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Leeds – Crawley Town: Bielsa’s team looking to take another step in the FA Cup

Crawley Town

Crawley Town


Leeds United

Leeds United



This Sunday, for the pass to the fourth round of the FA Cup, Leeds visita a Crawley Town. The group that directs Marcelo bielsa they are playing their second game of the year and are looking to reverse the adverse result they got from their visit to Tottenham on 2 January, when they lost 3-0 in the Premier League. The meeting is played from 10.30 (Argentine time) and is not televised for our country.

The West Sussex team plays in Football League Two, England’s fourth division, where it is sixth in the table.

The word of Bielsa in the previous

“The FA Cup is English football in its purest form. I am very happy to be in this competition, it connects you with the history of the club’s tradition. I have been watching League One and League Two a lot, they have a great level and this The team has two very creative midfielders and their forwards manage to make a difference, “explained Bielsa in the preview in front of the press.

Crawley has just won his first two games in the competition, a fact that has not happened since the 2021/2013 edition. In addition, it has a negative statistic against Premier League teams by FA Cup, it lost in all its presentations. While Leeds will make their debut in this edition of the Cup, last year they were eliminated by Arsenal 1-0. The last time he won a fourth round match at this tournament was in January 2017. He was eliminated in the third round three times. This will be the first time they will face each other in this competition.

2020, Leeds last appearance at FA Cup

The FA Cup is the oldest tournament in world football (it began in 1871) and the last champion was Arsenal, who beat Chelsea, where Wilfredo Caballero from Entre Ríos saved 2-1 at Wembley Stadium in August of the year. past. Thus, Arsenal remains the top winner of the tournament with 14 titles, followed by Manchester United (12).

Crawley is expected to present a team similar to the one that played against Wimbledon in the last match for this competition. While Leeds, still cannot count on their players Gaetano Berardi, Adam Forshaw and Robin Koch, due to injury. The same happens with Liam Cooper and Diego Llorente, who will not be able to be part of the squad either.

Probable formations:

  • Crawley: Morris; Sesay, Tunnicliffe, Craig, Dallison, Tsaroulla; Hassenthaler, Bulman, Powell; Watters, Nadesan
  • Leeds: Box; Casey, Davis, Struijk, Ayling; Shackleton, Klich; Costa, Hernandez, Poveda; Huggins
  • Schedule: 10.30 (Argentine time)
  • Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

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