Leeds United tops Hull City 3-1. HIGHLIGHTS

LEEDS. Leeds United defeats Hull City 3-1.

April 2, 2024

LEEDS. Leeds United prevails over Hull City 3-1. Hull City lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Elland Road stadium in Leeds on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Joshua Smith with the collaboration of Matthew Jones and Samuel Lewis. The 4th official was Andrew Kitchen. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 5.41 degrees Celsius or 41.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.

Match Statistics

Leeds United

3 - 1

Hull City

44 Ball Possession 56

Shots

14 Total 11
6 On Target 2
6 Off Target 5
2 Shots blocked 4

100 Attack 96
36 Dangerous attack 41
77 Ball safe 78

1 Penalties 0
4 Corners 3
1 Off Sides 2

Fouls

9 Total 12
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Hull City had a strong ball possession 56% while Leeds United was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Hull City was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, Leeds United was capable to find the solution to win this match.

Leeds United shot 14 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Hull City shot 11 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Leeds United received 2 yellow cards (Junior Firpo and C. Summerville). Talking about the opposition, Hull City received 2 yellow cards (Jean Michaël Seri and Ozan Tufan).

Match Timeline

Sam Byram(goal)

Junior Firpo- Yellow

27'

34'

Fábio Carvalho(goal)T. Morton

54'

Ozan Tufan- Yellow

58'

70'

Jean Michaël Seri- Yellow

Mateo Joseph- sub ->P. Bamford

72'

73'

Anass Zaroury- sub ->Ozan Tufan

82'

Cyrus Christie - sub ->Lewie Coyle

Joël Piroe- sub ->Glen Kamara

84'

C. Summerville(penalty)

88'

C. Summerville- Yellow

89'

Jaidon Anthony- sub ->C. Summerville

90'

Jamie Shackleton- sub ->Sam Byram

90'

Daniel James(goal)Joël Piroe

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Leeds United has 86 points to hold in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Hull City will stays with 58 points like Middlesbrough to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Leeds United will play away against Coventry City on the 6th of April with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Leeds United (3 draws).

Hull City will play away against Coventry City on the 16th of March with a 6-5 head to head stats in favor of Hull City (4 draws).

Leeds United – Formation

Leeds United

Illan Meslier 1.France

6.8

Sam Byram 25.England

8.5

90'

Junior Firpo 3.Spain

7.8

27'

Ethan Ampadu 4.Wales

7.0

Joe Rodon 14.Wales

7.5

Daniel James 20.Wales

7.8

90'

Glen Kamara 8.Finland

6.7

84'

C. Summerville 10.Netherlands

8.4

90'

89'

88'

A. Gray 22.England

7.0

G. Rutter 24.France

6.8

P. Bamford 9.England

6.4

72'

Substitutes

Karl Darlow 28.England

C. Cresswell 5.England

L. Cooper 6.Scotland

Jamie Shackleton 17.England

90'

Joël Piroe 7.Netherlands

7.0

84'

Jaidon Anthony 12.England

90'

Joe Gelhardt 30.England

Mateo Joseph 49.England

6.3

72'

Leeds United adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Daniel Farke decided to play with the following team: Illan Meslier (6.8), Sam Byram (8.5), Joe Rodon (7.5), Ethan Ampadu (7.0), Junior Firpo (7.8), A. Gray (7.0), Glen Kamara (6.7), Daniel James (7.8), G. Rutter (6.8), C. Summerville (8.4) and P. Bamford (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: L. Cooper, Mateo Joseph (6.3), C. Cresswell, Joël Piroe (7.0), Jaidon Anthony, Jamie Shackleton, Karl Darlow, Joe Gelhardt and C. Crew.

Substitutions

Leeds United made 4 changes: P. Bamford for Mateo Joseph (72′), Glen Kamara for Joël Piroe (84′), C. Summerville for Jaidon Anthony (90′) and Sam Byram for Jamie Shackleton (90′).

Player of the match: Sam Byram

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Leeds United was Sam Byram.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 22 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.

Hull City – Formation

Hull City

Ryan Allsop 17.England

6.8

Regan Slater 27.England

6.0

Lewie Coyle 2.England

7.5

82'

Ryan Giles 3.England

6.8

58'

Alfie Jones 5.England

6.4

Ozan Tufan 7.Turkey

7.1

73'

54'

T. Morton 15.England

7.5

J. Philogene 23.England

5.8

Jean Michaël Seri 24.Ivory Coast

6.8

70'

Abdülkadir Ömür 50.Turkey

6.4

Fábio Carvalho 45.Portugal

7.3

34'

Substitutes

Ivor Pandur 30.Croatia

M. Jacob 29.England

6.4

58'

Cyrus Christie 33.Republic of Ireland

6.1

82'

Sean McLoughlin 6.Republic of Ireland

Adama Traoré 10.Mali

N. Ohio 9.Netherlands

Patrick McCarthy 12.England

Aaron Connolly 44.Republic of Ireland

Anass Zaroury 47.Morocco

7.0

73'

Also Hull City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Liam Rosenior played with: Ryan Allsop (6.8), Regan Slater (6.0), Lewie Coyle (7.5), Alfie Jones (6.4), Ryan Giles (6.8), Abdülkadir Ömür (6.4), T. Morton (7.5), Jean Michaël Seri (6.8), J. Philogene (5.8), Fábio Carvalho (7.3) and Ozan Tufan (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Sean McLoughlin, N. Ohio, Adama Traoré, Patrick McCarthy, M. Jacob (6.4), Ivor Pandur, Cyrus Christie (6.1), Aaron Connolly and Anass Zaroury (7.0).

Hull City could not rely on the presence of M. Jacob (injured) and Cyrus Christie (injured).