Elland Road weather

    Live weather and game-time forecast for Elland Road, with kickoff conditions for every Leeds United home match.

    Home team: Leeds United
    Leeds
    Capacity: 37,645

    Game-time forecast at Elland Road
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    Crystal Palace @ Leeds United — kick-off Sun 2:00 pm venue time (in 31 hours).

    Temperature
    16°C
    Wind
    22 km/h
    W (281°)
    Rain chance
    0%
    Conditions
    Clouds

    Lean pending: These are the kick-off readings. Weather lean unlocks 3h before start, once the forecast is settled enough to call.

    Research model
    0 points

    EPL is forecast-only: our rain, wind and temperature studies (6,120 matches) all found no significant scoring effect.

    Lead-time reliability still being measured for EPL

    This is the forecast for kick-off, not the weather right now. Current readings are below.

    The next English Premier League game at Elland Road is Crystal Palace at Leeds United, Sunday 20 September at 2:00 pm venue time. Live conditions at the ground are briefly unavailable — the reading refreshes on its own.

    Next match at Elland Road: United v Palace

    Leeds United v Crystal Palace weather at Elland Road

    Leeds United host Crystal Palace at Elland Road on Sunday 20 September at 2:00 pm venue time. Forecast at kick-off: 16°C, wind 22 km/h, 0% rain chance.

    Live stadium conditions

    Live conditions are not available right now. They refresh automatically when the station responds.

    Live readings are context only. The game-time read uses the forecast at kick-off.

    Why Elland Road plays differently

    Elland Road is a big, single-bowl ground on the western edge of Leeds, with the Pennines rising beyond — the hills that give West Yorkshire its cold, wet winters. It is one of the chillier venues in the league and catches more snow threats than most. The bowl's height does blunt the wind at pitch level on all but the stormiest days.

    Game-time weather read

    Crystal Palace at Leeds United · Sun 2:00 pm venue time

    Lean unlocks 3 hours before kick-off

    Nothing is published earlier than that. The forecast for kick-off at Elland Road is not settled enough further out to be worth reading.

    Stadium Map

    Upcoming games at Elland Road

    • Crystal Palace at Leeds UnitedSun, 20 Sept, 2:00 pm venue time
    • Manchester United at Leeds UnitedSun, 18 Oct, 2:00 pm venue time

    Last games at Elland Road: conditions vs total

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    Elland Road weather FAQs

    Yes — Leeds sits against the Pennines and regularly records some of the league's coldest kickoffs, with occasional snow. Our temperature study found cold does not move scoring: freezing matches averaged within 0.03 goals of mild ones across 6,120 games.

    Leeds is in the Pennine rain shadow, so it is actually drier than Manchester despite the proximity. Wet days are common in winter but the totals are moderate.

    All kickoff times on this page are shown in UK local time (Europe/London), which is GMT in winter and BST in summer.

    About this page

    Elland Road weather is updated live and produces a game-time forecast read for every home fixture. The page uses one permanent URL for the ground; match-up details rotate as the schedule changes, so search results always point to current conditions. Our own studies of 6,120 English Premier League matches found rain, wind and temperature all leave goal totals statistically unchanged, so these pages stay honest: conditions and context, not exaggerated edge claims.

    What the research says

    The published studies behind the read on this page at Elland Road. Every figure is season-adjusted, with sample sizes and t-statistics shown.

    • English Premier League Rain & Goals

      Rain does not lower English Premier League scoring. Across 1,451 wet matches since 2010 the season-adjusted gap against dry matches is +0.06 goals (t = 1.15), and wet matches go Over 2.5 within noise of the closing odds (z = 1.61). A published null.

      6,120 league matches, 2010-11 to 2026-27, every one with kickoff-hour weather at the stadium's own coordinates and closing Over/Under 2.5 odds

    • English Premier League Wind & Goals

      Wind does not lower English Premier League scoring. Matches in 20–30 km/h of kickoff wind sit -0.03 goals from calm matches of the same season (t = -0.52), and go Over 2.5 within noise of the closing odds (z = -0.50). Another published null.

      6,120 league matches, 2010-11 to 2026-27, every one with kickoff-hour wind at the stadium's own coordinates and closing Over/Under 2.5 odds

    • English Premier League Temperature & Goals

      Temperature does not move English Premier League scoring. Matches below 5°C sit +0.03 season-adjusted goals from the mild control (t = 0.46), and matches at 20°C or warmer sit -0.03 (t = -0.30). A third published null.

      6,120 league matches, 2010-11 to 2026-27, every one with kickoff-hour temperature at the stadium's own coordinates and closing Over/Under 2.5 odds

    • English Premier League Rain, Wind & Goals

      Rain and wind together do not move English Premier League scoring. Across 1,451 wet matches the season-adjusted gap from the dry-and-calm control is +0.08 goals (t = 1.28); the wet-and-windy subset is +0.03 goals (t = 0.37). A fourth published null.

      6,120 league matches, 2010-11 to 2026-27, every one with kickoff-hour rainfall and wind at the stadium's own coordinates and closing Over/Under 2.5 odds

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