Leeds United dominated the game against Ipswich, with goals from Pascal Struijk, Leif Davis (own goal), Joel Piroe, and Patrick Bamford, ending with a 4-0 victory. Ipswich struggled to keep up, with Leeds' aggressive play and quality subs further securing their win. In a subsequent game against Preston, Leeds drew 0-0 at half-time, but Illan Meslier's red card led to a 1-0 loss. Meslier's actions caused Leeds to play with 10 men, and Preston capitalized on the advantage to secure the win.
Rutter stands up to a challenge and wins Leeds a corner. 71st min. #lufc
Three at the back now. #lufc
Leeds subs: Summerville, Spence and Kamara off, Gnonto, Joseph and Gruev on. 68 mins. #lufc
Holmes wins a corner for Preston. 66th min. #lufc
Subs coming - Gnonto among them. #lufc
Leeds seeing very little possession now but a break lets Summerville win a corner. 63rd min. #lufc
Leeds United are down to 10 men. Illan Meslier is shown his marching orders after inexplicably pushing Milutin Osmajic in the face. 🎥 @SkyFootball https://t.co/z5nHPyRFay
Darlow's first job, to pick the ball out of the net. Simple stuff - cross into the box, Browne gets up and plants a sharp heard into the corner of the net. 1-0 on 58 mins. #lufc
GOAL: 1-0 Preston #lufc
Without seeing a replay, that was quite an obvious reaction from Meslier which was asking for trouble. Will be a three-match ban. Darlow in nets. Looks like Leeds are going 4-2-3, with Rutter through the middle and James/Summerville either side of him.
Leeds sub: Piroe off, Darlow on. 55th min. #lufc
Meslier sent off. Out of nowhere. Preston swing a cross in. Meslier takes it but then reacts to Whiteman, aiming an elbow in his direction. Straight red. Darlow's league debut coming up...#lufc
RED CARD: Meslier. #lufc
Rutter dallies in possession, Preston hustle him out of it and look for Osmajic running through. Struijk there to stick a toe in and prevent a shot. 0-0 on 52 mins. #lufc
Bit of early Leeds pressure wins a corner. 48th min. #lufc
No changes for Leeds. Second half is underway...#lufc
HT: Preston 0 Leeds 0. #lufc
Preston been having the better of the last 10 minutes. They've got a corner. 40th min. #lufc
Whiteman shot blocked after Millar has another run down the left. Millar v Gray is where the main pressure has come from Preston so far. 0-0 on 15 mins. #lufc
Ten minutes without any major dramas at either end. One low cross from Liam Millar which Leeds dealt with. Shot from Alan Browne blocked outside the box. 0-0. #lufc
Rampant Leeds make their point with emphatic win to close gap on Ipswich https://t.co/BMFem45b71
Leeds subs: Rutter and Piroe off, Joseph and Bamford on. 82nd min. #lufc
Leeds subs: Kamara (arguably MOTM to this point) and Spence off, Gruev and Firpo on. Seen some real quality from Spence today (not that it wasn't always there). 73rd min. #lufc
Ipwich in disarray again as Leeds nick the ball and go at the them, again from deep. Ball eventually falls to Piroe who steadies himself and smashes in a finish from 12 yards. Hladky no chance. 4-0 on 53 mins. #lufc
CROSSBAR: Piroe with a driven shot from an angle, off the underside of the bar. Rutter with a ball through to him. Hladky beaten. Leeds sensing a chance to properly dish it out now. 3-0 on 48 mins. #lufc
Third-placed Leeds are 3-0 up at half-time against second-placed Ipswich! 👀 #BBCFootball https://t.co/GomuYzTbgw
You wondered who'd turn up for this, and Leeds really have. Standing ovation as the whistle goes for the break. Ipswich made to look a distant second best in that half. #lufc
HT: Leeds 3 Ipswich 0. #lufc
Davis, again. Trips Summerville after Leeds counter and James plays Summerville in. Contact. Fair call. Piroe takes... 44th min. #lufc
LEEDS PENALTY #lufc
Leeds have corner. 40th min. #lufc
Big challenge from Spence on Burns, scrapping for the ball, kind of epitomising the commitment to this half. Leeds been very aggressive when Ipswich have the ball. 2-0 on 37 mins. #lufc
Yellow card: James gets the wrong side of Davis and stops a break with a tangle of legs. 34th min. #lufc
2-0 Leeds. Summerville with a trademark run, into the danger zone on the left, cuts the ball back across goal and Davis turns it into his own net. Couldn't resist the temptation to flick a leg at it. #lufc
Leif Davis likes to commit forward and Leeds have been trying to exploit that by working possession to James when they get the chance. 21 minutes in. 1-0. #lufc
Leeds United take an early lead! Captain Pascal Struijk reacts quickest after Vaclav Hladky denies Joel Piroe. It's only the second corner Ipswich have conceded from this season. #LUFC | #ITFC 🎥 @SkyFootball https://t.co/sbHgBIejir
Leeds' pressing been good so far, keeping Ipswich very honest at the back. #lufc
Summerville leads the counter, Spence carries it on and Leeds have their first corner. 8th min. #lufc
Been homing in on this fixture for a while. Leeds to kick off. #lufc