{"id":40237,"date":"2026-01-04T12:12:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T12:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=40237"},"modified":"2026-01-04T12:12:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T12:12:45","slug":"leeds-united-v-manchester-united-premier-league-live-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=40237","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United v Manchester United: Premier League \u2013 live | Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<br \/><span class=\"dcr-90inr0\"><span id=\"key-events-carousel-mobile\"\/><span class=\"dcr-90inr0\"><\/p>\n<p>Key events<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span id=\"filter-toggle-mobile\"\/>Show key events only<\/p>\n<p><span>Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>The last time Leeds beat Manchester United?<\/strong> Sixteen years and one day ago. Not in the Premier League but in the FA Cup, when Jermaine Beckford\u2019s goal at Old Trafford delivered a massive upset. What a lovely finish:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Here\u2019s how we\u2019re looking:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Patrick Dorgu as one of Amorim\u2019s No 10s?<\/strong> Funky if so. Joshua Zirkzee\u2019s reward for a goal against Wolves is a place on a very inexperienced bench. Leeds, on the other hand, welcome Calvert-Lewin back to the starting XI. Noah Okafor starts, too.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">The teams<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Leeds:<\/strong> Lucas Perri, Bornauw, Bijol, Struijk, Justin, Aaronson, Gruev, Stach, Gudmundsson, Calvert-Lewin, Okafor<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><em>Subs: Darlow, Longstaff, Piroe, Nmecha, Harrison, Tanaka, Byram, Gnonto, Chambers<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Manchester United:<\/strong> Lammens, Yoro, Heaven, Mart\u00ednez, Dalot, Casemiro, Ugarte, Shaw, Dorgu, Cunha, Sesko<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><em>Subs: Bayindir, Zirkzee, Malacia, Fredricson, Jack Fletcher, Tyler Fletcher, Lacey, Mantato, Kukonki.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">Preamble<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The last time this pedigree fixture took place, in February 2023, Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho were Manchester United\u2019s goalscorers in a 2-0 victory. Erik ten Hag was enjoying his debut campaign in England while Leeds had just parted ways with Jesse Marsch and were on their way to relegation. It feels long, long ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Today, it\u2019s the hosts who have form. Daniel Farke\u2019s side went unbeaten in the league through December, and they\u2019ve put on some serious entertainment at Elland Road: clashes with Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Liverpool resulted in 15 goals, with Leeds picking up seven points along the way. Dominic Calvert-Lewin has rediscovered the form that made him an England international.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Manchester United? Well, there\u2019s always a crisis of sorts lurking close by. Ruben Amorim went under interrogation on Friday, the injury list is long, and they could only muster a point at home against Wolves last time out. And yet victory today would take them to fourth place. It\u2019s been a funny old season. <strong>Kick-off\u2019s at 12.30pm GMT.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Elland Road, Leeds<\/span> Photograph: Danny Lawson\/PA<span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Leeds United fans take their seats.<\/span><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Pin badges are sold outside Elland Road.<\/span> Photograph: Alex Dodd\/EPAShare<\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a007.07 EST<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature The last time Leeds beat Manchester United? Sixteen years and one day ago. Not in the Premier League but in the FA Cup, when Jermaine Beckford\u2019s goal at Old Trafford delivered a massive upset. What a lovely finish: Share Here\u2019s how<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[3504,1397,132,1570,1706,3677],"class_list":{"0":"post-40237","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-league","9":"tag-leeds","10":"tag-live","11":"tag-manchester","12":"tag-premier","13":"tag-united"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}