English League Championship

FT Sunday, August 5, 2018
Stoke City DDLWD 1
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Leeds United LWLWW 3
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LEE213
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Match Report

Nigel French/PA Wire

Marcelo Bielsa begins Leeds reign with 3-1 win over Stoke

Former Argentina coach Marcelo Bielsa watched his new Leeds United side open the season with an impressive 3-1 home win over Stoke City.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
14
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
4
49
Possession
51
9
SHOTS
12
5
ON GOAL
5
0.6
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
274
Accurate Passes
293
389
Passes
398
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
7
10
Crosses
19
0.3
Cross %
0.4
73
Long Balls
62
29
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
1
9
Effective Tackles
11
18
Tackles
16
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
13
Interceptions
9
15
Effective Clearances
40
15
Clearances
40

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

LEE · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Bailey Peacock-FarrellG
  2. 6Liam CooperCD-L
  3. 28Gaetano BerardiCD-R
  4. 23Kalvin PhillipsDM
  5. 3Barry DouglasLB
  6. 2Luke AylingRB
  7. 43Mateusz KlichCM-L
  8. 14Samu SáizCM-R
  9. 10Ezgjan AlioskiLM
  10. 19Pablo HernándezRM
  11. 7Kemar RoofeF

Substitutes

  1. 22Jack HarrisonSUB
  2. 9Patrick BamfordSUB
  3. 27Jamal BlackmanSUB
  4. 15Stuart DallasSUB
  5. 34Lewis BakerSUB
  6. 11Tyler RobertsSUB
  7. 18Pontus JanssonSUB

STK · 4-3-3

  1. 1Jack ButlandG
  2. 15Bruno Martins IndiCD-L
  3. 17Ryan ShawcrossCD-R
  4. 3Erik PietersLB
  5. 2Moritz BauerRB
  6. 6Badou N'DiayeCM
  7. 8Peter EteboLM
  8. 4Joe AllenRM
  9. 9Benik AfobeF
  10. 11James McCleanLF
  11. 7Tom InceRF

Substitutes

  1. 27Bojan KrkicSUB
  2. 32Adam FedericiSUB
  3. 24Darren FletcherSUB
  4. 30Thomas EdwardsSUB
  5. 18Mame Biram DioufSUB
  6. 5Ashley WilliamsSUB
  7. 25Peter CrouchSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Leeds United 1, Stoke City 0. Mateusz Klich (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Samuel Sáiz with a through ball.
  2. 45'+1' Goal! Leeds United 2, Stoke City 0. Pablo Hernández (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski.
  3. 52' Goal! Leeds United 2, Stoke City 1. Benik Afobe (Stoke City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  4. 57' Goal! Leeds United 3, Stoke City 1. Liam Cooper (Leeds United) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Barry Douglas with a cross following a corner.
  5. 63' Substitution, Stoke City. Darren Fletcher replaces Peter Etebo.
  6. 63' Substitution, Stoke City. Bojan replaces Badou Ndiaye.
  7. 76' Substitution, Stoke City. Peter Crouch replaces Benik Afobe.
  8. 76' Substitution, Leeds United. Stuart Dallas replaces Mateusz Klich.
  9. 88' Substitution, Leeds United. Lewis Baker replaces Samuel Sáiz.
  10. 89' Substitution, Leeds United. Jack Harrison replaces Ezgjan Alioski.

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