HUDDERSFIELD. Huddersfield Town and Leeds United draw 1-1. M. Helik scored the first goal (45′) for Huddersfield Town. P. Bamford settled the score (67′). Leeds United was surely superior in terms of ball possession (79%)
The match was played at the The John Smith’s Stadium stadium in Huddersfield on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. In front of 22,351 spectators. The referee was Andrew Kitchen assisted by James Wilson and Mark Stevens. The 4th official was Geoff Eltringham. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 5.14 degrees Celsius or 41.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 98%.
Match Statistics
- ! 21 Ball Possession 79
Shots
- 12 Total 15
- 5 On Target 2
- 3 Off Target 7
- 4 Shots blocked 6
- 65 Attack 129
- 26 Dangerous attack 82
- 38 Ball safe 31
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 8
Fouls
- 10 Total 13
- 4 Yellow Cards 1
- 1 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Leeds United had a strong ball possession 79% while Huddersfield Town was struggling with a 21% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Leeds United had a more offensive attitude with 82 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Leeds United to win the match.
Huddersfield Town shot 12 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Leeds United shot 15 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Huddersfield Town received 4 yellow cards (Jaheim Headley, David Kasumu, Matthew Pearson and Jonathan Hogg). Talking about the opposition, Leeds United received 1 yellow card (Georginio Rutter).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Huddersfield Town has 38 points like Queens Park Rangers, Birmingham City and Stoke City to sit in the 21st place. Talking about the opposition, Leeds United will has 73 points to remain in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Huddersfield Town will play away with Cardiff City on the 6th of March with a 11-3 head to head stats in favor of Cardiff City (6 draws).
Leeds United will host Stoke City on the 5th of March with a 4-4 head to head stats.
Huddersfield Town – Formation
Huddersfield Town
39'
72'
45'
Huddersfield Town started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager André Breitenreiter decided to play with the following team: Lee Nicholls , Brodie Spencer , Matthew Pearson , Tom Lees , Yuta Nakayama , Sorba Thomas , Jonathan Hogg , David Kasumu , Delano Burgzorg , Jack Rudoni and Daniel Ward .
The home team had on the bench: Alex Matos , Michał Helik , Bojan Radulović, Josh Koroma , Brahima Diarra, Chris Maxwell, Jaheim Headley , Tom Edwards and Ben Wiles.
Huddersfield Town could not rely on the presence of Michał Helik (injured).
Substitutions
Huddersfield Town made 4 changes: Yuta Nakayama for Michał Helik (26′), Daniel Ward for Alex Matos (46′), Brodie Spencer for Jaheim Headley (72′) and Delano Burgzorg for Josh Koroma (73′).
Player of the match: Michał Helik
The most impressive player for Huddersfield Town was Michał Helik.
His rating is with 1 goal, 10 passes (60% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 4.
His performance was sensational also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 26′.
Leeds United – Formation
Leeds United
Leeds United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Daniel Farke played with: Illan Meslier , Archie Gray , Joe Rodon , Ethan Ampadu , Junior Firpo , Ilia Gruev , Glen Kamara , Wilfried Gnonto , Georginio Rutter , Crysencio Summerville and Patrick Bamford .
They had on the bench: Liam Cooper, Joël Piroe , Jaidon Anthony , Daniel James , Connor Roberts , Mateo Joseph, Charlie Cresswell, Sam Byram and Karl Darlow.
Substitutions
Leeds United made 4 changes: Wilfried Gnonto for Daniel James (62′), Archie Gray for Connor Roberts (62′), Glen Kamara for Joël Piroe (62′) and Junior Firpo for Jaidon Anthony (86′).
Player of the match: Joe Rodon
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Leeds United was Joe Rodon.
His rating is with 101 passes (95% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 11.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Swansea City – Blackburn Rovers – 2-1
- Stoke City – Middlesbrough – 2-0
- Rotherham United – Sheffield Wednesday – 0-1
- Preston North End – Hull City – 0-0
- Plymouth Argyle – Ipswich Town – 0-2
- Norwich City – Sunderland – 1-0
- Millwall – Watford – 1-0
- Leicester City – Queens Park Rangers – 1-2
- Huddersfield Town – Leeds United – 1-1
- Bristol City – Cardiff City – 0-1
- Birmingham City – Southampton – 3-4
