Leeds v Manchester United Betting Tips [12 February 2023]

Manchester United will travel. To Leeds United for their next game in the Premier League. This game, coming less than a week after the two faced off, finds Leeds United in 17th position with 29 points while United are third on 43 points. Leeds United started life without Jesse Marsch by fighting to a 2-2 draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford. They should have won the game, after leading 2-0 on 48 minutes was it not for an eight-minute cameo from Manchester United in the second half. That result stretched Leeds United’s run without a league win to eight matches and they’ve lost half of those. They have been in high scoring games, and that was just one of them; seven of their last 10 in the league have produced over 2.5 goals. Leeds United have conceded two or more goals in six of their last 10 matches and they’ve failed to score in just three of the last 10 league games. Being just a point above the relegation zone means Leeds will go all out here to fight for three points.

Manchester United haven't lost a game in the last five outings. Across all competitions, they lost just once in the last 16 matches – against the league leaders, Arsenal. They come into this game with the chance of going second in the league standings, but with just three clean sheets in the last 10 matches, they will have a lot to work on. Their scoring run is great, having managed at least two goals in nine of their last 10 matches, and Marcus Rashford has had a lot of say on that. The England international has scored eight times in the last 10 matches. Manchester United, however, have no clean sheet in their last five league matches, though they have scored two or more in four of the five games. They come into this game with eight of their last 10 league matches having ended in over 2.5 goals. The visitors will hope to do better in this away game, having failed to win in the last two away league matches.

Both Manchester United and Leeds United are coming into this game on the back of high scoring games. They faced off in the past week in another high scoring game. Manchester United seems to have an edge, based on their recent form. Our prediction for the Leeds United v Manchester United game is over 2.5 goals.