LEEDS. Leeds United tops Stoke City 1-0 after D. James scored just 1 goal (33′). Leeds United took advantage of its better ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Elland Road stadium in Leeds on Tuesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. In front of 36,118 spectators.​ The referee was Oliver Langford with the help of Hristo Karaivanov and Samuel Lewis. The 4th official was James Linington. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.64 degrees Celsius or 47.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Leeds United was in firm control of the ball 59% while Stoke City was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Leeds United was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Leeds United won the match​.

Leeds United shot 15 times, 7 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Stoke City shot 13 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Leeds United received 1 yellow card (Ilia Gruev). On the other side, Stoke City received 2 yellow cards (Josh Laurent and Ben Pearson).

Standings

After playing this match, Leeds United has 76 points to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Stoke City will stays with 38 points like Queens Park Rangers, Huddersfield Town and Sheffield Wednesday to sit in the 22nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Leeds United will play away against Sheffield Wednesday on the 8th of March with a 7-7 head to head stats.

Stoke City will play away against Preston North End on the 9th of March with a 8-4 head to head in favor of Preston North End (6 draws).

Leeds United – Formation

Leeds United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Daniel Farke decided to play with the following team: Illan Meslier (8.1), Connor Roberts (7.9), Joe Rodon (7.7), Ethan Ampadu (8.2), Sam Byram (7.3), Ilia Gruev (7.1), Glen Kamara (7.3), Daniel James (7.5), Georginio Rutter (7.5), Crysencio Summerville (6.8) and Patrick Bamford (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Junior Firpo (6.8), Archie Gray (6.8), Wilfried Gnonto (6.8), Charlie Cresswell, Liam Cooper, Joël Piroe (7.1), Karl Darlow, Joe Gelhardt and Mateo Joseph (6.8).

Substitutions

Leeds United made 5 changes: Patrick Bamford for Mateo Joseph (71′), Georginio Rutter for Joël Piroe (71′), Crysencio Summerville for Wilfried Gnonto (80′), Glen Kamara for Archie Gray (87′) and Sam Byram for Junior Firpo (88′).

Player of the match: Ethan Ampadu​

The most impressive player for Leeds United was Ethan Ampadu even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 8.2 with 73 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 7.

Stoke City – Formation

Stoke City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Steven Schumacher played with: Daniel Iversen (7.5), Ki-Jana Hoever (7.7), Michael Rose (6.7), Ben Wilmot (7.5), Lynden Gooch (6.8), Josh Laurent (7.0), Wouter Burger (6.8), Lewis Baker (7.5), Million Manhoef (7.0), Niall Ennis (7.0) and Joon-ho Bae (6.8).

They had on the bench: Ben Pearson (6.4), André Vidigal (6.4), Tyrese Campbell (7.1), Jack Bonham, Sead Hakšabanović (6.7), Luke Cundle (6.6), Ciaran Clark, Mehdi Léris and Nathan Lowe.

Substitutions

Stoke City made 5 changes: Million Manhoef for Sead Hakšabanović (78′), Lewis Baker for Luke Cundle (84′), Niall Ennis for Tyrese Campbell (54′), Wouter Burger for Ben Pearson (54′) and Joon-ho Bae for André Vidigal (78′).

Player of the match: Ki-Jana Hoever​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Stoke City was Ki-Jana Hoever.

His rating is 7.7 with 37 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 15. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Sheffield Wednesday – Plymouth Argyle – 1-0
• Sunderland – Leicester City – 0-1
• Leeds United – Stoke City – 1-0
• Ipswich Town – Bristol City – 3-2
• Hull City – Birmingham City – 1-1
• Coventry City – Rotherham United – 5-0
• Blackburn Rovers – Millwall – 1-1