Leeds v Brentford Betting Tips [22 January 2023]

Leeds United ended their eight-game winless run in their last outing, an FA Cup game against Cardiff City, and will be hoping to take the same to their home game against Brentford in the Premier League. These two face off on the back of contrasting runs, which have left Leeds United in 14th position on 17 points while Brentford are eighth with 29 points. Leeds United thrashed Cardiff City 5-2 in their last game with Wilfried Gnonto and Patrick Bamford both scoring braces to add on Rodrigo’s 34th minute strike. This was the third time in four matches that Leeds managed more than a goal but they’ve conceded twice in each of their last four games.

Brentford, on the other hand, are coming from a 2-0 win over Bournemouth, recovering from the 1-0 loss to West Ham United that saw them eliminated from the FA Cup In the win over Bournemouth, Ivan Toney scored his 13th league goal of the season and will once again be the main threat for the visitors here. Brentford have one loss in the last six matches and they are unbeaten in the last seven league matches, winning four of the last five. They’ve scored two or more goals in each of their last six league matches. Brentford’s last away loss in the league was the 4-0 thrashing by Aston Villa in October; they come into this one unbeaten in the last three away league games.

Leeds United aren’t doing well defensively but their consistency in attack has been impressive, this is why most of their recent matches have been high scoring. Here they meet a side that has also done well in attack coming into this game. Going by the teams’ goal scoring trends, our prediction for Leeds United v Brentford is over 2.5 goals.