Leeds vs Everton prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-08-17 19:00.
[p]Leeds United kickstart their return to Premier League action against a rejuvenated Everton side in the first Monday night football of the brand new campaign. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]After two years in the second tier, Leeds secured their promotion impressively last season as champions, beating Burnley to the crown. They’ve beefed up the squad in readiness to avoid an immediate return to the Championship, with Daniel Farke adding several new faces to the squad this summer, while former Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin is also said to be close to joining on a free transfer. Most of their title-winning squad remains though, and as they’ve lost just one of their last 28 league games (W19, D8), they should be full of confidence before this curtain raiser.[/p]
[p]It’s been a summer of transition at Everton, with the club finally completing their move from Goodison Park to Hill Dickinson Stadium. There’s also been plenty of change on the pitch, with David Moyes adding six new players to his squad, the most impressive of which being Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall from Chelsea and Jack Grealish from Manchester City on a season-long loan. Moyes will certainly hope for better fortunes than their luckless pre-season that saw the Toffees go winless in six friendlies (D2, L4). [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Leeds have struggled in this fixture recently, winning only one of the last 11 Premier League H2Hs (D4, L6). Everton have avoided defeat on each of their past five league visits to Elland Road – their joint-longest active unbeaten run away to any of the other 19 current top-flight teams.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Leeds’ last eight opening league games have produced a total of 39 goals (4.9 per game). [/p]
[p]Leeds won each of their last six league games, but have failed to win any of their last nine in the Premier League (D2, L7). [/p]
[p]Everton have lost their opening game in each of the last three Premier League seasons. [/p]
[p]Everton ended last season with three successive wins – they last won four in a row under Moyes in the league in March 2008.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Wilfried Gnonto handed in a transfer request to try and force a move to Everton two years ago. He’s since been a key man for Leeds, finishing last season by scoring in their final three league games. Everton’s Jack Grealish will hope for a memorable start and boasts five direct goal contributions in nine games against Leeds (G1, A4). [/p]
[p]Leeds defensive duo Jayden Bogle and Sebastiaan Bornauw have both missed their last two friendlies with injury so remain doubtful here. Everton are set to be without key central defender Jarrad Branthwaite and first-choice left-back Vitalii Mykolenko due to muscle injuries. [/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]While picking a winner looks tricky, given that Leeds’ openers tend to be goal-fests, combined with Everton’s injury issues, backing over 2.5 match goals in this one would be a wise bet. [/p]
[p][i]Author: David HÂ [/i][/p]