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FA Cup: Leeds vs. Harrogate Odds, Preview, and Picks (Jan 11)

  • Alex Dudley
  • Jan 9, 2025 at 5:45 AM EST

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Analysis & key factors

A huge FA Cup upset could be on the cards this weekend, as Leeds United welcome Harrogate Town. The hosts will be overwhelming favorites based on their Championship form in 2024-25, but anything can happen in a one-game shootout in the world’s most famous domestic cup competition.


How To Watch

  • When: Saturday, January 11, 2025, at 10:45 AM ET
  • Where: Elland Road, Leeds, England
  • How To Watch: ESPN

Odds

Match ResultOdds
Leeds-1400
Draw+1000
Harrogate+2500

Match Preview

In truth, the FA Cup will be a low priority competition for Leeds United this season, as the Yorkshire club has their sights set on a return to the Premier League. However, their quest for automatic promotion has been hindered in recent weeks after playing out back-to-back draws in the Championship. Still, they have been difficult to beat this term, losing just three times in 26 league outings.

Harrogate will take a break from their League Two campaign on Saturday, which would come as a relief. They have struggled in the fourth tier of English soccer throughout this season, winning just seven of their 25 matches. They come into this weekend after a rare win last Saturday, which ended a run of three defeats in four.

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Leeds and Harrogate will be clashing for the first time in a competitive fixture this weekend. However, the Whites have only progressed from one of their last five ties in the competition when coming up against a side from the fourth tier.

But, Leeds do have a very positive record in cup clashes against teams from Yorkshire, winning four of their last five. Harrogate will be competing in the third round of the FA Cup for just the third time, losing against Luton in 2022. Leeds have avoided defeat in their last five home FA Cup matches since a defeat against Arsenal in 2011.


Leeds vs. Harrogate Picks

This is the kind of tie that makes the FA Cup very special. Harrogate have kept clean sheets in their last two matches in the competition, but they are likely to come up short against a Leeds side with so much attacking quality on Saturday.

Free Pick:

  • Leeds
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