English
Leeds Dominates Crystal Palace at Elland Road
Leeds United showcased their dominance with a convincing victory over Crystal Palace in a lively match at Elland Road. The home team controlled possession with 53% and translated their control onto the scoreboard. Dominic Calvert-Lewin was the standout performer of the first half, netting a crucial brace in the 38th and 45th minutes, the latter assisted by J. Bijol.
In the second half, E. Ampadu extended Leeds’ lead in the 60th minute. Crystal Palace, who had accumulated yellow cards for M. Lacroix and M. Guehi in the first half, managed to pull one back in stoppage time through a penalty converted by J. Devenny. However, A. Stach sealed the victory for Leeds with a goal in the 90th minute, solidifying the final score of 4-1. Lucas Perri also received a yellow card for Leeds in added time, as did A. Wharton for Crystal Palace. Leeds dominated shots with 19 total to Crystal Palace’s 9 and also in corners with 9 to 5.
Substitutions crystal palace: at minute 46 W. Hughes came in and J. Lerma went out., at minute 65 N. Clyne came in and B. Sosa went out., at minute 77 J. Mateta came in and C. Uche went out., at minute 77 E. Nketiah came in and J. Devenny went out., at minute 86 Y. Pino came in and J. Drakes-Thomas went out.
Substitutions leeds: at minute 77 B. Aaronson came in and A. Tanaka went out., at minute 77 N. Okafor came in and W. Gnonto went out., at minute 80 J. Bogle came in and J. Justin went out., at minute 87 E. Ampadu came in and I. Gruev went out., at minute 87 D. Calvert-Lewin came in and J. Piroe went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Leeds
Crystal Palace
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