Leeds United 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report
Championship · Saturday 17 March 2018
Result
Leeds United 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Championship · Saturday 17 March 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Leeds United 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday: match report
Leeds United lost to Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 17 March 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.
Atdhe Nuhiu opened the scoring in the 71st minute. Leeds United's goal came from Jay-Roy Grot (86'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through Atdhe Nuhiu (71') and Atdhe Nuhiu (90+1').
Discipline: Leeds United received no yellow cards; Sheffield Wednesday received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leeds United were 13th on 50 points from 37 and Sheffield Wednesday 18th on 38 points from 37. Leeds United went on to finish that season 13th with 60 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 15th with 57.
Leeds United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Atdhe Nuhiu of Sheffield Wednesday (9.2), ahead of Jay-Roy Grot (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Leeds United wins, 3 draws and 3 for Sheffield Wednesday.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Atdhe Nuhiu
- 63'Yellow card · Sam Hutchinson
- 71'Goal · Atdhe Nuhiu
- 74'Yellow card · Adam Reach
- 86'Goal · Jay-Roy Grot
- 90'Yellow card · Joe Wildsmith
- 90+1'Goal · Atdhe Nuhiu
Head-to-head
Team news
Leeds United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Matthew Pennington, Pontus Jansson, Gaetano Berardi, Tom Pearce, Adam Forshaw, Ezgjan Alioski, Eunan O'Kane, Stuart Dallas, Pablo Hernández, Caleb Ekuban
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (5-3-2)
Joe Wildsmith, Jack Hunt, Tom Lees, George Boyd, Daniel Pudil, Frederico Venâncio, Adam Reach, Sam Hutchinson, Joey Pelupessy, Atdhe Nuhiu, Lucas João