On Sunday Dec 26th, Leeds United will travel to Liverpool to battle Liverpool in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Liverpool is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur. Harry Kane struck first for Tottenham Hotspur in the 13th minute, but Diogo Jota got the equalizer for Liverpool in the 35th minute . Liverpool looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10, while leeds United is fresh off their 1-4 loss against Arsenal. Martinelli struck first for Arsenal in the 16th minute, then Martinelli added another in the 28th minute on a feed from Granit Xhaka. Leeds United looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sep 12th, Liverpool took the match by a score of 3 to 0. Mohamed Salah struck first for Liverpool in the 20th minute on a feed from Trent Alexander-Arnold, then Fabinho added another in the 50th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Leeds United couldn’t manage to score, and Liverpool took the shutout win.
Raphinha has been the most effective weapon for Leeds United lately. The Brazilian attacker has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches. Mohamed Salah has been the most prolific scorer on Liverpool in the last five matches with three goals
Roberto Firmino, Virgil van Dijk, Adrián, Divock Origi, Fabinho, Naby Keïta, Thiago Alcântara, Joe Gomez, Curtis Jones and Nathaniel Phillips are unavailable to play for Jürgen Klopp’s team, while Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera’s squad will be without Junior Firpo, Patrick Bamford, Liam Cooper, Kalvin Phillips, Jamie Shackleton and Pascal Struijk.