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Leeds 0-0 Aston Villa - 10-man hosts cannot find a way past Steven Gerrard's side in scrappy contest

Premier League / Matchday 9
Elland Road / 02.10.2022
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James Kilpatrick

Updated 02/10/2022 at 17:34 GMT


13'
DANGEROUS CROSS FROM RODRIGO
Leeds attack at pace. Rodrigo's ball into the corridor of uncertainty evades Harrison before Kristensen's cross is caught by Martinez.
11'
THE ASTON VILLA CORNER
... comes to nothing.
10'
NERVY FROM MESLIER
Villa have a free-kick. McGinn's ball swung to the far side of the penalty box is completely misjudged by Meslier, who is way off his line, and Cooper has no choice but to head behind for a Villa corner.
7'
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AUGUSTINSSON BOOKED
Just seven minutes into his Premier League debut and Augustinsson is given a yellow card for needlessly barging into the back of Kristensen.
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5'
LEEDS RETAINING POSSESSION
The hosts are happy to knock the ball around in their own half for now with Villa sitting slightly deeper as they look to hit on the counter-attack.
2'
BAILEY GETS A WARNING
After the Jamaica international commits a foul, he boots the ball across the other side of the pitch. Referee Stuart Attwell has a word with him but not does not brandish a card.
1st Half
1'
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WE ARE UNDERWAY!
Leeds get this game underway in front of a raucous Elland Road crowd!
16:26
THE TEAMS ARE OUT!
Kick-off is just moments away!
16:15
LEEDS' WARM-UPS ARE UNDERWAY!
Leeds have not played a competitive fixture since September 3rd, but can surge into the top half of the Premier League table with a win today.
16:00
LAST TIME OUT
Steven Gerrard saw his Aston Villa side edge past Southampton thanks to a first half goal from Jacob Ramsey. The result saw Villa pick up just their second win of the season.
15:45
AUGUSTINSSON, LUIZ BOTH IN
Ludwig Augustinsson comes in to make his Aston Villa debut at left-back for the injured Lucas Digne.
Douglas Luiz replaces Boubacar Kamara who has a knee ligament injury.
15:44
THREE LEEDS CHANGES
Three changes to the Leeds team that lost 5-2 to Brentford.
Liam Cooper, Rasmus Kristensen and Rodrigo return to Jesse Marsch's starting XI. Diego Llorente, Cody Drameh and Joe Gelhardt all make way. Patrick Bamford is also on the bench.
15:40
ASTON VILLA TEAM NEWS
Starting XI: Martinez, Augustinsson, Konsa, Mings, Young; Luiz, McGinn, Ramsey; Bailey, Watkins, Coutinho
Subs: Olsen, Sanson, Ings, Buendia, Nakamba, Bednarek, Dendoncker, Archer, Bogarde
15:38
LEEDS TEAM NEWS
Starting XI: Meslier, Kristensen, Koch, Cooper, Struijk, Adams, Roca, Sinisterra, Aaronson, Harrison, Rodrigo
Subs: Klaesson, Ayling, Firpo, Bamford, Summerville, Llorente, Gnonto, Greenwood, Klich
15:36
WELCOME!
It's 13th v 14th in the Premier League as Jesse Marsch's Leeds take on Aston Villa at Elland Road. Leeds can move up to eighth with a win today while Steven Gerrard will welcome three points to alleviate pressure off him. Kick-off is at 4:30pm UK time with team news coming right up!