Coming out of left-field - Jack Harrison's numbers show his influence for Leeds United against Bristol City

Jack Harrison sent in four times more accurate crosses in Leeds United's 1-0 win over Bristol City than he has averaged all season.
Jack Harrison saw a lot of the ball on Saturday (Pic: Bruce Rollinson)Jack Harrison saw a lot of the ball on Saturday (Pic: Bruce Rollinson)
Jack Harrison saw a lot of the ball on Saturday (Pic: Bruce Rollinson)

His crossing statistics show just how influential Harrison was during the game and how much Leeds relied on him as a supply source on the left flank.

Harrison ordinarily produces one accurate cross per game, with an additional three inaccurate crosses.

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But against the Robins, Harrison sent in 14 crosses, four of which were accurate.

This season he has averaged 1.7 successful dribbles per game and on Saturday he completed two.

He was up against Tomas Kalas, who found himself penned in at right-back and unable to get Bristol up the pitch or contribute to his team's offensive output. Kalas ended the game having sent in just one inaccurate cross, completing no key passes, long balls or through balls, with no shots attempted.

It was on the right hand side of the pitch that Leeds found their most successful dribbler of the ball against Bristol City. Helder Costa saw plenty of the ball and completed four dribbles, compared with his 1.4 per game average for the season.

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Costa also averages 1.4 shots per game and 0.5 on target shots per game. But he went for goal four times at Elland Road in the weekend's victory, three of which resulted in shots on target, two of which produced brilliant saves from Bristol City stopper Daniel Bentley.

The Portuguese winger was unable to keep left-back Jay DaSilva as quiet as Kalas, however. DaSilva completed five dribbles and made one key pass, while boasting Bristol City's only accurate cross of the entire 90 minutes.