As it happened: Leeds United 2-0 Crystal Palace

Clinical Leeds punish pitiful Palace. 

An early strike from Jack Harrsion set the tempo of the game. 

Bamford added a second in the early stages of the second half, and Palace found no reply whatsoever. 

Leeds move into the top half of the Premier League. 

Palace continue the poor run without Wilfried Zaha. 

There will be three minutes of added time at Elland Road. 

Harrison picks up the ball just outside the Palace area, takes one touch and smashes the ball of the bar. 

Leeds should have scored four, five goals this evening.

Palace corner taken Eze, the ball falls to Dann but his header is weak. 

Milivojevic booked for a foul on Dallas. 

Dallas forces a great save from Guaita, who got down well to his left-hand side. 

Batshuayi chases the lost cause, beats Ayling for pace and picks out Eze, but his shot is blazed over the bar. 

Palace change: 

Off comes Mateta, on comes Batshuayi.

Leeds are still pushing forward looking to inflict pain on Palace's defence. 

Struijk and Bamford have both had several chances to kill the game. 

 

Bamford with another great opportunity, but failed to connect with his header. 

Raphinha forces a great save from Guaita, but the ball falls back to Bamford, who in this vein of form, slots home Leeds United's second of the evening. 

Poor from Palace.

Townsend releases Riedewald, who in turn plays through Ayew, but his touch killed any goalscoring opportunity. 

Ayew brings down Phillips who was breaking into the Palace half. 

Palace get us underway! 

Townsend comes on for Van Aanholt. 

Leeds should be out of sight, they have had three or four big opportunities to extend their lead. 

Palace have a lot of work to do in the second half. 

Phenomenal first touch by Raphinha to fool Cahill, but as he turned to shoot, Cahill threw his body in the way to deny the opportunity.

Close from Struijk, who heads just over the bar from a Raphinha free kick. 

Cahill booked for a foul on Raphinha. 

Firs shot on target for Palace. 

Ayew collects the ball just outside the penalty area, turns Phillips but his shot is straight at Meslier.

Eze fouled just inside Leeds United's half. 

The free kick is sent over everyone, but Cahill manages to win a throw close to the corner flag. 

Raphinha curls the ball over the bar. 

Free kick to Leeds on the edge of the box. 

Raphinha and Phillips stand over it...

Cheap from Palace.

Milivojevic plays a wayward pass to Cahill, but Bamford intercepts, runs through the heart of the Palace defence, however, he cannot find the clinical edge to finish the chance. 

Dallas whips a ball into the box, and Bamford's movement got him ahead of Cahill, but he misjudged the flight of the ball. 

Eze fouled by Alioski inside his own half. 

The Eagles are playing the ball with purpose this evening, however, the new pitch at Elland Road is causing a number of players to slip and slide all over the place. 

Fantastic save from Guaita to deny Bamford at the near post.

A great start to the game! End-to-end stuff!

Van Aanholt and Riedewald play a nice one two, but Riedewald could not control the ball as he broke into the box. 

Palace growing in confidence since the shaky start. 

What a start from Leeds! Dallas find Harrison on the edge of the box, he takes one touch to set himself up and smashes a shot past Guaita. 

Just the start Bielsa would have wanted!

Looks like Palace have set up in a 4-4-2 with Ayew alongside Mateta. 

Leeds get us underway at Elland Road!

 

 

Around 10 minutes to go until kick off at Elland Road.

Both sides will be looking to pick up three points to take them into the top half of the Premier League!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Courtesy of VAVEL UK's Jonny Bentley: 

Leeds battered Everton in the second-half but they just couldn’t overcome their two goal deficit from the opening 45 minutes. It’s a stark contrast to Palace, who really hung on against Newcastle but they managed to get the three points. 

Prediction: 1-1

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Guaita; Clyne, Dann, Cahill, Van Aanholt; Townsend, Milivojevic, Riedewald, Eze; Ayew, Benteke.

Meslier; Ayling, Struijk, Cooper, Alioski; Phillips; Raphinha, Dallas, Klich, Harrison; Bamford.  

Roy Hodgson will be without his talisman, Wilfried Zaha, who suffered a hamstring injury in Palace's 2-1 away win at Newcastle United. 

The 73-year-old will also be without several key components of his squad, including Wayne Hennessey, Nathan Ferguson, Mamadou Sakho, James Tomkins, James McCarthy, Jeffrey Schlupp and Connor Wickham. 

The Whites will be missing key players in the shape of Robin Koch, Diego Llorente, Rodrigo Moreno, Adam Forshaw and Ian Poveda.  

Bielsa might also rotate his side due to the intense fixture schedule. 

Both sides come into this match looking to secure their status as a mid-table Premier League outfit, as Leeds United and Crystal Palace currently find themselves sat on 29 points each. 

Palace come into this game on the back off back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time since the start of the season. 

As for Leeds, their swashbuckling style of play attracts plaudits, however, at times, the live by the sword, die by the sword mantra has cost them during the season. 

Leeds United vs Crystal Palace will be played at the Elland Road, Leeds. 

The kick-off is scheduled for 20:00 GMT. 

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