Leeds United vs Southampton, 2022-23 English Premier League

· English Premier League

Leeds United

77': Junior Firpo

FT
1 - 0

Southampton

Junior Firpo earns Leeds precious win over bottom side Southampton

Leeds United defender Junior Firpo (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal [1296x729]

New Leeds United manager Javi Gracia's reign began with a 1-0 Premier League home victory over bottom club Southampton.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
4': Offside, Leeds United. Wilfried Gnonto is caught offside.
5': Attempt missed. Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mohamed Elyounoussi with a headed pass.
6': Offside, Southampton. Paul Onuachu is caught offside.
6': Foul by Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United).
6': Roméo Lavia (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Attempt blocked. Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Brenden Aaronson.
9': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
10': Delay in match because of an injury Armel Bella-Kotchap (Southampton).
11': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
11': Hand ball by Tyler Adams (Leeds United).
15': Attempt blocked. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Elyounoussi.
17': Foul by Paul Onuachu (Southampton).
17': Maximilian Wöber (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Foul by Romain Perraud (Southampton).
18': Jack Harrison (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Attempt missed. Luke Ayling (Leeds United) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is high and wide to the left.
20': Attempt missed. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse.
21': Foul by Jan Bednarek (Southampton).
21': Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Attempt missed. Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Weston McKennie.
23': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
25': Attempt blocked. Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Patrick Bamford with a headed pass.
25': Foul by Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds United).
25': Paul Onuachu (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
27': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Armel Bella-Kotchap.
29': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
31': Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Foul by Roméo Lavia (Southampton).
32': Foul by Jack Harrison (Leeds United).
32': Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Attempt saved. Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Junior Firpo with a cross.
36': Attempt missed. Jack Harrison (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Brenden Aaronson.
39': Attempt saved. Paul Onuachu (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kamaldeen Sulemana.
41': Foul by Patrick Bamford (Leeds United).
41': Gavin Bazunu (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Foul by Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds United).
42': Roméo Lavia (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
44': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
44': Attempt missed. Weston McKennie (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
45': Foul by Paul Onuachu (Southampton).
45': Robin Koch (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': First Half ends, Leeds United 0, Southampton 0.
45': Second Half begins Leeds United 0, Southampton 0.
46': Foul by Maximilian Wöber (Leeds United).
46': Paul Onuachu (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
47': Attempt saved. Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Maximilian Wöber.
48': Delay in match because of an injury Armel Bella-Kotchap (Southampton).
49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
49': Offside, Southampton. Paul Onuachu is caught offside.
50': Foul by Paul Onuachu (Southampton).
50': Robin Koch (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Foul by Tyler Adams (Leeds United).
51': Roméo Lavia (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52': Foul by Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds United).
52': Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
54': Foul by Jan Bednarek (Southampton).
54': Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Attempt blocked. Paul Onuachu (Southampton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kamaldeen Sulemana.
57': Foul by Romain Perraud (Southampton).
57': Luke Ayling (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
58': Foul by Romain Perraud (Southampton).
58': Jack Harrison (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
58': Attempt blocked. Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Weston McKennie.
58': Foul by Stuart Armstrong (Southampton).
58': Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
58': Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
60': Substitution, Leeds United. Crysencio Summerville replaces Wilfried Gnonto.
62': Foul by Crysencio Summerville (Leeds United).
62': Romain Perraud (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63': Substitution, Southampton. Ibrahima Diallo replaces Kamaldeen Sulemana.
63': Substitution, Southampton. Sékou Mara replaces Paul Onuachu.
63': Substitution, Southampton. Theo Walcott replaces Stuart Armstrong.
64': Foul by Tyler Adams (Leeds United).
64': Roméo Lavia (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
66': Attempt saved. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sékou Mara.
67': Attempt blocked. Theo Walcott (Southampton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ibrahima Diallo.
68': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Junior Firpo.
69': Foul by Jack Harrison (Leeds United).
69': Roméo Lavia (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70': Foul by Sékou Mara (Southampton).
70': Junior Firpo (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Substitution, Southampton. Kyle Walker-Peters replaces Romain Perraud.
72': Attempt blocked. Crysencio Summerville (Leeds United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
73': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Theo Walcott.
74': Armel Bella-Kotchap (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Foul by Patrick Bamford (Leeds United).
75': Substitution, Leeds United. Georginio Rutter replaces Brenden Aaronson.
75': Delay in match because of an injury Armel Bella-Kotchap (Southampton).
76': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
77': Goal! Leeds United 1, Southampton 0. Junior Firpo (Leeds United) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack Harrison.
79': Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card.
79': Foul by Sékou Mara (Southampton).
79': Junior Firpo (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
81': Attempt saved. Maximilian Wöber (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack Harrison with a cross.
82': Substitution, Southampton. Adam Armstrong replaces Mohamed Elyounoussi.
82': Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Foul by Patrick Bamford (Leeds United).
83': Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85': Roméo Lavia (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
86': Substitution, Leeds United. Marc Roca replaces Patrick Bamford.
88': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Kyle Walker-Peters.
89': Attempt missed. Marc Roca (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
89': Offside, Leeds United. Weston McKennie is caught offside.
89': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Illan Meslier.
90': Attempt missed. Armel Bella-Kotchap (Southampton) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross following a corner.
90'+1': Offside, Southampton. Adam Armstrong is caught offside.
90'+2': Foul by Sékou Mara (Southampton).
90'+2': Luke Ayling (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+4': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
90'+4': Armel Bella-Kotchap (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
90'+4': Foul by Weston McKennie (Leeds United).
90'+4': Roméo Lavia (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5': Attempt missed. Crysencio Summerville (Leeds United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left following a fast break.
90'+5': Ibrahima Diallo (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Leeds United 1, Southampton 0.
0': Match ends, Leeds United 1, Southampton 0.

Statistics

SOU		LEE
0	Fouls	0
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
0	Corner Kicks	0
0	Saves	0
0	Possession	0
0	SHOTS	0
0	ON GOAL	0
0.0	On Target %	0.0
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
0	Blocked Shots	0
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Elland Road
Location: Leeds, England
Attendance: 36,641

Premier League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Arsenal	21	+26	49
2	Manchester City	21	+26	43
3	Aston Villa	21	+9	43
4	Liverpool	21	+4	35

Full Table

Line-Ups

Leeds United (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Illan Meslier (GK)
39	Maximilian Wöber
5	Robin Koch
3	Junior Firpo
2	Luke Ayling
7	Brenden Aaronson
28	Weston McKennie
12	Tyler Adams
9	Patrick Bamford
29	Wilfried Gnonto
11	Jack Harrison

Leeds United Substitutes:

Darko Gyabi, Georginio Rutter, Joel Robles, Rasmus Kristensen, Diogo Monteiro, Sam Greenwood, Mateo Joseph, Crysencio Summerville, Marc Roca.

Southampton (4-4-2)

No.	Name
31	Gavin Bazunu (GK)
37	Armel Bella-Kotchap
35	Jan Bednarek
15	Romain Perraud
3	Ainsley Maitland-Niles
45	Romeo Lavia
8	James Ward-Prowse
24	Mohamed Elyounoussi
17	Stuart Armstrong
12	Paul Onuachu
20	Kamaldeen Sulemana

Southampton Substitutes:

Kyle Walker-Peters, Adam Armstrong, Carlos Alcaraz, Duje Caleta-Car, Theo Walcott, Moussa Djenepo, Wilfredo Caballero, Ibrahima Diallo, Sékou Mara.

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