English League Championship

FT Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Wolverhampton Wanderers WWDDL 3
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Leeds United LDDWL 0
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WOL213
LEE000
Elland Road · 26,434 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

Simon Cooper/PA Wire

Wolves back on course with comfortable win at Leeds

Wolves put poor run behind them to doubled advantage at the top courtesy of goals from Romain Saiss, Willy Boly and Benik Afobe.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
4
53.8
Possession
46.2
18
SHOTS
6
7
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
363
Accurate Passes
311
451
Passes
391
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
2
18
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.1
68
Long Balls
42
40
Accurate Long Balls
11
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
6
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
13
22
Tackles
21
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
25
18
Clearances
25

Head to Head

LEE leads series 3-2

Lineups

LEE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Bailey Peacock-FarrellG
  2. 6Liam CooperCD-L
  3. 18Pontus JanssonCD-R
  4. 8Vurnon AnitaLB
  5. 28Gaetano BerardiRB
  6. 21Samu SáizAM
  7. 4Adam ForshawLM
  8. 23Kalvin PhillipsRM
  9. 9Pierre-Michel LasoggaF
  10. 24Hadi SackoAM-L
  11. 15Stuart DallasAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 45Caleb EkubanSUB
  2. 25Ronaldo VieiraSUB
  3. 14Eunan O'KaneSUB
  4. 5Matthew PenningtonSUB
  5. 10Ezgjan AlioskiSUB
  6. 13Felix WiedwaldSUB
  7. 19Pablo HernándezSUB

WOL · 3-4-3

  1. 21John RuddyG
  2. 16Conor CoadyCD
  3. 15Willy BolyCD-L
  4. 6Danny BatthCD-R
  5. 27Romain SaïssCM-L
  6. 4Alfred N'DiayeCM-R
  7. 3Barry DouglasLM
  8. 2Matt DohertyRM
  9. 33Léo BonatiniF
  10. 18Diogo JotaCF-L
  11. 7Ivan CavaleiroCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Ryan BennettSUB
  2. 24Morgan Gibbs-WhiteSUB
  3. 30Kortney HauseSUB
  4. 31Will NorrisSUB
  5. 17Hélder CostaSUB
  6. 25Roderick MirandaSUB
  7. 19Benik AfobeSUB

Timeline

  1. 23' Adam Forshaw (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 28' Goal! Leeds United 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Romain Saiss (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Barry Douglas with a cross following a corner.
  3. 36' Substitution, Leeds United. Matthew Pennington replaces Liam Cooper because of an injury.
  4. 45' Goal! Leeds United 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2. Willy Boly (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, Leeds United. Pablo Hernández replaces Hadi Sacko.
  6. 64' Pablo Hernández (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 70' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Benik Afobe replaces Léo Bonatini.
  8. 73' Substitution, Leeds United. Caleb Ekuban replaces Pierre-Michel Lasogga.
  9. 74' Goal! Leeds United 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 3. Benik Afobe (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diogo Jota with a through ball.
  10. 75' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hélder Costa replaces Diogo Jota.
  11. 86' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Morgan Gibbs-White replaces Ivan Cavaleiro.

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