Good evening and welcome to our live text coverage of the Premier League match between Leeds United and Aston Villa from Elland Road! Leeds are currently 10th in the league and Villa are just a couple of places higher despite both teams' form being fairly inconsistent. We will be bringing you all the build-up, highlights and talking points from the match tonight, so stay tuned ahead of kick-off at 17:30.
Premier League / Matchday 26
Elland Road / 27.02.2021
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- A. El Ghazi(5')
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Updated 27/02/2021 at 19:24 GMT
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End of 2nd Half
90+5'
FULL-TIME: Leeds United 0-1 Aston Villa
The away side hold on despite the bouts of pressure from Leeds throughout. Leeds may have dominated possession and created a lot of chances themselves, but barring Raphinha's late header the quality of their chances was lacking. They'd probably also feel aggrieved by the fact that Targett wasn't sent off for any of his rash challenges that came after his initial yellow.
94'
Leeds have a corner and Meslier's come running into the opposition box! You love to see it!
90'
5 minutes of added time. Is that enough time for Leeds to score?
Villa are just trying to see this one out rather than chase a second themselves.
89'
CLOSE!!! That's the best chance Leeds have had all game! Harrison floats in a cross to the far post and Raphinha's header is somehow kept out. Bielsa has his head in his hands.
88'
The goalscorer El Ghazi is substituted off for Trezeguet, who's making his 50th Premier League appearance.
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Trezeguet
Aston Villa
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Off
A. El Ghazi
Aston Villa
Goals1
On target3
Fouls1
Fouls against1
86'
Bamford's diving header is deflected out for a corner by Konsa. This match has really petered out over the past 10-20 minutes in all honesty.
84'
Targett has really had nine lives tonight. He clatters Hernandez from behind and instead of getting a second yellow himself, Hernandez gets booked for dissent.
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Yellow card
P. Hernández
Leeds United
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Blocked Shots1
Yellow Cards1
80'
Elmohamady's turn to enter the referee's book now. He gets his for timewasting over a free-kick in his own half?
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Yellow card
A. Al-Muhamadi
Aston Villa
Yellow Cards1
Fouls1
Free Kicks2
79'
Morgan Sanson - Aston Villa's £15 million January signing from Marseille - is substituted on for Ramsey, who has really impressed me this evening.
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M. Sanson
Aston Villa
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J. Ramsey
Aston Villa
Fouls2
Fouls against2
Free Kicks1
77'
Targett almost picks up a second yellow for an overzealous challenge on Raphinha, but it ends up just being a free-kick. The Leeds winger sends in a free-kick but Martinez negotiates it comfortably.
71'
Roberts' search for a first Premier League goal continues. Leeds make their third and final change to bring on for Pablo Hernandez for him.
64'
Jack Harrison, who was dropped for Costa tonight, comes on for him as Bielsa tries to find a way to get an equaliser.
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J. Harrison
Leeds United
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Off
H. Costa
Leeds United
Blocked Shots1
Fouls2
Fouls against1
63'
Cards starting to flow now. One for Klich.
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Yellow card
M. Klich
Leeds United
Yellow Cards1
Fouls1
Free Kicks1
60'
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Yellow card
M. Targett
Aston Villa
Yellow Cards1
Fouls1
Fouls against2
Free Kicks1
60'
More drama as there's an altercation between Roberts and Targett! The Villa full-back makes the initial foul, but then cynically tries to stop Roberts from grabbing the ball while getting up. Roberts lets out his frustration and Targett falls to the floor pretending to be hit. Both players receive a yellow card for their troubles.
Yellow card
T. Roberts
Leeds United
On target1
Yellow Cards1
Fouls3
Fouls against1
55'
Leeds have the ball in a dangerous area just outside the box but Villa's midfield shape and pressing make it near impossible for them to find a breakthrough. They then try to play the ball out wide but Elmohamady shows great positional awareness to assess the danger and shepherd the ball out of play.
53'
First sub of the game is a Leeds one. Alioski replaces Struijk, which will cause a shuffle of personnel in some way but not sure exactly how. Alioski will slot in at left-back and Dallas could then perhaps move into central midfield?
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E. Alioski
Leeds United
Off
P. Struijk
Leeds United
Fouls1
48'
Leeds have a free-kick of their own now, but the delivery is uncharacteristically bad from Raphinha.
47'
Traore has a free-kick on the left flank near the touchline, but it's dealt with comfortably the Leeds defence.
2nd Half
45'
Back for the second half now! Can Leeds pull a goal back? Or will Villa extend their lead?