Noah Okafor says the leeds united f.c. standings have improved enough to let Leeds breathe, but he does not see safety yet. The Leeds forward said the club still have three Premier League games left to settle the issue, and Monday’s 8pm match against Tottenham arrives with that unfinished business still in view.
Okafor’s scoring run
The 25-year-old has given Leeds a sharp lift in front of goal. He scored two goals in the 2-1 win at Manchester United, then added a goal and an assist in April, before striking again in last week’s 3-1 win over Burnley.
That run has matched the numbers around him. Since the start of February, no player with 200 or more minutes has had a better goals-to-minutes ratio in the Premier League, and no Swiss player has scored more goals in a single Premier League campaign than Okafor.
Leeds under Daniel Farke
Leeds have also put together a useful stretch as a team. Since the start of December, only six Premier League teams have picked up more points than Leeds, and only three have lost fewer than their four defeats. They have done that while staying with Daniel Farke through rocky patches, one of only two teams in the bottom seven to keep the same manager.
That continuity sits alongside a scoring record that still stands out. Leeds have scored three or more goals in eight different outings this season, the most by any newly promoted side since Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds in 2020/21.
Tottenham at 8pm
Okafor said the group’s mood has changed with the results, but he still framed the job as unfinished. “The main topic for me is to get points for the team,” he said, adding: “We can breathe, but nothing is safe yet because we have three games left.”
He also praised the setup around him. “The coach is strict, he knows what he wants to do, he tries to give this to us,” Okafor said, before adding that the squad fights for everything because it has “a lot of quality.” That is the balance Leeds carry into Tottenham: better form, a stronger table position, and just three matches left to turn breathing room into certainty.
