Manchester United 5 Leeds United 1

For a team whose league record at Old Trafford is desperately poor (Leeds have not won here since 1981)and who conceded six in the corresponding fixture last season this opening fixture of the season was always going to be a huge task for Bielsa and co and so it proved. United played Leeds at their own game and continued with a high tempo high press game which had Leeds on the back foot for the opening half hour. Talk about playing Bielsa at his own game plan !

This was the Bruno Fernandes show as the Portuguese International gave a stunning display in scoring an opening-day hat-trick. He got a helping hand from Paul Pogba who assisted with four goals and went off to a well deserved standing ovation on 75 mins to be replaced by new signing Jadon Sancho. Fernandes opened the scoring on… Read more

If you were to write the script for Leeds first game of the season you would dearly love to see one of the top four teams coming to Elland Road especially with the fans back in the stadium after Covid 19 but unfortunately we have to travel to our deadliest rivals across The Pennines. First up is Man United and considering the baptism of fire we received there last season when beaten 6-2 we have a huge debt to owe them and our fans. We did have a goalless draw at Elland Road in the return fixture but this is a seriously difficult game to start our season.

Other than our new left back from Barcelona Junior Firpo we will not have any new squad members available for selection. All summer we are hearing that the club is looking for a central midfield player but to date while been linked… Read more

Leeds United 3 West Bromwich Albion

What a season for our beloved Whites. Not in our wildest dreams could we have envisage winning our four remaining games to complete an unbelievable first season back in The Premiership since the 2003/2004 season. This was the first time that Leeds fans could enter Elland Road for a Premiership game due to the lockdown. The lucky 8,000 fans created a superb atmosphere on a day when they said goodbye to two Leeds legends in Pablo Hernandez and Gaetano Beradi. On loan Jack Harrison ( hopefully Leeds will make this movepermanent in the summer )had an early strike ruled out for offside but Leeds did take the lead on 17 minutes. And it came from our most expensive ever signing Rodrigo who headed in Raphinha's corner.

England international Kalvin Phillips doubled the advantage with his first Premier League goal three minutes before half time beating… Read more

Southampton 0 Leeds United 2

Leeds completed their away fixture programme at St Mary's with a brilliant second half display to guarantee a top ten finish in their first year back in the top division. Biels's side have won 10 or more away games in a single top-flight campaign for the first time since 1973-74 when they won 12 on the way to winning the title. Crowds were back for the first time in 14 months and it seemed to invigorate both sides to have them back. Patrick Bamford's scored his 16th Premier League goal of the season in what has been a truly wonderful season for him and all his team mates.

In a poor first half where Leeds hadn't a shot on goal The Saints could have taken the lead when Theo Walcott rounded Casilla who is replacing Meslier for the last two games of the season but the… Read more

Burnley 0 Leeds United 4

Leeds turned in what was perhaps their best performance of the season despite starting each half sluggishly but their finishing as Burnley manager Sean Dyche said is his post match briefing to the press was clinical. Bamford went close midway through the half but he found ex teammate and Northern Ireland goalkeeper Peacock-Farrell in fine form. Then two minutes before the half time whistle Polish International Mateusz Klich curled in a beautiful effort from outside the box as Leeds hit The Clarets on the break.

This seemed to spur the home side on who started the second half in excellent form and Matej Vydra was thwarted by the outstretched leg of Illan Meslier from what looked a certain equaliser. Then on the hour mark Jack Harrison's flicked home with his back to goal from Ezgjan Alioski's strike. It looked on first showing that the ball… Read more

Leeds United 3 Tottenham Hotspur 1

What a brilliant response from Bielsa's team after their poor performance away to Brighton last week. Leeds became the first side to remain unbeaten at home in the Premier League against each of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham in a season since West Ham in 2015-16, and only the third newly promoted side to do so, after Ipswich Town in 2000-01 and Birmingham City in 2009-10. We couldn't have dreamed at these results at the start of the season but this Leeds team keeps surprising and delighting everyone.

Northern Ireland International Stuart Dallas who has been a revelation this season gave Leeds the lead on 13 minutes with his eighth league goal of the season scoring from close range after Lloris had parried a shot. However twelve minutes later Son Heung-min equalising with a brilliant finish after from a Dele Alli… Read more

Brighton & Hove Albion 2 Leeds United 0

Leeds have lost five consecutive away league games against The Seagulls without scoring for the first time in their history. They have now lost their last five visits to Brighton by an aggregate score of 11-0. Leeds looked a tired team and without Kalvin Phillips lacked that drive in midfield while Brighton were in dire need of the points to steer clear of the relegation zone and were well up for the game. It was without doubt The Whites worst performance of the season and The Seagulls have now done the double over Bielsa's men in The Premiership.

Leeds were well off it in attack landing only two shots on target while Patrick Bamford managed just 15 touches before being replaced after an hour.Brighton got off to a great start at the Amex Stadium when on 14 minutes Pascal Gross found the… Read more

Leeds United 0 Manchester United 0

This was a game that Leeds fans were looking forward to since the fixtures were released last June but unfortunately due to the ongoing issues with Covid 19 no fans were permitted at Elland Road. One can only imagine what the atmosphere would have been like in a sell out ER with Leeds taking on their fiercest rivals. In the early season fixture at Old Trafford Leeds got off to a terrible start being two down after five minutes and eventually going down 6-2. However on this occasion we saw a different Leeds team which was more focused on man to man marking than on the gung ho type of football they have become know for since Bielsa took charge. Leeds had only six shots in this match, their joint-fewest in a league game at Elland Road under Marcelo Bielsa since July 2020 when… Read more

Leeds United 1 Liverpool 1

On a night when Leeds supporters protested outside Elland Road with the news that Liverpool and five other Premiership teams ( Chelsea, Man United, Man City, Spurs and Arsenal ) where in the throws of signing up to a new European Super League it was the Leeds players themselves who performed heroically on the field and showed why The Premiership is the best league in the world with a brilliant performance particularly in the 2nd half. Inside the stadium Leeds players wore T-shirts saying 'Earn it' next to the Champions League logo and 'Football is for the fans'. There was also a banner behind one goal which had the same message and the same T-shirts were left in the Liverpool dressing room much to the annoyance of Jurgen Klopp.

This incident seemed to ignite Liverpool into life and they were much the dominant team in… Read more

Manchester City 1 Leeds United 2

This has to go down as one of the most historic wins for any Leeds United team against the star studded and runaway leaders of The Premiership. Throw in the fact that Leeds played with ten men for all the second half which included six minutes of injury time, had two shots on goal with a return of two goals to City's 29 shots then this was truly an epic win. Leeds had played well in the first half and Bamford was unlucky not to convert Tyler Roberts cross which just went behind him as he seemed destined to tap it home. It was in the five minuets before half time that this game took on a different complexion and which was to set up a defy at all odds performance from a brilliant Leeds team.

Northern Ireland International and one of Leeds… Read more

Fulham 1 Leeds United 2

Another milestone for Bielsa was achieved on Friday night as Leeds finally won away in London for the first time in 17 games in all competitions. The previous occasion The Whites won in the capital was a 3-1 win at Queens Park Rangers. Leeds started the game in a whirlwind fashion and had two goals disallowed in the first half. Luke Ayling brilliant header was ruled out by the video assistant referee as Tylor Roberts top part pf his shoulder was deemed offside when crossing the ball into the area and then when Raphinha was rightly called offside before slotting home.

However on the 29 minute Patrick Bamford gave England manager Gareth Southgate something to think about after he left him out of the squad for the first World Cup qualifying games when smashing home from six yards. Fulham were level on 38 minutes when… Read more

Leeds United 0 Chelsea 0

The cards were turned on Leeds today regarding the possession stakes where their total possession figure of 38.1% is their lowest recorded in any of their 120 league games under Marcelo Bielsa. However this figure doesn't tell the full story as the home side had the best chances in the game and against a Chelsea side who have only conceded two goals in their ten Premierships under new coach Thomas Tuchel. It was also the home sides first draw in 19 Premier League fixtures since their goalless draw with The Gunners last November.

Leeds started very brightly against the slick Londoners and Roberts had the ball in the net on nine minutes but Bamford had been offside when receiving the pass from Raphinha. Then the home side had a luck escape when an Ayling clearance from 12 yards rebounded back off Llorente, hit the crossbar… Read more

West Ham Unite 2 Leeds United 0

Once again the London curse hit Leeds as they lost their five games in the capital this season and 13 out of the last 14 there. As always Leeds dominated the possession stakes but woeful finishing in front of goal and terrible defending cost them dearly. In his after match interview The Hammers manager David Moyes conceded that they were disappointed with the way they played against an excellent Leeds team. The Whites started off brilliantly and had two goals disallowed both via VAR. One showed the ball was out of play when Raphinha crossed in for Bamford to score and then Helder Costa's knee was adjudged offside as he crossed for Roberts's to score.

The let off seemed to spur the home side on but a poor tackle by Ayling on 21 minutes on Man United loanee Lingard gifted them the first… Read more

Leeds United 0 Aston Villa 1

Leeds succumbed to their sixth home defeat of the season in a game were they had 69 per cent possession but that old failing of not taking your chances continues to haunt Bielsa's men. To compound matters Villa took the lead on five minutes when the unmarked Anwar El Ghazi scored the only goal of the game. He superbly controlling Ollie Watkins cross and shot past a helpless Illan Meslier. Villa were without their talisman Jack Grealish but they pressed Leeds straight from the off and knocked the home side out of their usual rhythm.

The new pitch at Elland Road cut up badly and with players from both sides slipping it certainly is not conducive to the flowing football that the home side like to play. After conceding the early goal Villa defended excellently and although Roberts, Bamford and Raphinha ( he headed… Read more

Leeds United 3 Southampton 0

Bielsa's faith in the much maligned Patrick Bamford was once again proven correct when he notched his 13th goal in The Premiership to set Leeds on the road to a brilliant three points after consecutive league defeats to Arsenal and Wolves respectively. Leeds started the game on the back foot as The Saints pressed high up the pitch and didn't allow the home side to dictate matter from the off as has been the case all season. The Saints should have scored after five minutes but Jan Vestegaard headed wide from a corner after loosing his marker Struijk. Southampton were very aggrieved at two refereeing decisions in the first half which went against then but later were proved correct by the TV pundits on Sky Sports.

The first was a penalty awarded after The Saints winger Tella went down in the box following a challenge by… Read more

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Leeds United 0

This was a game that Leeds certainly deserved at least a point from but a goalkeeping own goal, a goal chalked off by VAR which to the naked eye looks on side and with the Wolves keeper Rui Patricio having to make seven saves it's easy to see why the players and fans were frustrated. Wolves have now done the double over Leeds in The Premiertship and remain unbeaten in nine such meetings at Molineux (W6 D3) since a 0-2 loss in September 1973.

Once again Kalvin Phillips was missing and his absence in the midfield area is sorely missed. Wolves took the lead just after the hour mark when Adama Traore hit a cracking effort from outside the penalty area against the crossbar but the ball rebounded off the back of Illan Meslier's head into the Leeds goal. It was tough luck on the… Read more

Arsenal 4 Leeds United 2

While the scoreline doesn't auger well for The Whites especially when one considers we were 3-0 down at half time it was a game that Leeds keeper Meslier will want to forget. It was a nightmare game for the twenty year old who has been superb all season but he must hold up his hand in being responsible for three of the goals. Leeds have won just one of their last 24 away league games in London (D6 L17) and this includes the four games they have played this season in the capital.

Aubameyang opened the scoring on 14th minute when he beat Meslier at his near post with the keeper anticipating him shooting to the opposite corner. Leeds had a lucky escape on 35 minutes when thankfully VAR's intervention led to referee Stuart Atwell overturning an Arsenal penalty after Bukayo Saka was brought down… Read more

Leeds United 2 Crystal Palace 0

Leeds got off to a dream start when after three minutes Jack Harrison's shot on goal took a big deflection off Gary Cahill to leave The Eagles keeper Guaita stranded. On a evening where Kalvin Phillips made his 200th appearance in all competitions for Leeds it was the tonic start for the home side. Unfortunately for Kalvin he went off injured late on in the game and is now a major doubt for the Arsenal game. Summer signing Raphinha was on fire for The Whites curling in a free-kick over the top and then had a shot on the turn blocked by Cahill as Leeds create many chances. With these displays it's no wonder that the talk is about Liverpool and Man United taking a big interest in him in what has been a superb start for him in The Premiership.

Centre back Struijk… Read more

Leeds United 1 Everton 2

Leeds were playing at home for only the second time in seven matches and were doing so on a newly-installed pitch which they had been bought for £300,000 from Tottenham. After digging up the previous pitch which had come in for much criticism it was hoped that the better surface would facilitate Leeds brand of football but once again their achilles heel in defending came back to haunt them. Leeds had only conceded six goals in their past six league games and boss Marcelo Bielsa will be seething with the poor defending particularly the second goal which once again came from a corner kick. Leeds have conceded 17 goals via set-pieces in the Premier League this season (including penalties), the most of any side.

The Toffees took the lead on nine minutes when Lucas Digne's cross from the left wing was side footed home by Sigurdsson.… Read more

Leicester City 1 Leeds United 3

Leeds travelled to The King Power Stadium to take on the flying Foxes today where a win would put home side second in The Premiership. However they were left disappointed as Bielsa's men put in a brilliant shift to atone for the drubbing they received earlier in the season at Elland Road from Brendan Rodger's boys. If one man deserved the plaudits it was the much maligned Patrick Bamford who steeped up today with two assists and a super goal to rightly get the Man od The Match Award. Only the great Tony Yeboah (17) had a hand in more goals in their first 20 Premier League games for Leeds than Sir Paddy who has 15 this season.

The Foxes started the game brightly and took the lead on 13 minutes when Harvey Barnes scored after a wonderful run and quick exchange with James… Read more