A Friday night feast of football featuring Leicester City and Leeds United was always going to be irresistible for the live broadcast selectors and for good reason.
Two big clubs, two big recently-relegated and promotion-hungry clubs at that. And then there's a stylistic match up to get the highlight-chasing broadcasters slavering at the chops. Enzo Maresca's Leicester want to hog the ball and so too do Daniel Farke's Leeds United. The Foxes boast a potent attacking line-up and score lots of goals and so too do Leeds.
Jordan Blackwell reports on the Foxes for the Leicester Mercury and says having the football at their feet is, unsurprisingly, central to the strategy for Pep Guardiola's former assistant. 'Their gameplan is very much based on controlling possession, they've averaged 63 per cent this season,' Blackwell told the YEP. 'The defence will try to push high to squeeze the pitch and keep the pressure on.
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