Mighty Leeds Weblog

By Stuart Rayner Working out the turning point in Leeds United's season is not difficult. Sometimes there comes a moment which bangs heads together and sets things straight for the week to come – usually a heavy defeat. But the change in newly-promoted Leeds’ 2025-26 was less about getting their heads right, more a tactical rethink which showed the adaptability of the Elland Road players, not to mention a manager who was being caricatured as too stubborn. The formalities need to be concluded – perhaps by an Arsenal win at West Ham United on Sunday, or Leeds matching the Hammers' result at Tottenham Hotspur the night after – but the Whites would have to properly Devon Loch it to follow Burnley (twice), Leicester City, Ipswich Town, Southampton, Sheffield United and Luton Town in the last two years and go straight back down in their first season back in the Premier League. Just dipping their toe into the relegation zone was enough to prompt a rethink, and the positivity t...

By Stuart Rayner By the time Leeds United face Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Monday, their place in next season's Premier League could be mathematically guaranteed, but assistant manager Edmund Riemer insists their focus will be on keeping their form up regardless. Over the last five Premier League matches, only Nottingham Forest have won more points than Leeds, who are above Manchester City on goal difference. That is something Riemer is very proud of, and keen to maintain with three games to play. That will not change if Arsenal win at West Ham United on Sunday to confirm Leeds' safety. The Whites will be without the in-form Noah Okafor. "In the form table we are the second-best team at the moment," said Reimer, deputising for ill manager Daniel Farke. "I think it (Monday) will be a huge test. I think Spurs will go for it. "The manager (Roberto de Zerbi) managed to get them out of the relegation places, so we're fully aware that we need to...

By Graham Smyth The YEP’s take and off-camera moments from the 3-1 win against Burnley at Elland Road. Leeds United piled the misery and pressure on 18th-placed Spurs with a 3-1 win over Burnley under the lights on Friday night. Tottenham find themselves nine points behind the Whites with four games remaining, but Daniel Farke's side are now locked in another battle. Victory over the relegated Clarets moved Leeds above Newcastle United into 14th, albeit before the Magpies take on Brighton on Saturday afternoon. Here's the YEP take as Leeds moved onto 43 points. Good day Daniel Farke His name was sung with feeling by the Elland Road crowd as he walked around at full-time. Forty-three points should be enough in its own right but you wouldn't bet against Leeds adding to their tally in their final three outings. The performance against Burnley wasn't perfect but it was enough and captured their season quite aptly. One goal was a spectacular strike from distanc...

By Graham Smyth The Verdict on Leeds United’s hugely important 3-1 victory against Burnley at Elland Road is in. Welcome back Andrea Radrizzani, this is not the Leeds United you might remember. The visit of relegated Burnley coincided with the first visit to Elland Road of the club's former chairman since Leeds were relegated under his ownership. The Italian sold up to then-minority shareholders 49ers Enterprises and Paraag Marathe stepped into the role of chairman. The grand old ground hasn't changed much and many of the songs are the same, but what Radrizzani saw in the Burnley game might not have been wildly familiar. Under the 'new' regime Leeds' recruitment has mirrored the general running of the club. Mostly sensible stuff. A plan that can be followed and understood by supporters. Take Jaka Bijol, for example. A centre-back big and strong enough to cope with the physical difficulty level of the Premier League, a bar that seems to be set higher an...

By Stuart Rayner Two goals in four second-half minutes was all it took for Leeds United to ensure that a season's hard work will not go to waste. The maths still need to be officially signed off, but the Whites are surely staying up in the Premier League. They controlled their game against already-relegated Burnley from Anton Stach's eighth-minute goal, arguably before, but it took goals from Noah Okafor and Dominic Calvert-Lewin to put the result beyond doubt. Loun Tachaouna smudged the sheen by reducing the scoreline to 3-1, but it mattered little. To see the gulf between the sides, it was hard to fathom that they were level on 100 points each in last season's Championship, Leeds have kicked on with considerable but shrewd investment and positivity, rather than the recklessness Vincent Kompany showed in Burnley's last season-long loan in the top flight. This Turf Moor iteration is devoid of ambition and now have less than half the points of their Roses rivals,...

By Lee Sobot Leeds United took on Burnley under the Elland Road lights knowing a win would put them on to 43 points. Leeds United put themselves on the cusp of guaranteed Premier League survival with three games left as brilliance from Anton Stach paved the way for a 3-1 win at home to Friday night’s already-relegated visitors Burnley. Daniel Farke’s Whites went into the contest sat six points clear of the drop zone with four games remaining but knowing that a win would send them nine points ahead of third-bottom Tottenham Hotspur who visit Aston Villa on Sunday night. An already relegated Burnley side lined up at Elland Road with a five man defence but a brilliant long range strike from Stach gave the Whites an early lead from which they did not look back, Noah Okafor and Dominic Calvert-Lewin netting after the break to create a 3-0 cushion. Burnley staged a late late rally and the lively Loum Tchaouna pulled a goal back but Farke’s side had already done enough to seal a hug...