Seven scored. Three conceded. Still unbeaten.
Leeds United sit third in the Premier League table after a clinical display saw them beat Newcastle 4-1 at Elland Road on Monday night.
Crystal Palace, on the other hand, will arrive at Elland Road on Sunday having conceded 11 goals in four league games – more than any other side in the division. They have also played a Europa League match on Thursday night against Lech Poznan.
Here's everything you need to know ahead of this one.
Leeds United vs Crystal Palace – Match Facts
- Competition: Premier League, Matchweek 5
- Date: Sunday 20 September 2026
- Kick-off: 2:00pm
- Venue: Elland Road, Leeds
Betting Odds
Leeds United vs Crystal Palace Betting Odds – Premier League 2026/27
Result | Odds | Chance |
|---|---|---|
Leeds United Win | 8/11 | 57.9% |
Crystal Palace Win | 10/3 | 23.1% |
Draw | 13/5 | 27.8% |
*Odds are correct at the time of writing, but subject to change.
Leeds United are the favourites to win this fixture at 8/11, with Crystal Palace the underdogs at 10/3 and the draw priced at 13/5.
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How to Watch
How to Watch Leeds United vs Crystal Palace
Leeds United vs Crystal Palace kicks off at 2:00pm on Sunday 20 September at Elland Road. It's live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League in the UK and Ireland.
The fixture was pushed back a day to give Crystal Palace a longer turnaround after their Europa League tie.
Head-to-Head
Leeds United vs Crystal Palace Head-to-Head
Elland Road has been a happy hunting ground in this fixture for a very long time.
Leeds United have won 25 of the 36 meetings played there, drawing four and losing seven. Eight of the last nine have gone the home side's way.
The most recent matchup between these two sides at Elland Road is one that Leeds United fans will have fond memories of. Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored twice in a 4-1 win in December 2025, Ethan Ampadu added a third on the hour, and Anton Stach finished it off in the 101st minute.
The wider picture is closer. Across 70 meetings, according to 11v11, Leeds United have won 32, Crystal Palace 20, and 18 have finished level.
The last time these two met was a goalless afternoon at Selhurst Park in March.
Team News
Leeds United vs Crystal Palace Team News
Leeds United Team News
Daniel Farke came out of Monday night with a clean bill of health. The one long-term absentee is Joe Rodon. The Wales defender pulled a hamstring in the first half against Brentford, and Farke was blunt when speaking about it on 3 September: "Bad news with Joe. Serious hamstring. Out for eight to 10 weeks."
Farke will be glad to have him back before the winter. In the meantime, Nico Elvedi and James Justin have covered the gap without the back line missing a beat.
Crystal Palace Team News
Pierre Sage has a rebuild on his hands at the back.
Axel Disasi is suspended after being sent off in the 34th minute against Ipswich Town for a lunge on Jack Clarke, earning him a three-match ban. Chadi Riad ruptured a cruciate ligament on the opening weekend and is out for the season, and Daniel Muñoz is sidelined with a knee problem.
Jean-Philippe Mateta is missing with a hamstring injury picked up in late August, and goalkeeper Dean Henderson has a foot issue that kept him out last weekend.
Eddie Nketiah and Ismaila Sarr are both rated as doubts.
Predicted Line-Ups
Leeds United vs Crystal Palace Predicted Line-Ups
Leeds United predicted XI (3-5-2): Trafford; Muharemović, Elvedi, Justin; Bogle, Ampadu, Stach, Tanaka, Gudmundsson; Calvert-Lewin, Okafor.
Crystal Palace predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Benítez; Richards, Canvot, Ahanor; Timber, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell; Khalaili, Pino; Strand Larsen.
With no fresh injuries and nothing to fix, Farke has every reason to name an unchanged side from the one that beat Newcastle.
Palace are harder to call. Disasi's ban opens a place in the back three, and Jaydee Canvot has three starts to Takehiro Tomiyasu's one, so he gets the nod here. Walter Benítez continues in goal with Henderson out.
The bigger unknown is Thursday. Sage had a Europa League tie to navigate first, and a 2:00pm Sunday kick-off gives him very little room to rotate twice.
Form Guides
Leeds United vs Crystal Palace Form Guides
Leeds United Form Guide
Monday was the night Leeds United stopped grinding and started cutting loose.
Newcastle had no answers as they found themselves 4-0 down inside the hour, with Lewis Miley turning into his own net on 32 minutes and Calvert-Lewin heading in two minutes later. A third arrived in first-half stoppage time, also from Calvert-Lewin, and Noah Okafor made it four just before the hour.
Before that it had been a season of fine margins and clean sheets nearly kept. Stach's free kick settled the opener at the City Ground on 88 minutes, Calvert-Lewin rescued a point against Brentford on 79, and Jayden Bogle's early goal at the Amex earned another.
Four league games, three goals conceded. Only Arsenal, Manchester City and Hull City have let in fewer.
James Trafford, Justin Ampadu and Tarik Muharemović have played every minute of the league season. Stach has missed two.
Calvert-Lewin has three goals in four and sits joint-second in the scoring charts behind Erling Haaland.
Crystal Palace Form Guide
Palace have been busy, just not solid.
Their one win came at Craven Cottage, where they twice came from behind to beat Fulham 3-2 through two Tyrick Mitchell goals and a Ben Chilwell finish on 77 minutes.
Everything else has been hard going. Everton won 2-0 against them on the opening weekend, Manchester City beat them 4-1 at Selhurst Park, and Ipswich came from a goal down to win 3-2 there last Saturday.
That last one turned on Disasi's red card, after which Sage reshuffled, and Palace could not hold on. Zian Flemming settled it on 90 minutes for Ipswich.
Eleven goals conceded in four games is the worst record in the league, and both home defeats came against sides they would have expected to take something from.
The scoring has been spread thin, too. A left-back, Tyrick Mitchell, is their top scorer on two goals.
Betting Tips
Leeds United vs Crystal Palace Betting Tips
Dominic Calvert-Lewin Anytime Goalscorer – EVS
He has three in four, including two in that 4-1 victory against this opponent at Elland Road in December. Palace come to Yorkshire without Disasi, Riad and Muñoz, and have conceded more than anyone else in the division.
Leeds United Win & Over 2.5 Goals – 7/4
Boosted up from 13/8. Palace's last three league games have produced five goals apiece, and Leeds United have just put four past Newcastle. A comfortable home win with goals in it is the likeliest version of this afternoon.
Anton Stach Anytime Goalscorer – 3/1
Stach scored the winner at the City Ground and the fourth in that December meeting with Palace, and he has played all but two minutes of the league season. A midfielder who arrives late is exactly the problem a tired defence struggles to track.
Leeds United vs Crystal Palace Prediction
Leeds United 3-1 Crystal Palace
Palace have shipped at least two goals in every league game so far and arrive with their first-choice back line broken up and a European tie in their legs.
Only three sides in the division have conceded fewer than Leeds United, and the Whites have a striker in the form of his life and a record at Elland Road in this fixture that speaks for itself.
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