Leeds vs Crystal Palace prediction, odds and how to watch

Leeds produced a composed and well-structured performance at the City Ground to beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 in the Carabao Cup, with second-half goals completing a convincing away victory that the statistics broadly support.

Middlesbrough travel to Selhurst Park on Tuesday night with two wins from their last three Carabao Cup outings. Crystal Palace have a point to prove on their own patch.

Crystal Palace welcome Lech Poznań to south London on Thursday night in the UEFA Europa League, and the visitors arrive in serious form. The question is whether that form means anything against Premier League opposition at Selhurst Park.

Chelsea and Leeds meet at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night in the Carabao Cup, both sides carrying clean sheet wins into this fixture. One of them walks away with nothing.

Leeds carry genuine home advantage into Saturday's clash with Crystal Palace, but their away form tells a different story entirely. The structural questions around both sides make this one worth watching carefully.

Leeds host a Newcastle side that has won just once in their last five away fixtures, and the structural problems travelling teams bring to Elland Road make this a genuinely interesting tactical contest. Sophie Hargreaves has the coaching breakdown.

Ismaïla Sarr's agent, Diomansy Kamara, has accused clubs of treating African players as commodities after Crystal Palace blocked a Liverpool bid for Sarr and Monaco reneged on a deal that would have sent Lamine Camara to Chelsea. Both players are Senegalese internationals now left in limbo after chaotic deadline-day breakdowns.

Fulham have agreed a reported €25m deal for Eintracht Frankfurt's Hugo Larsson and a separate move for Real Madrid graduate Manuel Angel, hijacking Crystal Palace's pursuit of the Swedish midfielder just a day after reports had the Eagles closing in.