Leeds United should win their subsequent Premier League recreation at Nottingham Forest or the Whites might be pushed additional into relegation bother.
Certainly, Daniel Farke’s facet are at present in a precarious place above the drop zone after Saturday’s disastrous 3-0 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion, and a win for Sean Dyche’s facet in opposition to the West Yorkshire facet would scale back the five-point hole to Forest to simply two factors.
Including to the concerns, Dyche has received six video games as a supervisor in opposition to Los Blancos, however Leeds are winless and goalless on the street since their 3-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Falke might want to react instantly from this disastrous defeat on the South Coast as a few of his summer time signings could possibly be dropped regardless of a optimistic begin for a lot of from the defeat on the Amex.
Why Leeds’ summer time enterprise should be referred to as into query
On the finish of the 3-0 loss to Fabian Hürzeler’s Seagulls, not a single participant may have walked away happy with their effort.
Even their marquee participant, Noah Okafor, just isn’t proof against criticism.
The tough quantity 19 did his greatest to take management of the powerful residence workforce with 5 profitable dribbles. However former Leeds participant John Newsome harshly referred to as the ex-AC Milan winger a “passenger” for giving up the ball so simply, even in opposition to Hürzeler’s hosts, who conceded the ball a expensive 19 occasions.
Moreover, Dominic Calvert-Lewin has solely scored one objective since leaving Everton in the summertime, and one other goalless run may see him fall from the highest flight. Even when he arrives on a free switch, he’s arguably probably the most questionable signing of the summer time.
Central defender Xhaka Bihor is also sidelined after two first-team appearances, with Pascal Strujk maybe probably the most logical substitute because the £15m summer time signing made only one deal with and received only one duel as Brighton ran a battered and hopeless away workforce all afternoon.
Regardless of the extreme nature of the host workforce, it was very simple for Diego Gomez to begin the scoring streak when, because of Bihor and the remainder of the backline, he was left with area to attain his first shot of the day at 2-0.
Farke may due to this fact actually make a distinction for a decisive draw at Forest, with one summer time signing additionally vulnerable to being not noted of the German’s beginning XI.
A daring selection made by Falke
It hasn’t been all gloomy for West Yorkshire all season, and a few optimistic performances may put Farke and his workforce in a superb place to interrupt out of the slide.
Every thing went properly, particularly within the aforementioned 3-1 away win in opposition to Wolves, with new signings Anton Stach, Calvert-Lewin and Okafor in objective.
Gabriel Gutmundsson additionally carried out properly in opposition to Outdated Gold, who had been and not using a supervisor after becoming a member of from Lille in July.
The truth is, Leeds-based social media account Leeds Press hailed the Swede as a person who “provides the whole lot” after Wolves’ victory as he made eight clearances and received three duels to maintain the Molineux hosts at bay.
Along with averaging 3.5 ball recoveries in 10 Premier League video games and creating two massive possibilities, Leeds felt like they’d hit the jackpot with Junior Firpo’s excellent substitution on the left.
Journalist James Marshment had the audacity to state in late September that he was “top-of-the-line left-backs within the Premier League this season”. At simply £10 million, he actually proved a discount.
Sadly for the Swedish common, nonetheless, he put in a horror-show efficiency on the south coast, being circled all recreation by Jankva Minte’s fast assaults.
Gudamundsson vs Brighton | |
|---|---|
standing | Guðmundsson |
Play time (minutes) | 90 |
Variety of factors | 0 |
help | 0 |
contact | 72 |
actual path | 35/42 (83%) |
lack of possession | 16x |
dribbled previous | 2x |
deal with win | 1/2 |
Whole variety of duels received | 7/12 |
Statistics by Couch Rating | |
The sturdy, hard-hitting full-back, who bounced again in model from an personal objective in opposition to Fulham, was nowhere to be seen in opposition to the Seagulls.
He was the weaker member of Falke’s protection, dribbling previous him twice and falling sufferer to Okafor-like play, giving up possession 16 occasions.
So it may properly be a nod for James Justin to switch Gudamundsson on the Metropolis Floor.
That is unlikely to be the one change as supervisor Farke seems to pick a refreshed squad that may put a cease to Leeds’ poor conduct on the street.
