Having remained unbeaten against Man City in their first season back in the Premier League in 2020-21 (W1 D1), Leeds lost both meetings with the Citizens last term by an aggregate score of 11-0. They will hope for a change in fortunes when they face Pep Guardiola’s men on Wednesday night, live on SuperSport and Showmax Pro.
Man City won this exact fixture 4-0 in April last season, last winning back-to-back away league games against Leeds in September 2000.
Leeds haven't won any of their last seven Premier League home games against reigning champions (D2 L5), since a 1-0 victory over Arsenal in May 1999.
Leeds lost their final home league game of 2021, going down 4-1 against Arsenal. They haven't lost their last game at Elland Road in consecutive calendar years since 2000-01 (against Aston Villa and Newcastle).
Having lost against Brentford in their last Premier League game before the World Cup break, Manchester City are looking to avoid losing consecutive league games for the first time since December 2018.
Manchester City have scored more goals than any other Premier League side this season (40), while with 14 goals conceded their games have also seen more goals than any other sides’ (54). Meanwhile, Leeds' last four Premier League games have produced a total of 22 goals, at an average of 5.5 per game.
Both Rodrigo and Crysencio Summerville have scored in each of Leeds' last four Premier League games, the first pair of players to ever score in four consecutive games for a club in the competition. Just three different players have scored in five in a row for the Whites in the Premier League – Rod Wallace (December 1993), Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (December 1998) and Mark Viduka twice (April 2003, August 2003).
Man City's Phil Foden has been involved in seven goals in his last five Premier League starts, scoring six and assisting one. However, just one of his 10 goal involvements overall this season has come away from home (goal v Wolves at Molineux).
Leeds striker Patrick Bamford has the highest expected goals total of any player yet to score in the Premier League so far this season (4.1).
Leeds' midfielder Brenden Aaronson has made more pressures (closing down the team/player in possession) than any other player in the Premier League this season (442). On the other hand, Man City's Rodri has been pressured more often than any other player (429).