Leeds United vs Aston Villa live stream, Sunday 2 October, 4.30pm
Leeds will be looking for their first win in four matches when Aston Villa travel to Elland Road on Sunday.
Jesse Marsch’s side made a strong start to the season by taking seven points from the first nine available, but they have found things tougher going since then. Defeats by Brighton and Brentford either side of a 1-1 draw with Everton mean Leeds head into the weekend in the bottom half of the table, although Marsch will not be too dissatisfied given the Whites were widely expected to get off to a slow start having lost their two best players in Kalvin Phillips and Raphinha over the summer.
Defensive solidity deserted Leeds last time out, though, as they were thrashed 5-2 by Brentford in west London. Marsch’s men have not contested a match in the four weeks since then and have therefore had plenty of time to work together on the training pitch, notwithstanding the absence of several players during the international break.
Aston Villa picked up a much-needed victory last time out to ease the pressure on Steven Gerrard. The ex-Rangers boss had started to come in for some criticism following a run of three defeats on the bounce, but a 1-1 draw with Manchester City followed by a 1-0 triumph over Southampton has lifted the mood at Villa Park ahead of the Premier League’s resumption this weekend.
Leeds will have to make do without Stuart Dallas and Rodrigo Moreno, but Patrick Bamford is in line to start up front after an injury-disrupted start to the campaign.
Villa will be unable to call upon the services of Diego Carlos, Matty Cash, Boubacar Kamara and Lucas Digne for their trip to Yorkshire. Ollie Watkins will again compete with Danny Ings for the lone striker role, with Gerrard likely to stick with the 4-3-2-1 formation.
Kick-off is at 4.30pm BST on Sunday 2 October and is being shown on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League. See below for international broadcast options.
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Use a VPN to watch Premier league football from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for a round of Premier League fixtures, then annoyingly your domestic on-demand services won’t work – the broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!). You'll be blocked from watching it, which is not ideal if you’ve paid up for a subscription and still want to catch the action without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
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How to watch Premier League live streams for UK subscribers
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US TV rights
How to watch Premier League live streams for US subscribers
NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season, with other matches split between NBCSN channel, CNBC and the over-the-air NBC broadcast channel. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
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