Leeds United fight for Premier League survival against Tottenham Hotspur at Elland Road on the final day of the season.
Victory would guarantee survival for Leeds if Everton and Leicester both lose elsewhere, although if Everton draw then Leeds need a three-goal swing in order to stay up for another season.
Tottenham meanwhile could snatch Europa Conference League qualification in seventh-place with a win if Aston Villa fails to beat Brighton elsewhere and Brentford don’t defeat Manchester City.
Team News
Rodrigo is set to feature for Leeds despite suffering a foot injury during their defeat at West Ham.
Patrick Bamford (hamstring) could face a late fitness test but Junior Firpo (suspension) could return.
Luis Sinisterra (ankle), Tyler Adams (hamstring) and Stuart Dallas (thigh) remain absent.
Tottenham will be without Eric Dier after the defender needed surgery on a groin injury.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (unspecified) could return but Hugo Lloris (muscle), Cristian Romero (unspecified), Ryan Sessegnon (hamstring) and Rodrigo Bentancur (ACL) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Leeds host Tottenham in a 4:30pm BST kick-off at Elland Road on Sunday 28 May, live on BT Sport 1 in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Leeds have won just one of their last five meetings against Tottenham (W1, L4).
- Tottenham are unbeaten in three of their last seven visits to Leeds (W2, D1, L4).
- Leeds have conceded four goals in each of their last two meetings against Spurs (L2).
- Leeds have won just one of five home meetings against London-based teams this season (W1, D2, L3).
- Spurs are looking to avoid suffering three consecutive league defeats for the first time since January-February 2022.
Prediction
Having let an one-goal lead slip at West Ham last weekend through a mixture of poor defensive marking a lack of creative end product, Leeds now need a miracle here if want to stay up which will require them applying more of their energetic press more consistently and tighter defending.
In fact survival probably will look a stone cold dream if Bamford and Rodrigo aren’t available for selection, because those two players have been key to Leeds’ attack in recent games which showed in a loss of creative ideas once they were substituted in East London.
Tottenham meanwhile have been a shambles on the road since February and the final whistle on this season can’t come soon enough for them, especially after how they defensively folded without much energy against Brentford amidst poor open-play attacks.
The only saving grace for Spurs now would be finishing as London’s second-best club because anything less than a win would see Brentford overtake them in the table, which actually is a serious possibility despite having the feels of a joke in terms of the stature of both clubs.
On that note, I do expect Tottenham to come out fighting to at least give Harry Kane a win in what looks like his last game for the club, because not even he deserves to end his spell at the team with another miserable away loss.
Leeds though haven’t exactly disgraced themselves in their last two home games and will have the slim possibility of survival to spur them on in front of home fans, so I do see them nicking a point if can play like they did against Newcastle at home a fortnight ago.
Prediction: Leeds 1-1 Tottenham
Result: Leeds 1-4 Tottenham (Leeds are RELEGATED!!)
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