English League Championship

FT Saturday, August 26, 2017
Leeds United WDDWW 2
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Nottingham Forest WWLWW 0
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The City Ground · 25,682 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

Leeds continue impressive start under Thomas Christiansen with victory at Forest

Thomas Christiansen's Leeds continued their fine start to the Championship season with a 2-0 triumph over Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
2
41.8
Possession
58.2
18
SHOTS
5
4
ON GOAL
1
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
296
Accurate Passes
450
392
Passes
543
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
2
9
Crosses
14
0.0
Cross %
0.1
68
Long Balls
69
37
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
7
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
10
24
Tackles
12
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
22
25
Clearances
22

Head to Head

NFO leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 43Jordan SmithG
  2. 5Matthew MillsCD-L
  3. 42Joe WorrallCD-R
  4. 6Armand TraoreLB
  5. 27Tendayi DarikwaRB
  6. 20Kieran DowellAM
  7. 7Liam BridcuttLM
  8. 31Andreas BouchalakisRM
  9. 9Daryl MurphyF
  10. 11Ben OsbornAM-L
  11. 10Barrie McKayAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Michael MancienneSUB
  2. 26Dimitar EvtimovSUB
  3. 35Jason CummingsSUB
  4. 34Tyler WalkerSUB
  5. 17Ben Brereton DíazSUB
  6. 2Eric LichajSUB
  7. 16Zach CloughSUB

LEE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Felix WiedwaldG
  2. 6Liam CooperCD-L
  3. 18Pontus JanssonCD-R
  4. 8Vurnon AnitaLB
  5. 2Luke AylingRB
  6. 21Samu SáizAM
  7. 14Eunan O'KaneLM
  8. 23Kalvin PhillipsRM
  9. 7Kemar RoofeF
  10. 19Pablo HernándezAM-L
  11. 10Ezgjan AlioskiAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 30Bailey Peacock-FarrellSUB
  2. 11Jay-Roy GrotSUB
  3. 15Stuart DallasSUB
  4. 35Conor ShaughnessySUB
  5. 43Mateusz KlichSUB
  6. 25Ronaldo VieiraSUB
  7. 3Cameron Borthwick-JacksonSUB

Timeline

  1. 24' Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Leeds United 1. Kemar Roofe (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Liam Cooper with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  2. 49' Matt Mills (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 51' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ben Brereton replaces Andreas Bouchalakis.
  4. 56' Liam Bridcutt (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 59' Pablo Hernández (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 63' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Zach Clough replaces Ben Osborn.
  7. 70' Substitution, Leeds United. Jay-Roy Grot replaces Pablo Hernández.
  8. 71' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jason Cummings replaces Daryl Murphy.
  9. 75' Substitution, Leeds United. Stuart Dallas replaces Kemar Roofe.
  10. 82' Luke Ayling (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 86' Kieran Dowell (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 87' Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Leeds United 2. Ezgjan Alioski (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eunan O'Kane.
  13. 88' Substitution, Leeds United. Ronaldo Vieira replaces Kalvin Phillips.

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