Leeds United 5-0 Stoke City: result and report
Championship · Thursday 9 July 2020
Result
Leeds United 5-0 Stoke City
Championship · Thursday 9 July 2020, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Leeds United 5-0 Stoke City: match report
Leeds United defeated Stoke City 5-0 in the Championship on Thursday 9 July 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.
M. Klich opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Leeds United's goals came from M. Klich (45', penalty), Hélder Costa (47'), L. Cooper (57'), Pablo Hernández (72') and P. Bamford (90+3'). Stoke City did not score.
Discipline: Leeds United received 2 yellow cards; Stoke City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leeds United were 2nd on 78 points from 41 and Stoke City 20th on 46 points from 41. Leeds United went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Stoke City 16th with 56.
Leeds United lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Stoke City in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Hélder Costa of Leeds United (8.9), ahead of Pablo Hernández (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Leeds United wins, 1 draw and 3 for Stoke City.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · Ben White
- 45'Penalty goal · M. Klich
- 47'Goal · Hélder Costa
- 50'Yellow card · Stuart Dallas
- 57'Goal · L. Cooper
- 59'Yellow card · Bruno Martins Indi
- 60'Yellow card · Jordan Cousins
- 72'Goal · Pablo Hernández
- 90+3'Goal · P. Bamford
Head-to-head
Team news
Leeds United line-up (4-1-4-1)
Illan Meslier, Luke Ayling, Ben White, Liam Cooper, Stuart Dallas, Kalvin Phillips, Hélder Costa, Tyler Roberts, Mateusz Klich, Jack Harrison, Patrick Bamford
Stoke City line-up (5-4-1)
Jack Butland, Tommy Smith, Nathan Collins, Danny Batth, Bruno Martins Indi, James McClean, Tyrese Campbell, Jordan Cousins, Sam Clucas, Nick Powell, Sam Vokes