Manchester City FC vs. Leeds United 4/10/21 - Premier League Picks & Predictions

Manchester City hosts Leeds United on Saturday in an English Premier League fixture. Manchester City is first in the top-flight English league table at 23-5-3 on 74 points with a goal difference of +45. Manchester City defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal tie on Tuesday. Kevin De Bruyne scored in the 19th minute for Manchester City and Phil Foden scored the winner in the 90th minute. 

Manchester City has five wins over its last five matches played across all competitions and has scored 11 goals and allowed one over that span. The Manchester City backline and goalkeeper have four clean sheets in their last five matches played. Ilkay Gundogan is the leading goal scorer for Manchester City with 12, while Kevin De Bruyne is the leader in assists with 11.

Leeds United is 11th in the top-flight English league table at 13-3-14 on 42 points with a goal difference of -1. Leeds is coming off a 2-1 victory over Sheffield United last Saturday in their most recent EPL fixture. Jack Harrison scored in the 12th minute for Leeds United and Leeds second and winning goal was on an own-goal by Sheffield’s Phil Jagielka.

Leeds United has two wins, one draw and two losses in its last five matches played in the English Premier League and over that span has scored four goals and allowed five. Leeds United has been held scoreless in three of the last five matches played. Patrick Bamford is the leading goal scorer for Leeds United with 14 and Bamford is tied with Raphinha for the lead in assists with six each.