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Marcelo Bielsa’s men will arrive at the home of the champions, Liverpool, on the first weekend of the 2020/21 Premier League season.
They couldn’t have asked for a more intimidating first game, but after 16 years of exile from the English elite, we don’t think Leeds enthusiasts are too disappointed!
Then talkSPORT.com has decided five games to enthuse white enthusiasts this season…
Where else can we start? Leeds Premier League’s first game will be a memorable example after such a long absence, whatever the outcome.
Incredibly, Jurgen Klopp’s men have won each and every house game in 2019/20, with all still one.
A 1-1 draw with Burnley at Anfield in July ended this very good run, but there’s no doubt that Leeds will live up to the opening weekend.
Leeds lost 2-0 in his last match to Merseyside in the fifth circular of the Carabao Cup in November 2016.
The White League match in Liverpool ended with a 3–1 loss in October 2003, with Alan Smith on the away game sheet.
The rivalry goes back decades and, without a doubt, the first adjustment Leeds enthusiasts sought when the fites were launched on Thursday morning.
This goes no further than the whites, whose last competitive match against United ended in a 3-0 loss at Elland Road in 2011.
However, a year earlier, a brilliant solo purpose by Jermaine Beckford gave Leeds an exciting and historic victory at Old Trafford in the 3rd FA Cup. Can Bielsa’s men make a big stir again?
It will be a new stadium for Leeds enthusiasts to tick the list, if football enthusiasts are allowed to return en masse, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The 62,303-capacity design on the former White Hart Lane is one of the most productive stadiums in world football.
Last season, the Spurs had the third best home record on the first flight, only Liverpool and Manchester City, but with wonderful travel help, I wouldn’t bet Leeds would get anything from his holiday in north London.
St James’ Park is one of The historic grounds and iconic highs of England that any enthusiast across the country loves to visit.
The whites got the last-minute tie through Chris Wood in 2017, as the two clubs competed in the most sensible in the league.
This will be one of the closest trips to Leeds, so if enthusiasts can enter the field, they’ll also be ahead of them.
This fierce rivalry has lasted for decades and will be to see if it continues in the same line when the Premier League returns.
We said Leeds enthusiasts named Chelsea their biggest opponent of the moment after Manchester United in a 2003 poll.
The notorious episode of Spygate involving Derby and Leeds will certainly attract a lot of traction, with Chelsea boss Frank Lampard at the height of the Rams at the time.
By then, the stadiums will be completely full again, as Elland Road would turn to a crash like this.
Leeds will have to make sure it may not be repeated the last time the Blues arrived in the city, winning 5-1 in the fifth circular of the League Cup 8 years ago.
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