This round of the English Premier League ends with the match between Leeds and Manchester City. This is a game that can potentially bring us a large number of goals because of the style of play that these two teams have and because of the fact that the best attack and one of the worst defenses in the league meet. Leeds hold the 15th place in the Premier League table at the moment and have only two points more than the position that leads them to the Championship. Before going on vacation due to the World Cup, they suffered two defeats, which further complicated their situation in the rest of the season. The 4-3 defeat against Tottenham was particularly painful for them because they even led three times in that match, but in the end they did not manage to win a single point. Leeds is known as a team that likes to compete with stronger opponents, but this can cost them dearly because they leave too many empty space in the back line, which the players who play for Manchester City will know how to use. As in that match, in the last preparatory match before the resumption of the season, Leeds cannot boast of a good edition of its defense because they have shown too many defensive holes in the home loss to Monaco last week of 4-2. It can be said that they will have certain problems with the starting line-up because they will not be able to count on the standard defender Tyler Adams, who received a red card in the match against Tottenham and will not be available to the coach for this match. In addition to the problems in defense, Leeds will not have their best striker Patrick Bamford at their disposal and his place will have to be taken by Rodrigo, who himself is not 100% ready for this match due to a muscle injury. That's a lot of problems they face before the duel with one of the best teams in the world and the question is how much resistance they will be able to provide today.

Manchester City is already in competitive form because last week they played a cup match against Liverpool, where they won 3-2. At the moment, they are already 8 points behind Arsenal and Pep Guardiola's team must not allow themselves to lose points, especially in these "small" games they play against teams from the lower part of the table. The match against Liverpool was a very good indicator of what we can expect from this team in the rest of the season. Guardiola brought a very strong team to the field for that match and from the first minute they constantly put pressure on the opponent's goal. They allowed themselves to concede two simple goals, but part of the credit for those goals should go to Liverpool's offensive line, which is far superior to Leeds. Of course, Kevin De Bruyne had the main say in that match as well, with two assists he showed what a master he is and it seems as if he missed club football. It is not necessary to say much about the danger that Haaland represents for every opponent's defense and together with the excellent Belgian, they form an almost unstoppable duo. I believe that Manchester City will go very offensive towards the home team's goal from the start of the match and that they will want to break their resistance as soon as possible. Manchester City have scored first against four of their last five opponents now and if that happens again today, it may happen that we already see two or three goals in the first half. Guardiola has no significant problems regarding injured players and there is no reason not to send the best 11 players to the field because there is really no reason to calculate anything and allow Arsenal to increase their advantage even more.

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本轮英超联赛以利兹联队和曼城队的比赛结束。这场比赛可能会给我们带来大量的进球，因为这两支球队的比赛风格，因为这是联赛中最好的进攻和最差的防守之一。利兹联目前在英超积分榜上排名第15位，只比带领他们进入英冠的位置多2分。在因世界杯而休假之前，他们遭遇了两场失利，这使得他们在本赛季剩下的比赛中处境更加复杂。4-3输给热刺对他们来说尤其痛苦，因为他们在那场比赛中甚至领先了三次，但最终他们没有赢得一分。利兹联是一支喜欢与更强的对手竞争的球队，但这可能会让他们付出高昂的代价，因为他们在后防线上留下了太多的空白空间，为曼城效力的球员知道如何利用这些空间。就像在那场比赛中一样，在赛季恢复前的最后一场准备比赛中，利兹联不能吹嘘他们的防守很好，因为他们在上周主场4-2输给摩纳哥的比赛中显示了太多的防守漏洞。可以说，他们的首发阵容会有一定的问题，因为他们将无法依靠标准后卫泰勒·亚当斯，他在对阵热刺的比赛中吃到红牌，将无法在这场比赛中与教练见面。除了防守方面的问题，利兹联将失去他们最好的前锋班福德，他的位置将由罗德里戈取代，由于肌肉受伤，他自己并没有为这场比赛做好100%的准备。在与世界上最好的球队之一决斗之前，他们面临着很多问题，问题是他们今天能够提供多大的阻力。

曼城已经处于竞技状态，因为上周他们与利物浦进行了一场杯赛，他们以3-2获胜。目前，他们已经落后阿森纳8分，瓜迪奥拉的球队不能让自己丢分，尤其是在这些“小”比赛中，他们对阵的是排名靠后的球队。对利物浦的比赛是一个很好的指标，我们可以期待这支球队在本赛季余下的比赛中表现如何。瓜迪奥拉在那场比赛中带来了一支非常强大的球队，从第一分钟开始，他们就不断地对对手的球门施加压力。他们让自己丢了两个简单的球，但这两个球的部分功劳应该归于利物浦的进攻线，他们的进攻线要比利兹联队强得多。当然，凯文·德布鲁因在那场比赛中也有主要的发言权，他的两个助攻表明了他是一个大师，似乎他错过了俱乐部足球。哈兰德对每一个对手的防守来说都是危险的，这一点不必多说，他们和出色的比利时人组成了几乎不可阻挡的二人组。我相信曼城从比赛一开始就会对主队的目标发起进攻，他们会尽快打破他们的抵抗。曼城在最近的5个对手中有4个都取得了进球，如果今天再次出现这种情况，我们可能会在上半场看到2到3个进球。瓜迪奥拉对受伤球员没有什么大问题，没有理由不派最好的11名球员上场，因为真的没有理由去计算任何事情，让阿森纳进一步增加他们的优势。