Leeds United travel to the London Stadium on Sunday to face West Ham United with a chance to finish their Premier League season in style. The visitors arrive unbeaten in their last eight league matches, their longest run in the competition since 2001, and they have already beaten West Ham 2-1 at Elland Road earlier in the season.
That result gives Leeds a shot at completing their first Premier League double over West Ham since the 2002/03 campaign. The numbers behind the fixture lean further in their favour: Leeds have won seven away Premier League matches against West Ham, more than they have recorded against any other opponent on the road, and they have won 16 Premier League meetings overall while West Ham have taken six.
Leeds’ recent form has been built on results rather than flair, with three wins and two draws from their last five league matches. They beat Wolves, Burnley and Brighton in that spell and drew with Bournemouth and Spurs, a steady return that has kept the squad moving through the final weeks of the campaign. The run has also underlined how much the club has improved when games tighten late in the season.
That matters because Leeds’ record in final Premier League matches is strong. They have lost only two of their 15 final league games, and both defeats came in relegation campaigns. Sunday therefore carries a different feel: not survival pressure, but the possibility of closing the year with another statement result and a historical marker that has not been reached for more than two decades.
West Ham, by contrast, come into the match on a poor streak of their own after losing each of their last three Premier League games. The meeting is also shaped by a high-scoring history between the sides, who have shared 44 goals across their league encounters, but the present form sits more heavily with Leeds as they look to finish a long season with momentum and a rare away double in hand.
For Leeds, the equation is simple. Beat West Ham again, and the club ends the campaign with one of its most notable Premier League away achievements in recent memory.
