Leeds vs Manchester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 28th February 2026

Leeds welcome The Citizens this coming Saturday in the Premier League, with the host motivated by the possibility of closing the gap in the table on the visitors. On the other hand, the latter could distance themselves even further with a win in this exciting round 28 match.

While The Sky Blues are chasing the lead in the Premier League after collecting 56 points in 27 rounds, Leeds trail by 31 points after 27 rounds, leaving them as number 15 in the table.

Leeds are out to avenge a disappointing loss against Manchester City in their most recent meeting. According to the bookmakers, the home side could be in for another tough ride, though as it looks like an fairly unequal pairing at Elland Road.

Leeds go into their next Premier League match, scoring a humble average of 1.3 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 13 times, while conceding 15. That amounts to an average of 1.5 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Manchester City are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 15 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.5 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of nine goals, and while The Sky Blues claimed three clean sheets, they conceded an average of 0.9 goals per match.

The Sky Blues won 3-2 and 2-1 in the two most recent meetings with Leeds, and go into their upcoming match with a psychological advantage.

Leeds vs Manchester City Prediction

Leeds Form

In their previous three matches, Leeds first drew 2-2 against Chelsea, then 1-1 against Birmingham before also finishing even in a 1-1 draw against Aston Villa. Leeds won three of their previous six matches at Elland Road in the Premier League. They drew two and suffered one defeats, scoring 12 goals to ten against.

Manchester City Form

In their last three matches, Manchester City first beat Fulham 3-0, then Salford City by 2-0 and finally Newcastle by 2-1. Manchester City managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Premier League away matches, in which they scored nine while also conceding six times. They also experienced two draws and one defeat.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between Leeds and Manchester City.

Leeds fought their way to one wins and eight points from their last ten games against teams inside the top six. They were on target 13 times in these matches, but also let in 22 goals. Manchester City won six of their previous eight encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the Premier League. They scored 21 and conceded eight goals and collected 19 points. Leeds have a record of seven wins, ten draws and ten defeats in the Premier League this season. Manchester City enjoy a record of 17 wins, five draws and five defeats in the Premier League.

Leeds vs Manchester City Squads

Leeds Squad

Farke will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Manchester City from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Alex Cairns (0/0), Illan Meslier (0/0), Karl Darlow (0/11), Lucas Perri (0/16), Gabriel Gudmundsson (0/26), James Justin (1/18), Jayden Bogle (1/25), Joe Rodon (2/25), Pascal Struijk (0/24), Sam Byram (0/1), Sebastiaan Bornauw (0/9), Anton Stach (4/22), Ao Tanaka (2/20), Brenden Aaronson (4/26), Charlie Crew (0/0), Daniel James (0/12), Ethan Ampadu (1/24), Facundo Buonanotte (0/3), Ilia Gruev (0/18), Jaka Bijol (1/14), Sean Longstaff (1/17), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (10/24), Joel Piroe (0/11), Lee Erwin (0/0), Lukas Nmecha (6/21), Noah Okafor (4/23), Wilfried Gnonto (0/14).

Manchester City Squad

Below is the full team squad of Manchester City. The manager Guardiola will pick his starting XI against Leeds from these players:

Gianluigi Donnarumma (0/24), James Trafford (0/3), Marcus Bettinelli (0/0), Abdukodir Khusanov (0/13), John Stones (0/7), Josko Gvardiol (2/16), Marc Guehi (2/25), Max Alleyne (0/2), Nathan Ake (0/13), Rayan Ait Nouri (0/10), Rico Lewis (0/10), Ruben Dias (2/23), Bernardo Silva (1/27), Jeremy Doku (1/20), Mateo Kovacic (0/1), Matheus Nunes (1/24), Nico Gonzalez (1/21), Nico O'Reilly (4/26), Phil Foden (7/24), Rayan Cherki (3/22), Rodri (0/15), Ryan McAidoo (0/0), Savinho (0/15), Sverre Halseth Nypan (0/0), Tijjani Reijnders (5/24), Antoine Semenyo (13/26), Erling Haaland (22/27), Omar Marmoush (1/15).

Leeds vs Manchester City Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for Leeds, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment. Joe Rodon and Dominic Calvert-Lewin can't be called up by the Leeds-manager, with both serving a ban.

Manchester City have just one player unavailable for selection, when visiting Leeds at Elland Road.

Rodri won't be travelling with Manchester City this time, as he nurses an injury.

Leeds vs Manchester City Lineups

Leeds vs Manchester City H2H

Manchester City won 3-2 and 2-1 in the two most recent meetings with Leeds, and go into their upcoming match with a psychological advantage. All in all, Manchester City have a fine reading on Leeds in previous seasons with a 6-2-2 advantage going into this match. The bookies have Manchester City to win this match at best price odds of 3/5.

Leeds vs Manchester City Results

Under 2.5 goals came out a winning bet only two times in ten matches between Leeds and Manchester City. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 2/3 with the bookies this coming Saturday.

Leeds vs Manchester City Betting Tips

It has been an excellent season for Antoine Semenyo who managed to score an impressive 13 goals in total during the current campaign. He also seems on a good run currently, hitting the target three times in his last six outings. Manchester City are looking to him against Leeds, hoping he keeps his momentum going.

Leeds claimed five wins, drew two and lost three of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Manchester City won six, drew two and lost two of their last 10 games away. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Elland Road since both teams scored in eight of the last 10 home matches for Leeds. The same occurred in six of the last 10 league games away from home for Manchester City.

Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Leeds managed an average of 1.1 goals, with Manchester City averaging 2.5 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet eight times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Leeds’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.6 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Manchester City, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.9 times goals per game themselves.