Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United side were looking to continue an unbeaten start to the season as we hosted Rotherham United at Elland Road earlier today.
Goals in the second half from Luke Ayling and Kemar Roofe kept the feel-good factor going for the fans as Bielsa picked up yet another victory this year to make it three on the spin in the Championship and the table doesn’t look too bad at all at this early stage of the campaign.
We certainly started the brighter on the day but the visitors almost took the lead as they hit the woodwork, but they didn’t trouble us on many occasions and we did largely dominate the match when it came to chances and possession and our margin of victory could’ve been greater.
It’s another win to keep us ticking over though and individually players largely continued where they left off which bodes well, and Roofe’s continued eye for goal is a definite positive that fans will take from the game.
On to the next one now.
Elland Road
Championship
18/08/2018 4:00 pm
Attendance: 33699
Referee: Jones
| Leeds United | Rotherham United | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayling (49), Roofe (71) | |||||||
| Peacock-Farrell | Rodak | ||||||
| Ayling | Vyner | ||||||
| Berardi | Raggett | ||||||
| Cooper | Wood | 76 | |||||
| Douglas | Mattock | ||||||
| Klich | 91 | Taylor | |||||
| Phillips | Palmer | 66 | |||||
| Alioski | Ajayi | ||||||
| Saiz | 80 | Vaulks | |||||
| Hernandez | Williams | ||||||
| Roofe | 87 | Smith | 78 | ||||
Substitutes |
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| Bamford | 87 | Proctor | 78 | ||||
| Jansson | 91 | Ball | |||||
| Pearce | Robertson | ||||||
| Harrison | Manning | 66 | |||||
| Blackman | Vassell | 76 | |||||
| Baker | 80 | Newell | |||||
| Shackleton | Bilboe | ||||||
Game Statistics |
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| 17 | Goal attempts | 9 |
| 7 | On Target | 4 |
| 7 | Corners | 1 |
| 10 | Fouls | 8 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 74 | % | 26 |