Leeds v Southampton team news, h2h record and prediction

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Leeds v Southampton team news, h2h record and prediction

Football’s richest game returns this weekend as Leeds United and Southampton head to Wembley for the Championship play-off final.

Due to the income offered in the next season for the winner, the contest is considered the most profitable in the game.

Both teams are no strangers to Premier League football, having only been relegated last year, but only one of them will be back at the first question.

Leeds narrowly missed out on automatic promotion, with Saints also a force to reckon with all season in fourth place.

You can find all the latest Championship odds on the Paddy Power website and the Paddy Power app, otherwise here’s everything you need to know about the big game.

Leeds v Southampton kick off time

The championship play-off final will take place at Wembley Sunday, May 26 starting the 15.00

Leeds v Southampton previous results

Sunday’s game will be the 101st time the teams have met.

Leeds: 48
Draw: 22
Southampton: 30

Leeds have won just one of the last five meetings between the two sides, with Southampton winning two and drawing two.

May 4, 2024: Leeds 1-2 Southampton
September 30, 2023: Southampton – Leeds 3-1
February 25, 2023: Leeds 1-0 Southampton
August 13, 2022: Southampton 2-2 Leeds
April 2, 2022: Leeds 1-1 Southampton

Leeds v Southampton team news

Leeds are sweating on the fitness of striker Patrick Bamford, who is recovering from a knee injury and is unlikely to be risked from the start. Darko Gyabi and Pascal Struijk are definitely gone.

Southampton winger Ryan Fraser was forced off in the semi-final with West Brom but should be fit to return at Wembley. Stuart Armstrong, Gavin Bazunu and Juan Larios are long-term absentees.

Prediction Leeds – Southampton

James O’Rourke: Southampton have the highest average possession in the entire league, but the two regular season meetings saw Leeds get a higher percentage on the day. That’s a question for you to answer, as is what line-up The Saints will play. It is suspected that they will go with the 3-5-2 system which has made Russel Martin’s men more secure defensively and remember, they have a bottom half record based on goals conceded compared to Leeds, who are only second to champions Leicester. category.

So this is expected to be a bit slow, at least until the game flow is determined. The first goal is absolutely essential and everyone saw in the first leg of the semi-finals how important it is. One suspects that this first half will resemble those two 0-0 first legs.