- Leeds form: Leeds have won 4 of their last 5 matches in all competitions with back-to-back wins.
- Brentford form: Brentford are unbeaten in their last 5 in all competitions with 3 wins and 2 draws.
- Head-to-head: The last 3 meetings have all finished All Square, including 0-0 in Premier League 2025/2026 at Elland Road.
Whites look to continue their new start
Leeds United and Brentford come into this game level on 3 points after 1 game played apiece in the Premier League 2026-2027. However, The Bees are 3rd in the table and Leeds are 8th on goal differential with Leeds set to have the slight edge at Elland Road on Sunday. Both teams have started the new campaign in fantastic fashion and each has hit the ground running after impressive wins.
The Whites opened with a 0-1 win at Nottingham Forest after dispatching FC Augsburg 4-0 in a home friendly, while Brentford followed up a 7-0 demolition of Eintracht Frankfurt with a 3-0 success over Tottenham Hotspur.
Whites are set up with a back three and a back five system by Daniel Farke. They have shifted away from the possession-based 4-3-3 of 2025-2026 towards a 3-5-2 or 3-4-2-1 formation with the wing-backs taking more responsibility for width.
Farke's men have been more direct in the final third with quicker forward passes and a clearer number 9, but they retain the ability to be selective in their pressing and counter-press in bursts that should open up the compact structure of Brentford.
Bees can cause a buzz in West Yorkshire
Tactical setup:
Keith Andrews has set his Bees up in a similar 4-2-3-1 structure that is highly compact in a mid-block and plays off the transitional side of the ball. Brentford are not the type of team to get caught in possession in their own half in numbers, as they have become more compact in midfield and their long-ball, set-piece and throw-in weapons have been designed to punish teams on the break.
The Bees are likely to try to isolate Keane Lewis-Potter or create a one-on-one for him or another Bees attacker on the half turn by pulling the opposition wide, while Leeds will try to create overloads through the midfield third.
Key players:
- Keane Lewis-Potter is the Bees' main goal threat with 1 goal in 1 game in the Premier League 2026/2027, while 1 assist in 1 appearance is the return for midfielder Mamadou Sangare.
- Leeds have 1 goal in 1 Premier League 2026-2027 appearance to date, but Anton Stach is a goal scorer who is a midfield runner with an end product.
Goals on the agenda
Leeds have failed to beat Brentford in their last 2 home games, so The Bees know how to spoil the party in West Yorkshire. The odds make the hosts a slight favorite at 2.48 compared to Brentford's 2.64 with the draw at 3.5, so this clash looks more likely to go down the draw route than either team would like.
Brentford have hit 10 goals in their last 2 games, so we're with the odds on over 2.5 goals here at 1.83 and both teams to score at 1.67 for a game that should be exciting, but a cagey affair is less likely.
Leeds' extra firepower should just see them through, but we'll go with a 2-2 correct score pick.
