Quickfire double Leeds United boost expected for start of new season - YEP 25/6/23
A quickfire double Leeds United boost is expected for the start of the new campaign.
By Lee Sobot
The fixtures for the new EFL season were unveiled on
Thursday morning and Leeds were given an opening weekend assignment at home to
Cardiff City on Sunday, August 6 upon their return to the second tier. Leeds
are odds on across the board to start the new campaign with a victory and a
second quickfire success is then firmly envisaged in the midweek Carabao Cup
tie that follows.
Thursday afternoon’s Carabao Cup first round draw handed
Leeds a home tie against League One outfit Shrewsbury Town who the bookmakers
expected to be beaten inside 90 minutes at Elland Road. The Whites are odds-on
with every firm to beat the Shrews inside normal time and no bigger than 4-9
but as short as a 1-3. Shrewsbury can be backed at 8-1 to leave West Yorkshire
with a victory and the draw is on offer at 4-1. As far as the Championship
opener is concerned, Leeds are a best-priced 2-5 to beat Cardiff who are 17-2
to start with a victory. The draw is 4-1.
Leeds are currently joint second favourites to win next
season’s Championship at a best-priced 8-1 along with Southampton. Leicester
City are favourites at 6-1.