Chris Sutton has backed Leeds United to avoid defeat against Brentford, saying he cannot see Leeds losing as the Premier League match approaches. His view was built on two things at once: Brentford's sharp start and Leeds' ability to find a result when it mattered in midweek.
That is why Leeds Vs Brentford is drawing attention now. Leeds and Daniel Farke proved loads of people wrong last season, and Sutton pointed to that resilience again after Leeds were pretty cagey against Nottingham Forest last week in the Premier League. He still judged them capable of staying in the game.
Sutton's exact call was simple: "I can't see Leeds losing." He also said Brentford were "off to an absolute flyer - smashing Tottenham then hitting Birmingham for six or seven," and added that talk around their new midfielder Mamadou Sangare had helped frame the sense of momentum around them. In his view, that made the contest feel dangerous for Leeds, but not enough to tilt it against them.
The recent numbers around Leeds back up why the prediction matters. They were cautious against Nottingham Forest in the league, but in midweek they got the job done against Nottingham Forest in the EFL Cup. That contrast matters in a predictions piece: one performance looked tight and controlled, the other showed they could finish the job, which is enough for a pundit to resist tipping defeat.
There is still a hitch in the logic, and Sutton did not hide it. Brentford like to play on the counter-attack, which is exactly why he said the match would be really tight. So even with Leeds' good work in the EFL Cup and Brentford's flyer of a start, the prediction stops short of a comfortable home or away read. Sutton's call leaves Leeds with the safer end of the bet: not a statement of dominance, but a warning that they are hard to put away.
What happens next is the match itself, and that is where Sutton's view will be tested. If Leeds can turn another careful performance into something more decisive, his refusal to back them to lose will look sharp. If Brentford's pace on the break lands first, the prediction will look optimistic rather than brave.
