Liverpool vs Leeds United Preview

Saturday night in Chicago at Soldier Field brings together two Premier League sides in a high-profile pre-season friendly. Liverpool and Leeds renew one of English football’s most intense rivalries in what should be an entertaining workout for both clubs ahead of the new season.

Liverpool’s form heading into pre-season has been mixed, but the most recent result showed a sharp upturn. Their most recent outing was a 4-2 win over Sunderland in a pre-season friendly in Nashville — a free-scoring performance that will have boosted confidence. Prior to that, their end-of-season Premier League run was inconsistent: a 1-1 home draw with Brentford, a 4-2 defeat away to Aston Villa, a 1-1 home draw with Chelsea, and a 3-2 defeat away to Manchester United. Two draws and two losses to close out the campaign is a run that demands improvement, and this pre-season tour is about rebuilding momentum and testing combinations ahead of the new season.

Leeds United finished their Premier League campaign in inconsistent form and have started pre-season with a defeat. Their most recent outing was a 3-2 loss away to Wrexham — a frustrating result in their opening friendly that will have given Daniel Farke’s staff work to do on the training pitch. Prior to that, a 3-0 defeat away to West Ham on the final day of the Premier League season. Before that, a 1-0 home win over Brighton, a 1-1 draw away to Tottenham, and a 3-1 home win over Burnley — a mixed run that reflects a Leeds side that has found consistency difficult to sustain across a full campaign.

The head-to-head record across the last five known meetings between these sides is closely contested — Liverpool have won two, Leeds one, with two draws. Most recently, Liverpool and Leeds drew 0-0 at Anfield in a Premier League fixture on New Year’s Day 2026. In the previous encounter, Leeds and Liverpool shared an extraordinary 3-3 draw at Elland Road in December 2025.

In the UK and Ireland, the match is available on LFCTV. In the United States, it is live on ESPN Deportes, ESPN Select, and fuboTV. In Germany and Austria, viewers can watch on DAZN, and in Japan on DAZN Japan.

Possible Lineups

Liverpool (4-2-3-1) Mamardashvili, Frimpong, Ndiaye, Gomez, Tsimikas, Jones, McConnell, Wright, Morrison, Elliott, Ngumoha

Leeds United Cairns, Rodon, Ampadu, Cresswell, Justin, Longstaff, Lienou, James, Mills, Gnonto, Piroe

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Liverpool — Last 5 Matches

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
✅	Liverpool	4–2	Sunderland	Friendly	25/07/26
🤝	Liverpool	1–1	Brentford	Premier League	24/05/26
❌	Aston Villa	4–2	Liverpool	Premier League	15/05/26
🤝	Liverpool	1–1	Chelsea	Premier League	09/05/26
❌	Manchester Utd	3–2	Liverpool	Premier League	03/05/26

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Leeds United — Last 5 Matches

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
❌	Wrexham	3–2	Leeds	Friendly	26/07/26
❌	West Ham	3–0	Leeds	Premier League	24/05/26
✅	Leeds	1–0	Brighton	Premier League	17/05/26
🤝	Tottenham	1–1	Leeds	Premier League	11/05/26
✅	Leeds	3–1	Burnley	Premier League	01/05/26

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Head-to-Head

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
Liverpool	0–0	Leeds	Premier League	01/01/26
Leeds	3–3	Liverpool	Premier League	06/12/25
Leeds	1–6	Liverpool	Premier League	17/04/23
Liverpool	1–2	Leeds	Premier League	29/10/22
Liverpool	6–0	Leeds	Premier League	23/02/22

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TV Listings / Streaming

Country	Channel
Great Britain	LFCTV
Ireland Republic	LFCTV
USA	ESPN Deportes, ESPN Select, fuboTV, ESPN App
Germany	DAZN Germany
Austria	DAZN Austria
Switzerland	DAZN Switzerland
Japan	DAZN Japan
Australia	beIN Sports Connect, Stan Sport
Norway	VG+
Sweden	Sport Bladet Play