LEEDS. Manchester City conquers Leeds United 3-1. Manchester City was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Rodri (45′), Erling Haaland (51′) and Erling Haaland (64′). Leeds United reduced the distance with a goal (73′) by P. Struijk, but there was not much to do for them. Manchester City was surely better in terms of ball possession (69%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Elland Road stadium in Leeds on Wednesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Stuart Attwell with the support of Harry Lennard and Darren Cann. The 4th official was Michael Salisbury. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 9.3 degrees Celsius or 48.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Manchester City had a strong ball possession 69% while Leeds United was struggling with a 31% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Manchester City was more aggressive with 47 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Manchester City won the match.​

Leeds United shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Manchester City shot 26 times, 9 on target, 17 off target.

Cards

Leeds United received 3 yellow cards (Mateusz Klich, Degnand Gnonto and Sam Greenwood). On the opposite side, Manchester City received 3 yellow cards (R. Lewis, Rodri and Cole Palmer).

Standings

After this match, Leeds United will stay with 15 points to hold in the 15th place. On the opposite side, Manchester City will have 35 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Leeds United will host Tottenham Hotspur on the 28th of May with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of Tottenham Hotspur (1 draw).

Manchester City will play away agasint Brentford on the 28th of May with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Manchester City (0 draws).

Leeds United – Formation

Leeds United adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Jesse Marsch decided to play with the following team: Illan Meslier (7.0), Rasmus Kristensen (6.8), Robin Koch (6.1), Liam Cooper (5.4), Pascal Struijk (7.4), Sam Greenwood (6.8), Marc Roca (6.3), Adam Forshaw (6.4), Rodrigo (6.2), Brenden Aaronson (7.0) and Wilfried Gnonto (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Darko Gyabi (6.5), Junior Firpo, Diego Llorente (6.2), Joel Robles, Luke Ayling (6.6), Joe Gelhardt (6.1), Jack Harrison, Crysencio Summerville and Mateusz Klich (6.6).

Substitutions

Leeds United made 5 changes: Adam Forshaw for Mateusz Klich (66′), Rasmus Kristensen for Luke Ayling (66′), Rodrigo for Joe Gelhardt (72′), Rodrigo for Joe Gelhardt (72′) and Brenden Aaronson for Darko Gyabi (83′).

Best player: Pascal Struijk​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Leeds United was Pascal Struijk.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 44 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.

Manchester City – Formation

Also Manchester City adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Josep Guardiola i Sala played with: Ederson (6.2), Rico Lewis (7.1), John Stones (7.0), Manuel Akanji (7.0), Nathan Aké (6.8), Kevin De Bruyne (7.8), Rodri (8.1), İlkay Gündoğan (6.6), Riyad Mahrez (8.0), Erling Haaland (8.4) and Jack Grealish (8.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Aymeric Laporte, Bernardo Silva, Kyle Walker, João Cancelo (6.4), Phil Foden (6.8), Stefan Ortega, Kalvin Phillips, Cole Palmer (6.2) and Sergio Gómez.

Substitutions

Manchester City made 3 changes: R. Lewis for João Cancelo (68′), Jack Grealish for Phil Foden (73′) and Riyad Mahrez for Cole Palmer (89′).

Best player: Erling Haaland​

The most impressive player for Manchester City was Erling Haaland.

His rating is (8.4) with 2 goals, 11 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Leeds United – Manchester City – 1-3