England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Leeds United and Birmingham City, taking place on Monday, 01 January 2024, at Elland Road in Leeds.
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Leeds United, Recent FormThe 1-0 away defeat to West Bromwich Albion will not have sat easily with the Leeds United squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. They achieved 62% possession in that match and had 15 strikes at goal, with 1 hitting the target, up against West Bromwich Albion's tally of 13 efforts at goal, 3 of which were on target.
It seems pretty certain that Daniel Farke will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 8 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 5 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. They have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 6 home games; however, they have scored in 11 of their 12 played at Elland Road this season.
Their strong run of form at home now gives them an unbeaten streak of 12 games in a row.
When it comes to home matches at Elland Road, Crysencio Summerville will be feeling confident about finding the net again, with 5 league goals for Leeds United in their last 6 home games.
Birmingham City, Recent FormBirmingham City will have been reasonably pleased with their 0-0 draw against Bristol City, not least because of the valuable point gained. In that game they had 36% possession and managed 5 attempts on goal, with 1 on target, compared to Bristol City who had 7 attempts and 0 on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 7 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 11, and leading to valuable points being dropped. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 away games but failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of those games.
They've had a bad run of form away from home recently, having lost 4 of their last 6 on the road and managing just 1 win.
Goalscorer Jordan James will be planning to get himself on the scoresheet once more, having notched up 3 goals in his last 6 league matches for Birmingham City.
It ended in disappointment and a 1-0 defeat for Leeds United last time they met Birmingham City in the league, with The Blues defying the odds to take the win.
When playing at home against The Blues, Leeds have scored at least one goal for 4 games in succession.
Lukas Jutkiewicz will be feeling confident of netting goals for Birmingham in this one against Leeds with his scoring record of 3 goals in their last 5 meetings in the league.
With only Stuart Dallas (Broken hip) and Jamie Shackleton (Buttocks) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Daniel Farke will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Wayne Rooney has a number of injury concerns in his Birmingham squad to contend with: Lee Buchanan (Concussion), Alfie Chang (Knee), George Hall (Hamstring) and Ethan Laird (Groin)
Leeds United Playing at home | Birmingham City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.2 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 0.8 | Goals conceded | 1.9 |
| 32' | Time first goal scored | 43' |
| 43' | Time first goal conceded | 51' |
| 1.3 | Yellow cards | 3.2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.2 |
| 4.1 | Subs used | 4.4 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| - | Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
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