English League Championship

FT Friday, December 9, 2016
Leeds United WLWLW 0
–
Brighton & Hove Albion WWDWD 2
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LEE000
BHA112
American Express Stadium · 28,206 att.

Match Report

Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Brighton go top with comfortable win over 10-man Leeds

Penalties in each half from Glenn Murray and substitute Tomer Hemed sent Brighton to the top of the Championship with a comfortable 2-0 home victory.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
0
39.7
Possession
60.3
2
SHOTS
18
0
ON GOAL
7
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
2
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
2
198
Accurate Passes
376
311
Passes
454
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
10
5
Crosses
27
0.4
Cross %
0.4
71
Long Balls
70
23
Accurate Long Balls
43
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
7
14
Effective Tackles
10
24
Tackles
10
0.6
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
26
17
Clearances
26

Head to Head

BHA leads series 5-0

Lineups

BHA · 4-4-2

  1. 13David StockdaleG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 22Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 12Sébastien PocognoliLB
  5. 2BrunoRB
  6. 21Oliver NorwoodCM-L
  7. 6Dale StephensCM-R
  8. 15Jamie MurphyLM
  9. 11Anthony KnockaertRM
  10. 9Sam BaldockCF-L
  11. 17Glenn MurrayCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Niki MäenpääSUB
  2. 14Steve SidwellSUB
  3. 20Solly MarchSUB
  4. 8Jiri SkalakSUB
  5. 10Tomer HemedSUB
  6. 42Rob HuntSUB
  7. 18Connor GoldsonSUB

LEE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Robert GreenG
  2. 18Pontus JanssonCD-L
  3. 5Kyle BartleyCD-R
  4. 21Charlie TaylorLB
  5. 2Luke AylingRB
  6. 7Kemar RoofeAM
  7. 25Ronaldo VieiraLM
  8. 23Kalvin PhillipsRM
  9. 9Chris WoodF
  10. 11Souleymane DoukaraAM-L
  11. 24Hadi SackoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Alex MowattSUB
  2. 28Gaetano BerardiSUB
  3. 6Liam CooperSUB
  4. 15Stuart DallasSUB
  5. 10Marcus AntonssonSUB
  6. 12Marco SilvestriSUB
  7. 16Matt GrimesSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Luke Ayling (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 19' Pontus Jansson (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 23' Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United) is shown the red card.
  4. 23' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Leeds United 0. Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  5. 26' Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Leeds United. Matt Grimes replaces Hadi Sacko.
  7. 66' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Solly March replaces Jamie Murphy because of an injury.
  8. 71' Substitution, Leeds United. Stuart Dallas replaces Souleymane Doukara.
  9. 78' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Tomer Hemed replaces Glenn Murray.
  10. 81' Kyle Bartley (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 82' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Leeds United 0. Tomer Hemed (Brighton and Hove Albion) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  12. 87' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jiri Skalak replaces Anthony Knockaert.
  13. 88' Substitution, Leeds United. Liam Cooper replaces Pontus Jansson because of an injury.

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