Indeed both Chris Sutton and Paul Merson are predicting heaving defeats for United. Sutton told BBC Sport he expects City to win 4-0: “It was Leeds' home defeat to Aston Villa that cost me in my predictions last week, because I went for a draw, but I was at that game and they could easily have got something from it.

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Manchester United continue their preparations for an important 2025/26 Premier League campaign with a pre-season friendly against northern rivals Leeds United. The two clubs have a chequered but respected history and will clash on Saturday afternoon in Sweden.

Erling Haaland will fancy his chances of plundering more Manchester City goals against Leeds this weekend but the Premier League strugglers will always be in the Norwegian's heart

Ominously for the under-fire Daniel Farke, Haaland has yet to go two Premier League games without scoring so far, with an astonishing return of 14 goals in 12 outings. The Leeds boss knows he is the main danger man, albeit not the only threat.

Leeds have received five yellow cards this afternoon (Gnonto, Struijk, Ampadu, Tanaka and Bogle), the Whites' most in a Premier League match since March 2023 (five v Wolves), whilst they last received more in a top-flight match in February 2022 - six v Manchester United.