English League Championship

FT Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Nottingham Forest LLLDW 0
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Leeds United DWWWL 2
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Elland Road · 24,838 att.

Match Report

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Leeds United beat Nottingham Forest to climb to third

Chris Wood scored his 20th goal of a prolific season and Souleymane Doukara cracked in a memorable volley.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
16
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
4
0
Saves
1
53.2
Possession
46.8
6
SHOTS
16
1
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
383
Accurate Passes
318
480
Passes
405
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
8
12
Crosses
28
0.1
Cross %
0.3
84
Long Balls
45
37
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
5
7
Effective Tackles
19
13
Tackles
27
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
20
25
Clearances
20

Head to Head

NFO leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

LEE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Robert GreenG
  2. 18Pontus JanssonCD-L
  3. 5Kyle BartleyCD-R
  4. 28Gaetano BerardiLB
  5. 2Luke AylingRB
  6. 19Pablo HernándezAM
  7. 26Liam BridcuttLM
  8. 14Eunan O'KaneRM
  9. 9Chris WoodF
  10. 15Stuart DallasAM-L
  11. 7Kemar RoofeAM-R

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Stephen HendersonG
  2. 13Daniel FoxCD-L
  3. 25Jack HobbsCD-R
  4. 3Daniel PinillosLB
  5. 2Eric LichajRB
  6. 11Ben OsbornAM
  7. 24David VaughanLM
  8. 4Michael MancienneRM
  9. 9Britt AssombalongaF
  10. 19Jamie WardAM-L
  11. 41Matty CashAM-R

Timeline

  1. 55' Goal! Leeds United 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Chris Wood (Leeds United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  2. 57' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Thomas Lam replaces Jack Hobbs because of an injury.
  3. 67' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Nicklas Bendtner replaces Jamie Ward.
  4. 72' Substitution, Leeds United. Souleymane Doukara replaces Stuart Dallas.
  5. 74' Goal! Leeds United 2, Nottingham Forest 0. Souleymane Doukara (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner following a corner.
  6. 75' Substitution, Leeds United. Ronaldo Vieira replaces Eunan O'Kane.
  7. 76' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ben Brereton replaces Britt Assombalonga.
  8. 80' Substitution, Leeds United. Alex Mowatt replaces Pablo Hernández.
  9. 90'+3' Luke Ayling (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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