ADVERTISEMENT
FULL TIMELast update 6:55 PM ET
Full Time
Leeds United 1-2 Southampton
Key moments
Rothwell and Piroe receive yellow cards.
Five-minute addition on Elland Road.
Smallbone's free kick passes close to Meslier's goal.
Close game, little to offer from both teams.
Changes
At Leeds, Gelhardt replaces Gruev.
At Soton, Stuart and Bree replace Armstrong and Walker-Peters.
Yellow card to Gruev at Leeds.
Leeds are leaning towards their opponents' goal, they want to tie the game at home.
Summerville's shot is dealt with by McCarthy.
Leeds tries in the last minutes, but lacks clarity in attack.
A match without relevance, both teams assume positions more to contain than to go forward.
Southampton substitution: Downes out, Rothwell in.
Leeds changes: Rutter, Kamara and Gnonto come off, Anthony, Gray and Mateo Joseph come on.
Soton substitution: Adams out, Sulemana in.
Soton settles better in the match, wins well and playing better than Leeds.
Offensive foul by Byram, nothing is coming from Leeds.
Foul by Kamara in the middle on Smallbone.
Hutchinson scores for Ipswich, the most irrelevant game of the season is the one we are watching at Elland Road.
A deflected shot from Fraser, a sea of errors in the Leeds defense.
Martin takes advantage of halftime and makes a change, Ryan Fraser enters for Manning.
The second half kicks off at Elland Road, with Soton leading 2-1 for now.
Halftime
Leeds United 1-2 Southampton
Three minutes of added time are played at Elland Road.
Yellow card to Bednarek, for a foul on Rutter.
Side kick for Soton.
Gnonto shoots but his shot goes wide.
SOUTHAMPTON GOAL
Smallbone scores after a pass from Walker-Peters that beats Firpo.
Yellow cards to Gnonto and Manning.
Long ball to Rutter, but he was offside.
There was a goal at Portman Road, Ipswich clinch promotion to the Premier League.
Manning shoots, Byram saves, it was Soton's second.
Ampadu's header was headed offside.
Foul by Smallbone on Summerville, cuts off a Leeds forward move.
GOOOOOOOOOAL FOR LEEDS
Piroe takes a rebound in the box, and sends it into the back of the net, nothing McCarthy could do.
SOUTHAMPTON GOAL
Adam Arrmstrong strikes first, Adams crosses into the middle and the striker arrives alone to beat Meslier.
Smallbone shoots free, Meslier does well to keep out the goal.
Firpo's shot is cleared by McCarthy for a corner.
Aribo foul on Rutter, dangerous free kick for Leeds.
Gnonto's cross, Harrwood-Bellis clears to the corner.
For now, there are no changes in the standings, everything remains the same so far.
Byram's cross, the ball again to the corner for Leeds.
Rodon's header goes wide.
Firpo's foul on Armstrong, the referee correctly.
Gnonto's cross is cleared to the corner.
The match kicks off, the ball is rolling at Elland Road.
Let's play
The teams take the field, the protocol acts are coming, and we will tell you all the incidents from this game here on VAVEL.
Warm-ups end
The teams go to the locker room to get ready to take the field, everything is ready for the ball to roll.
Match with goals in both goals
In three of the last four matches between the two, both teams have scored goals. The only clean sheet for both was last season's match at Elland Road, where Leeds won 1-0.
Afternoon of definitions
The second direct promoted team will be defined this afternoon, Ipswich and Leeds are the candidates.
Ipswich need points against Huddersfield to return to the Premier League, while Leeds need to win their game and hope for a defeat of Ipswich to achieve promotion.
News - Leeds United
Daniel James, Connor Roberts and Patrick Bamford are not included in the squad for today's game, all due to injury, while Farke did not start young Archie Gray, who will be on the substitutes' bench.
News- Southampton
Gavin Bazunu has been out of the team for several matchdays due to injury, another notable absence is that of Stuart Armstrong, who is also not part of the Saints delegation for this game.
Liam Cooper Last dance?
Should Leeds United be promoted, this would be great captain Liam Cooper's last game at Elland Road, the Scot will not renew with the team, and will not be with the club next season.
Leeds, a great home side against Soton
Leeds have won eight of their last 13 home league games against Southampton, the previous season in the Premier League they won at Elland Road with a Junior Firpo goal.
The Whites have not lost at home since March 2012.
The Whites have not lost at home since March 2012.
Match Officials
This will be the refereeing corps for this match.
Referee - Matthew Donohue
Assistant Referees - Paul Hodskinson, Richard Wild
Fourth official - Leigh Doughty
Starting Lineup- Southampton
Southampton line up with McCarthy; Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Stephens, Manning; Harwood-Bellis, Downes, Smallbone; Aribo, Adams and Adam Armstrong.
Starting line-up - Leeds United
Leeds start with Meslier; Byram, Rodon, Ampadu, Firpo; Gruev, Kamara; Gnonto, Rutter, Summerville; Piroe.
Start of coverage
We are already in the coverage of this EFL Championship match, Leeds United hosts Southampton at home, match corresponding to the 46th day of the regular season.
