Leeds United vs Queens Park Rangers, 2017-18 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship

Leeds United

30': Kemar Roofe
47': Kalvin Phillips

FT
2 - 0

Queens Park Rangers

Roofe strike sets Leeds on the path to victory

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
2': Foul by Ezgjan Alioski (Leeds United).
2': Jordan Cousins (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Foul by Tom Pearce (Leeds United).
3': Ilias Chair (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Adam Forshaw (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
8': Foul by Jordan Cousins (Queens Park Rangers).
10': Foul by Caleb Ekuban (Leeds United).
10': Ryan Manning (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Offside, Queens Park Rangers. Luke Freeman tries a through ball, but Matt Smith is caught offside.
13': Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Pontus Jansson.
16': Eberechi Eze (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Foul by Luke Ayling (Leeds United).
17': Attempt missed. Josh Scowen (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
18': Attempt missed. Matt Smith (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box is too high.
19': Hand ball by Adam Forshaw (Leeds United).
22': Delay in match Josh Scowen (Queens Park Rangers) because of an injury.
24': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
24': Foul by Adam Forshaw (Leeds United).
24': Luke Freeman (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
26': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Jake Bidwell.
27': Attempt blocked. Luke Ayling (Leeds United) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Caleb Ekuban.
27': Delay in match Ryan Manning (Queens Park Rangers) because of an injury.
28': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
29': Attempt blocked. Caleb Ekuban (Leeds United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kalvin Phillips.
29': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Darnell Furlong.
30': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Ilias Chair.
30': Goal! Leeds United 1, Queens Park Rangers 0. Kemar Roofe (Leeds United) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
32': Attempt missed. Luke Freeman (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ilias Chair with a cross.
32': Darnell Furlong (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32': Foul by Caleb Ekuban (Leeds United).
36': Foul by Ezgjan Alioski (Leeds United).
36': Ryan Manning (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37': Foul by Ilias Chair (Queens Park Rangers).
37': Luke Ayling (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Attempt saved. Kemar Roofe (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Adam Forshaw.
40': Delay in match Caleb Ekuban (Leeds United) because of an injury.
41': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
42': Attempt saved. Tom Pearce (Leeds United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Kemar Roofe.
43': Attempt missed. Ezgjan Alioski (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tom Pearce with a cross.
45'+2': Eberechi Eze (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
45'+2': Foul by Ronaldo Vieira (Leeds United).
45'+3': Attempt missed. Darnell Furlong (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Luke Freeman with a cross following a set piece situation.
45'+4': First Half ends, Leeds United 1, Queens Park Rangers 0.
45': Second Half begins Leeds United 1, Queens Park Rangers 0.
45': Substitution, Leeds United. Matthew Pennington replaces Pontus Jansson because of an injury.
46': Caleb Ekuban (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
46': Foul by Josh Scowen (Queens Park Rangers).
47': Foul by Luke Freeman (Queens Park Rangers).
47': Tom Pearce (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
47': Goal! Leeds United 2, Queens Park Rangers 0. Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
49': Attempt missed. Luke Freeman (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Pawel Wszolek.
50': Darnell Furlong (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Foul by Caleb Ekuban (Leeds United).
51': Foul by Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United).
51': Ryan Manning (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
52': Attempt missed. Matt Smith (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Darnell Furlong.
53': Foul by Ezgjan Alioski (Leeds United).
53': Ryan Manning (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
54': Ezgjan Alioski (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
54': Foul by Matt Smith (Queens Park Rangers).
54': Liam Cooper (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Offside, Leeds United. Kalvin Phillips tries a through ball, but Ezgjan Alioski is caught offside.
58': Foul by Josh Scowen (Queens Park Rangers).
58': Ronaldo Vieira (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
60': Foul by Ronaldo Vieira (Leeds United).
60': Josh Scowen (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
60': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Bright Samuel replaces Ilias Chair.
62': Foul by Darnell Furlong (Queens Park Rangers).
62': Kemar Roofe (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
63': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Paul Smyth replaces Pawel Wszolek.
63': Darnell Furlong (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
64': Attempt missed. Kemar Roofe (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ronaldo Vieira.
66': Foul by Luke Freeman (Queens Park Rangers).
66': Tom Pearce (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
66': Bright Samuel (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
66': Foul by Liam Cooper (Leeds United).
67': Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Kalvin Phillips.
67': Foul by Luke Freeman (Queens Park Rangers).
67': Kemar Roofe (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
72': Attempt saved. Ezgjan Alioski (Leeds United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kemar Roofe with a cross.
72': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Joe Lumley.
73': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Aramide Oteh replaces Eberechi Eze.
74': Substitution, Leeds United. Ryan Edmondson replaces Kemar Roofe.
74': Attempt blocked. Liam Cooper (Leeds United) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Forshaw with a cross.
74': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Luke Freeman.
74': Foul by Luke Ayling (Leeds United).
74': Jake Bidwell (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
77': Attempt blocked. Ryan Edmondson (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski.
77': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Darnell Furlong.
78': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Josh Scowen.
78': Attempt blocked. Ronaldo Vieira (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Forshaw.
79': Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Tom Pearce.
79': Attempt saved. Bright Samuel (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
80': Foul by Ronaldo Vieira (Leeds United).
80': Luke Freeman (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Darnell Furlong (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Foul by Ryan Edmondson (Leeds United).
81': Ryan Edmondson (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
82': Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Ronaldo Vieira.
84': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Ryan Manning.
84': Delay in match Ronaldo Vieira (Leeds United) because of an injury.
84': Josh Scowen (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
86': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Joe Lumley.
86': Bright Samuel (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Foul by Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United).
86': Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
87': Substitution, Leeds United. Eunan O'Kane replaces Adam Forshaw.
89': Foul by Caleb Ekuban (Leeds United).
89': Jordan Cousins (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Foul by Aramide Oteh (Queens Park Rangers).
89': Ronaldo Vieira (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Ezgjan Alioski (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+1': Foul by Jake Bidwell (Queens Park Rangers).
90'+1': Jake Bidwell (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+2': Attempt missed. Ezgjan Alioski (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
90'+2': Foul by Aramide Oteh (Queens Park Rangers).
90'+2': Luke Ayling (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Leeds United 2, Queens Park Rangers 0.
90'+5': Match ends, Leeds United 2, Queens Park Rangers 0.

Statistics

QPR		LEE
12	Fouls	19
3	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	1
4	Corner Kicks	9
4	Saves	1
46	Possession	54
7	SHOTS	14
1	ON GOAL	6
0.1	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
223	Accurate Passes	297
330	Passes	390
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
2	Accurate Crosses	5
16	Crosses	19
0.1	Cross %	0.3
69	Long Balls	74
25	Accurate Long Balls	29
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
0	Blocked Shots	5
12	Effective Tackles	15
18	Tackles	20
0.7	Tackle %	0.8
0	Interceptions	0
14	Effective Clearances	28
14	Clearances	28

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Elland Road
Location: Leeds, England
Attendance: 30,004

EFL Championship Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Swansea City	4	+6	10
2	Queens Park Rangers	4	+4	10
3	Charlton Athletic	4	+3	10
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	+3	7

Full Table

Line-Ups

Leeds United (4-3-3)

No.	Name
30	Bailey Peacock-Farrell (GK)
6	Liam Cooper
18	Pontus Jansson
46	Tom Pearce
2	Luke Ayling
4	Adam Forshaw
25	Ronaldo Vieira
23	Kalvin Phillips
45	Caleb Ekuban
7	Kemar Roofe
10	Ezgjan Alioski

Leeds United Substitutes:

Matthew Pennington, Andy Lonergan, Hadi Sacko, Pierre-Michel Lasogga, Eunan O'Kane, Ryan Edmondson, Samu Sáiz.

Queens Park Rangers (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
26	Joe Lumley (GK)
3	Jake Bidwell
2	Darnell Furlong
14	Ryan Manning
22	Pawel Wszolek
7	Luke Freeman
11	Josh Scowen
8	Jordan Cousins
17	Matt Smith
30	Eberechi Eze
33	Ilias Chair

Queens Park Rangers Substitutes:

Charlie Owens, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Aramide Oteh, Osman Kakay, Matt Ingram, Paul Smyth, Niko Hamalainen.

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