Leeds United vs Manchester United: Prediction, Stats and Preview
Premier League · Sunday 18 October 2026 · 13:00 UTC · Elland Road, Leeds · updated 2026-10-09
Leeds United host Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday 18 October 2026 at Elland Road. On this season's numbers, Moneyball's model makes Leeds United slight favourites at 42%, in a match close to a coin toss, puts the draw at 27% and expects about 2.8 goals.
Moneyball's estimate
- Expected goals: Leeds United 1.50, Manchester United 1.25.
- Over 2.5 goals: 52% · both teams to score: 56%.
- Most likely score: 1–1 (13%).
From each side's goals and expected goals this season (Sportmonks), pulled toward the league average while a side has played few matches (5 and 5 so far), through a Dixon-Coles score model. No bookmaker prices are in it; once the odds are out, the full model in the app reads them too.
The difference-maker: Marcus Rashford
Marcus Rashford, 28 · Manchester United · LWF · Inside forward
Moneyball Scout picks Marcus Rashford as the player most likely to decide this match, with a Moneyball Score of 70 against every winger in Europe's top five leagues (attacking 59, defensive 48).
- Key passes: 3.31 per 90 minutes, better than 96% of wingers
- Dispossessed: 0.25 per 90 minutes, better than 94% of wingers
- Shots: 3.31 per 90 minutes, better than 86% of wingers
Leeds United concede only 0.6 goals a match this season (1.39 expected): breaking that defence is the job of a inside forward like Marcus Rashford.
Scout's notes: Chance creator, Press-resistant, High shot volume.
What he is worth on the market, how many league points he would add to another club and who could replace him: Moneyball Scouting Players Research.
Season statistics
| Leeds United | Per match this season | Manchester United |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Matches | 5 |
| 1.4 | Goals scored | 1.6 |
| 0.6 | Goals conceded | 1.6 |
| 1.44 | Expected goals (xG) | 2.07 |
| 1.39 | xG conceded | 1.04 |
| 12.2 | Shots | 22.6 |
| 3.6 | On target | 5.6 |
| 45.0 | Possession % | 59.8 |
| 40% | Clean sheets % | 0% |
| 60% | Both teams scored % | 60% |
| 4.4 | Corners | 7.2 |
| 1.4 | Yellow cards | 1.2 |
| 6.91 | Average rating | 6.91 |
Averages per match from Sportmonks.
Players to watch
Leeds United
- James Trafford goalkeeper · rating 7.35 · 5 apps
- Tarik Muharemović defender · rating 7.33 · 5 apps
- Anton Stach midfielder · rating 7.11 · 5 apps
Manchester United
- Bruno Fernandes midfielder · rating 7.67 · 5 apps
- Matheus Cunha forward · rating 7.27 · 5 apps
- Kobbie Mainoo midfielder · rating 7.19 · 5 apps
The best-rated players of each side this season, with 180 minutes or more.
The full analysis
Moneyball Odds prices every line of the match once bookmakers do: win, draw and loss, Asian handicaps and goals lines, with fair odds and the expected value of each.
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