Leeds United are gearing up for their second pre-season game against Sunderland on Friday. They lost their first game of the summer against Wrexham a few days ago.
Phil Parkinson’s side beat Daniel Farke’s men 3-2 through a late winner from Sam Smith.
The Whites will be hoping for a better result when they come up against the Black Cats on Friday. Sunderland have already played two games this summer and will be in better shape.
After Friday’s game, Leeds will play Liverpool in Chicago before returning to England.
There, they will play against RB Liepzig, Manchester United and Augsburg before the new Premier League season begins.
Oliver Glasner makes some surprise comments about Leeds United
Leeds United will be away to Nottingham Forest in their first game on 22nd August.
Forest will have a new coach in Oliver Glasner, who replaced Vitor Pereira who helped them stay up last season. Glasner arrives having lead Crystal Palace to a European trophy.
In an exclusive interview with talkSPORT, the Forest boss spoke on the club’s fixtures at the start of the season.
”I never think about if it is a difficult start, or a challenging start. We take it how it is, we take it game by game, and we can’t influence it, so it’s the best way to prepare in the best possible way to be in the best possible shape at the beginning of the season.” Glasner said.
”That’s what we’re doing, investing a lot, so that we are ready for Leeds, and then going to Anfield. But now we still focus on creating a shared way of playing everybody, understanding each other what we want to do, and…”
The Austrian admitted that his team may not be in the best shape when the new season starts.
”Honestly, I don’t think we are in our top shape against Leeds, but over the weeks, when we will work on a daily basis when we will improving during the season. I really believe that we can play a fantastic season.”
Forest face Leeds, Liverpool, Spurs and Aston Villa in their first four league games.
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How has Nottingham Forest’s pre-season gone so far?
Oliver Glasner’s men have already played three games this summer.
They beat Notts County in England, before going on to record a 3-0 win over Blackburn in Portugal. They also played Portuguese side Vitoria SC and were held to a draw.
Forest will play two more games in Portugal, before travelling to face Udinese and Barcelona.
The club will then wrap up their pre-season with games against Bayer Leverkusen and Stade Brest back in England.
Then they will host Leeds in their first game in the Premier League season in late August.
