English Premier League

FT Saturday, September 19, 2020
Fulham WLWLW 3
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Leeds United WWWLL 4
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LEE224
Elland Road

Match Report

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Leeds hang on for points in seven-goal thriller with Fulham

Leeds United continued their great return to the Premier League and claimed their first points with a thrilling 4-3 win over Fulham.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
3
49.7
Possession
50.3
14
SHOTS
10
6
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.7
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
354
Accurate Passes
337
438
Passes
444
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
3
18
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.2
47
Long Balls
66
20
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
1
11
Effective Tackles
17
18
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
16
Interceptions
10
16
Effective Clearances
11
16
Clearances
11

Head to Head

FUL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

LEE · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Illan MeslierG
  2. 6Liam CooperCD-L
  3. 5Robin KochCD-R
  4. 23Kalvin PhillipsDM
  5. 15Stuart DallasLB
  6. 2Luke AylingRB
  7. 43Mateusz KlichCM-L
  8. 20RodrigoCM-R
  9. 22Jack HarrisonLM
  10. 17Hélder CostaRM
  11. 9Patrick BamfordF

Substitutes

  1. 7Ian Poveda-OcampoSUB
  2. 11Tyler RobertsSUB
  3. 21Pascal StruijkSUB
  4. 10Ezgjan AlioskiSUB
  5. 46Jamie ShackletonSUB
  6. 25Elia CaprileSUB
  7. 44Mateusz BoguszSUB

FUL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 4Denis OdoiCD-L
  3. 3Michael HectorCD-R
  4. 23Joe BryanLB
  5. 2Kenny TeteRB
  6. 25Josh OnomahAM
  7. 21Harrison ReedLM
  8. 29Frank AnguissaRM
  9. 9Aleksandar MitrovicF
  10. 17Ivan CavaleiroAM-L
  11. 47Aboubakar KamaraAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Tom CairneySUB
  2. 13Tim ReamSUB
  3. 18Mario LeminaSUB
  4. 11Anthony KnockaertSUB
  5. 7Neeskens KebanoSUB
  6. 12Marek RodákSUB
  7. 14Bobby De Cordova-ReidSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Leeds United 1, Fulham 0. Hélder Costa (Leeds United) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  2. 34' Goal! Leeds United 1, Fulham 1. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 41' Goal! Leeds United 2, Fulham 1. Mateusz Klich (Leeds United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  4. 45' Substitution, Leeds United. Tyler Roberts replaces Rodrigo Moreno.
  5. 50' Goal! Leeds United 3, Fulham 1. Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mateusz Klich.
  6. 57' Goal! Leeds United 4, Fulham 1. Hélder Costa (Leeds United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Patrick Bamford.
  7. 58' Substitution, Fulham. Neeskens Kebano replaces Aboubakar Kamara.
  8. 58' Substitution, Fulham. Bobby De Cordova-Reid replaces Josh Onomah.
  9. 62' Goal! Leeds United 4, Fulham 2. Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Fulham) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by André-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
  10. 67' Goal! Leeds United 4, Fulham 3. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Kenny Tete with a cross.
  11. 70' Substitution, Leeds United. Ezgjan Alioski replaces Patrick Bamford.
  12. 70' Substitution, Fulham. Mario Lemina replaces Harrison Reed.
  13. 82' Mateusz Klich (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 88' Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90' Kenny Tete (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.

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