Man United vs Leeds

14 August 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 5 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Bruno Fernandes 30’, 54’, 60’
Mason Greenwood 52’
Fred 68’

Luke Ayling 49’

Match summary

Man United won comfortably, 5-1 at home to Leeds. Man United led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Bruno Fernandes put Man United ahead in the 30th minute, set up by Paul Pogba. In the second half, Luke Ayling equalised in the 49th minute, set up by Stuart Dallas, Mason Greenwood put Man United back in front in the 52nd minute, set up by Paul Pogba, Fernandes made it 3-1 in the 54th minute, set up by Paul Pogba, Fernandes made it 4-1 in the 60th minute, set up by Victor Lindelöf, and Fred made it 5-1 in the 68th minute, set up by Paul Pogba.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 1.64 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Leeds's 0.57 from 10.

Match stats

16 Shots 10

8 Shots on Target 3

5 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.64 xG 0.57

1.64 Non-penalty xG 0.57

8 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Man United Leeds

Kick-off

Bruno Fernandes
Assist: Paul Pogba

1-0

30’

Half-time1-0

49’

Luke Ayling
Assist: Stuart Dallas

1-1

Mason Greenwood
Assist: Paul Pogba

2-1

52’

Bruno Fernandes
Assist: Paul Pogba

3-1

54’

Bruno Fernandes
Assist: Victor Lindelöf

4-1

60’

Fred
Assist: Paul Pogba

5-1

68’

Full-time5-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Man United

Luke Shaw

Leeds

Liam Cooper
Raphinha

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Man United 1.64 xGLeeds 0.57 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Leeds attacking Man United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.36	1
Harry Maguire	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.13	2
Fred	MID	90	1		1	0.14	0.00	0
Scott McTominay	MID	70			1	0.05	0.02	1
Daniel James	MID	76			3	0.23	0.02	1
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90	3		4	0.78	0.12	3
Paul Pogba	MID	76		4	2	0.25	0.72	5
Mason Greenwood	FWD	90	1		3	0.12	0.23	1
Nemanja Matic	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.00	0
Anthony Martial	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jadon Sancho	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Illan Meslier	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luke Ayling	DEF	90	1		2	0.05	0.00	0
Pascal Struijk	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Liam Cooper	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Stuart Dallas	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.02	1
Raphinha	MID	90			2	0.30	0.10	1
Robin Koch	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mateusz Klich	MID	90			2	0.06	0.00	0
Jack Harrison	MID	70			1	0.02	0.06	2
Rodrigo	MID	47			0	0.00	0.00	0
Patrick Bamford	FWD	78			1	0.10	0.02	1
Júnior Firpo	Sub	43			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hélder Costa	Sub	20			1	0.02	0.00	0
Tyler Roberts	Sub	12			1	0.01	0.28	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 59% Avg odds 1.64

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.19

Leeds win 18% Avg odds 5.22

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Man United W L L D W

Leeds L W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Leeds 0-0 Man United, 25 Apr 21 Next meeting: Leeds 2-4 Man United, 20 Feb 22 All Man United vs Leeds meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.