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2025-10-24 - Leeds United vs West Ham United

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Leeds United v West Ham United
Football: English Premier League
Friday 24th October 2025 - Kick Off 8pm
This game is live on TV

Leeds United

Last week the recommendation was to back Burnley to avoid defeat against Leeds United mainly because of the inconsistency that the latter have shown in the final third. They dominated the shots and the quality of chances in the game at Turf Moor, but Leeds United failed to breach the Burnley backline and that is the reason they suffered the away defeat.

Daniel Farke continues to be a little concerned with the lack of composure his team have shown in the final third and Leeds United are 16th in the Premier League table, although 3 points clear of the relegation zone. They return home for the next Premier League game and Leeds United have a 1-2-1 record at Elland Road where they have scored and conceded 4 goals.

Leeds United have not won any of their last 3 Premier League games and they have suffered back to back defeats, although the players will feel they have deserved more from the performances produced. Last time out at Elland Road, Leeds United were beaten 1-2 by Tottenham Hotspur, while they had previously conceded an injury time equaliser against Bournemouth.

Wilfried Gnonto and Noah Okafor are both hoping to be passed fit to play some part in this fixture.

West Ham United

If Nuno Espirito Santo was unsure of the kind of environment he has walked into at the London Stadium before taking charge of West Ham United, he should be in no doubt now. The bigger worry has to be the incredibly lacklustre performance produced in the 0-2 home defeat to Brentford on Monday night when West Ham United were second best by a country mile.

It is a result that leaves West Ham United in 19th place in the Premier League table with just 4 points earned this season and there is already significant pressure on the players to turn things around. All of the points earned this season have been away from the London Stadium where things have gotten very toxic, and The Hammers will travel to Yorkshire with a 1-1-2 away record.

West Ham United have not won any of their last 5 games in the Premier League and they have picked up a single point in that time, which came in Nuno Espirito Santo's first game in charge. That was earned in a 1-1 draw at Everton, but West Ham United have since lost at Arsenal and then had that incredibly poor performance against Brentford out of the last international break.

George Earthy and Niclas Fullkrug are both set to miss out.

Head to Head

In the 2022/23 season, West Ham United took four points from Leeds United in the Premier League.

The game ended 2-2 at Elland Road that season, but did extend West Ham United's unbeaten record to 4 visits to this ground.

West Ham United have won twice in those 4 away games here.

Prediction

Prior to Monday night football, Leeds United were going to be odds against favourites to beat West Ham United at Elland Road on Friday evening.

Following the downright pathetic performance produced by The Hammers, Leeds United have hardened into an odds on home favourite and it is hard to argue against them being the most likely winners.

Leeds United have produced some very good performances at Elland Road and have deserved more than the 4 points secured in four matches here. The underlying numbers has seen them create more chances than the opponent in each of the four matches played in front of the home fans, although there is this nagging concern with Leeds United that they are too wasteful in the final third.

More evidence of that was seen in the 2-0 defeat at Burnley as Leeds United failed to take the chance they were creating.

With that in mind, the expectation is that Leeds United will have plenty of threat going forward and they are likely to cause West Ham United problems for much of the ninety minutes. Set pieces are another avenue to exploit and Leeds United will have every chance of securing what could be an important three points come the end of the season.

After being scheduled for a Monday and Friday fixture, Nuno Espirito Santo will have to get through some hard work to pick his players up and have them prepared for this away game.

They were incredibly poor against Brentford on Monday, which is a concern considering the prospects of The Bees prior to a ball being kicked. Losing to a potential relegation rival is one thing, but being completely outplayed is another and West Ham United's squad are going to be struggling with their confidence.

Playing away from the London Stadium may help- it has become very toxic in a Stadium that none of the fans have ever been happy with- and West Ham United did fight back to earn a 1-1 draw at Everton in Nuno Espirito Santo's first game in charge.

The Hammers are also unbeaten in 4 at Elland Road, but they are going to need to have significantly improved in the space of a few days to earn a positive result here.

There is a chance that Leeds United could keep West Ham United in the fixture by producing another wasteful display in the final third, but they could have a couple of key attackers back on Friday. That would give the home team a huge boost and the feeling is that Leeds United will find a way to score the goals need to move that little bit further away from the bottom three and leave West Ham United in a real mess.