16 12
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 16 2 3 11 24 40 -16 9
20 Southampton 16 1 2 13 11 36 -25 5

Latest Premier League Results

December 21, 2024
Crystal Palace 1 - 5 Arsenal
West Ham United 1 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 0 - 4 Newcastle United
Brentford 0 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa 2 - 1 Manchester City
December 16, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 1 - 1 West Ham United
December 15, 2024
Chelsea 2 - 1 Brentford
Southampton 0 - 5 Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester City 1 - 2 Manchester United
Brighton & Hov… 1 - 3 Crystal Palace
December 14, 2024
Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 2 Ipswich Town
Newcastle United 4 - 0 Leicester City
Liverpool 2 - 2 Fulham
Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton
December 9, 2024
West Ham United 2 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
December 8, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 4 Chelsea
Ipswich Town 1 - 2 AFC Bournemouth
Fulham 1 - 1 Arsenal
Leicester City 2 - 2 Brighton & Hov…

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