Marco Bielsa has overseen seven goals in two games, fans and punters are getting excited.
Leeds United were always taking a risk bringing in ‘El Loco’, but Marco Bielsa has had the start that fans were dreaming of, as the Yorkshire club have swept aside promotion hopefuls Stoke and Derby to earn maximum points so far.
Bielsa’s brand of high intensity, high pressing football has reaped rewards already, with the Whites scoring seven goals and impressing everyone, despite the majority of the squad staying the same from their previous campaign.
While it’s still early doors, bookies have been forced to slash the price on Leeds winning the Championship as fans and punters alike back the Elland Road outfit as they look to return to the Premier League after a fourteen year absence.
Available at 12/1 before a ball was kicked, you can now only get a price of 5/1 for Leeds to win a division for the first time since 1992.
In the last seven days, a massive 45% of bets have gone on Bielsa’s men, ten times more bets than any other club.
It’s the same story in the promotion market, with 33% of bets in the last seven days going on Leeds, far more than Aston Villa in second (14%).
You can get a best price of 9/4 for promotion, and if it does happen, you can ensure that a certain Argentine will gain legend status around LS11.
Oddschecker Spokesman George Elek: “Leeds have started like a train and it would take a brave man to bet against Marco Bielsa achieve what scores of managers have failed: Take the Yorkshire side back to the Premier League. Now just 5/1 for the Championship title, they are very much the flavour of the month.”
