Bookies make incredible Leeds United at Manchester City call with staggering Erling Haaland hat-trick price
A Leeds United side sat third-bottom after three defeats in a row now visit title-chasing Manchester City.
The bookies have made an incredible Leeds United at Manchester City call with a staggering Erling Haaland hat-trick price.
Leeds have slipped into the Premier League’s relegation zone for the first time this season after three consecutive defeats and now face a Saturday afternoon trip to the Etihad to face title-chasing City.
Pep Guardiola’s side have lost their last two games themselves, last weekend’s 2-1 defeat at Premier League hosts Newcastle United followed by Tuesday night’s 2-0 reverse at home to Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League.
Guardiola, though, made ten changes to his team for the midweek clash against Leverkusen and the bookies have issued a very strong verdict and Haaland prediction for Saturday’s 3pm kick-off against Leeds.
Leeds-born Haaland has already scored a staggering 32 goals in all competitions so far this season for club and country and sits five clear of the chasing pack in the Premier League Golden Boot race having netted 14 times so far - five more than Brentford ace Igor Thiago.
The Norwegian star dropped to the bench against Leverkusen before Guardiola brought him on with 25 minutes left.
Eye-wateringly short
The 25-year-old was unable to get himself on the scoresheet but Haaland is now an incredibly short 11-2 to score a hat-trick against Leeds in Saturday’s 3pm kick-off at the Etihad with some firms.
Not one bookmaker is going any bigger than 17-2 on a Haaland treble and the striker is heavily odds-on at just 4-9 to score any time.
The City ace is only 11-5 to score two or more and just 21-10 to net the first goal of the game.
For context, Omar Marmoush is second favourite at 5s followed by Phil Foden at 15-2.
Whereas Haaland is a best priced 17-2 to score a hat-trick, Marmoush is 60s and Foden 100s.
Brentford might be considered the weekend’s other bankers at home to Burnley but their clear main marksman Thiago is 28-1 to score a hat-trick against the Clarets.
City amazingly have the first ten players in the game’s first goalscorer market before the first Leeds player is introduced in Dominic Calvert-Lewin at 14s.
In the match market itself, a City side who sit third and seven points behind leaders Arsenal are no bigger than 1-4 but as short as 1-6 with some firms.
Leeds can be backed at 12-1 to leave with a shock victory and even the draw is available at 11-2.