Leicester City vs Leeds United

Minute-by-minute report: Leeds remain in relegation bother after Harvey Barnes scored against the run of play, Kasper Schmeichel making a series of fine ...

40 min: Rodrigo and Soyuncu compete for a ball in the penalty box. The ball is blocked out for a corner. 44 min: Barnes wins a corner off Dallas down the left. 47 min: Raphinha crosses long from the right, forcing Choudhury into the concession of a corner. 64 min: Gelhardt is immediately in the thick of it, Raphinha rolling a pass in from the right. It’s the easiest of picks for Schmeichel. Fast start to the half by Leeds, though. Raphinha skitters down the right and attempts a cross that’s blocked and rebounds to him. 51 min: James bothers Soyuncu down the Leeds right. Firpo fires a low cross in from the left. From the set piece, Rodrigo flicks a near-post header towards the top right. He one-twos briskly with Iheanacho, and slots a low effort across Meslier and into the Leeds net. A precious point, at the very least, looked theirs for the taking.

Who: Leicester City vs. Leeds United · When: Saturday at 7:30 a.m. ET · Where: King Power Stadium · TV: NBC Universo, USA Network · Online streaming: fuboTV (Try for free) · Caesars Sportsbook odds: Leicester +128; Draw -305; Leeds -310.

He is very clever, he is very good at getting everyone on the same page and for me personally, he brought the best out of me and the best out of the group. And with only four days of training under his belt, Marsch's methodology showed in his first match, the stats are pretty clear about the differences in the way the team played, but so did the team's lack of finishers. As Marsch settles in, the defensive midfield role will be key, just as it was under Bielsa. But it will be differen.t Looking back to how Marsch used American Tyler Adams is a good way to anticipate how he might deploy Leeds defensive midfielder Phillips, once the England international returns to the field. One of his main things is that you don't play with fear and he puts all of us on the same page. It was a strong attacking performance that led to an xG of 1.95. Leeds also complete the fifth highest percentage of passes in the final third of any match this season at 79.7 percent, again suggesting a slightly less gung-ho style than Bielsa instlled. Early in his career during his time with CF Montreal, he played more of a 4-2-3-1 or 4-4-1-1 but the Red Bull systems ask for a 4-4-2. Meslier has clearly struggled this season, conceding 60 goals when the expected goals value of the shots on target he's faced is only 46.77, but part of that is clearly down to the defensive lapses in front of him. Those three alone can provide the quality that Leeds needs to stay in the Premier League but Marsch's job is to make sure that the team is already heading in the right direction as his best players get back on the field. Against Leicester, gone was the man-marking system that has led to the team being vulnerable on the break and in its place was a more conservative build up that saw the front four break while the back six were more static in their roles. The team has primarily been hampered by their defense, a group that's allowed 60 goals on the season, five more than the second loosest side, Norwich City. Leeds are on pace to match Derby County's record for goals conceded in a 38-game Premier League season which is 89 in the 2007-08 season. This weekend was a new beginning for Leeds United. Their legendary manager with knees of steel, Marcelo Bielsa, has ridden off into the sunset and been replaced by American Jesse Marsch on the touchline. He relies on winning the ball high up the pitch with quick transitions which is a philosophy which isn't too far off of the Bielsa method.