U21s Preview: Leeds United vs PSV | OneFootball

Premier League International Cup action on Thursday.

Leeds United Under-21s face PSV Under-21s at the LNER Community Stadium in York on Thursday evening, getting underway at 7pm.

The Whites take on their Dutch opponents, who are the reigning champions of the competition, in the Premier League International Cup, with both teams in Group A.

Both teams have equal records up to now in the group stages. Two wins, and one loss - however, PSV are ahead of Leeds by one place in the table, with a one-goal better goal advantage.

Scott Gardner’s side lost last time out in a closely-fought match at home to Sparta Prague. Prior to that, the Whites had beaten both Hertha BSC and OGC Nice in their opening two games.

PSV defeated Nottingham Forest away from home, before then losing away at Wolverhampton Wanderers in their second match. However, a return to England then saw a thrilling 5-3 success over Blackburn Rovers.

Read about our last win in the Premier League International Cup:

The competition was introduced at the beginning of the 2014/15 season and features 12 of the Premier League 2 sides in England, who come up against 12 of the best Academy sides from across Europe, split into three groups.

Leeds United have been drawn in Group A of the competition, alongside PSV, Hertha BSC, Nice, Sparta Praha, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest and Blackburn Rovers.

The Premier League 2 teams do not face one another in the group stage and likewise, the European teams do not play each other either.

From the three groups, the top two advance directly to the knock-out stages, with the two best third place sides also advancing to the next round, which is the Quarter-Finals.

In the knock-out stage, all of the matches will be played in England in a one-off game with extra-time and penalties used if required, should the match be level after 90 minutes.

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How to watch:

Those not attending the game at the LNER Community Stadium can still watch our Under-21s in their Premier League International Cup journey!

The match will be shown live on LUTV for subscribers, here. Alternatively, you can follow all the updates live on leedsunited.com with our online blog throughout the match.