LU vs WHU Fantasy Preview:
Madman Bielsa has shown an atypical method to his madness that has seen Leeds going toe-to-toe with stalwarts of the league and coming close to the finishing line in several occassions with pomp and vigour while at times the Peacocks have been totally out of their element. Their most recent outing against Chelsea splashed them in flames as the Blues put three past them while the encounter before that against a marauding Everton saw them thumping the Toffees by a solitary goal.
The Hammers, on the contrary, were savouring a decent run until Manchester United romped past them in a miraculous second-half turnaround. Despite the Hammers ascertaining the lead in the first half, the Devils were too hot for David Moyes and his company to handle. However, before coming into last week’s fixture, they wrung out emphatic victories against Fulham, Sheffield United and Aston Villa. One of their major highlights of this season’s run will definitely be their stalemate against a formidable Manchester City.
This will be an important game for both sides, considering the current position in the points table. A victory for the Hammers will catapult them to the top six momentarily while a victory for Leeds can place them in the top half of the table. It will also be a contest of the madman against the rebel. These are our fantasy picks for the game between West Ham and Leeds.
Match details:
Leeds United vs West Ham United
1:30 AM
LU vs WHU: Head to head
These two teams have quite a rich history of harvest as they have clashed for a staggering 105 times until now out of which Leeds United secured 49 victories. West Ham United has managed to register 27 victories while 29 games between the teams have ended in an impasse.
LU vs WHU Probable Teams:
Leeds United: Ilian Meslier; Stuart Dallas, Luke Ayling, Liam Cooper, Ezgjan Alioski; Kalvin Phillips; Raphinha, Matueusz Klich, Rodrigo, Jack Harrison; Patrick Bamford
West Ham United: Lukasz Fabianski; Fabian Balbuena, Angelo Ogbonna, Aaron Cresswell; Vladimir Coufal, Declan Rice, Thomas Soucek, Arthur Masuaku; Jarrod Bowen, Michail Antonio, Pablo Fornals
Picks to consider:
Michail Antonio is of towering salience to West Ham. He is not just literally a towering attacker but his blistering presence up front makes life a lot more difficult for the opposition in the final attacking-third.
Patrick Bamford has been an exemplifying clinical striker for Leeds United so far and it will be on his sharp-shooting skills that Bielsa will be pinning his hopes.
Captaincy Choices:
1. Pablo Fornals
2. Declan Rice
Match Prediction: Who will win today?
This is quite an elusive prediction to make but Leeds will have a slight upper hand in the game considering their uplifting performances until now against other linchpins of the league. Bielsa has stitched together a weird pattern in confronting the giants.
