English Premier League

FT Sunday, January 4, 2026
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Match Report

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Matheus Cunha equaliser earns Man Utd a draw at Leeds

Matheus Cunha cancelled out Brenden Aaronson's strike as Ruben Amorim's Manchester United and rivals Leeds fought out a tense 1-1 draw at rocking Elland Road.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
1
54.6
Possession
45.4
15
SHOTS
11
2
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
419
Accurate Passes
312
529
Passes
425
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
3
10
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.2
63
Long Balls
61
23
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
10
25
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
17
38
Effective Clearances
23
38
Clearances
23

Highlights

02:01 Michallik: Benjamin Šeško needs more time to develop at Man Utd Watch on ESPN 02:25 Why Amorim's comments seem like he wants out of Man United Watch on ESPN 01:31 Ruben Amorim's last Manchester United press conference Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MAN leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

LEE · 3-5-2

  1. 1Lucas PerriG
  2. 15Jaka BijolCD
  3. 5Pascal StruijkCD-L
  4. 23Sebastiaan BornauwCD-R
  5. 44Ilia GruevCM-L
  6. 11Brenden AaronsonCM-R
  7. 18Anton StachAM
  8. 3Gabriel GudmundssonLM
  9. 24James JustinRM
  10. 19Noah OkaforCF-L
  11. 9Dominic Calvert-LewinCF-R

MAN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 31Senne LammensG
  2. 26Ayden HeavenCD
  3. 6Lisandro MartínezCD-L
  4. 15Leny YoroCD-R
  5. 25Manuel UgarteCM-L
  6. 18CasemiroCM-R
  7. 23Luke ShawLM
  8. 2Diogo DalotRM
  9. 30Benjamin SeskoF
  10. 10Matheus CunhaCF-L
  11. 13Patrick DorguCF-R

Timeline

  1. 34' Patrick Dorgu (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 62' Goal! Leeds United 1, Manchester United 0. Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pascal Struijk following a fast break.
  3. 63' Substitution, Manchester United. Joshua Zirkzee replaces Leny Yoro.
  4. 65' Goal! Leeds United 1, Manchester United 1. Matheus Cunha (Manchester United) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joshua Zirkzee.
  5. 75' Substitution, Leeds United. Lukas Nmecha replaces Noah Okafor.
  6. 80' Substitution, Leeds United. Ao Tanaka replaces Ilia Gruev.
  7. 80' Substitution, Leeds United. Wilfried Gnonto replaces Sebastiaan Bornauw.
  8. 87' Substitution, Leeds United. Joël Piroe replaces Brenden Aaronson.

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