Daniel Farke’s Whites were on the front foot from the off and went ahead after just 12 minutes through Junior Firpo who converted from close range after a Mateo Joseph cross. Leeds took a 1-0 advantage into the interval and doubled their advantage just after the hour mark through a neat finish from Georginio Rutter after Town failed to clear a Crysencio Summerville corner.
Summerville then squandered a fine chance to bag a third when racing away one-on-one only to fire wide but Leeds hit the back of the net one last time in the 90th minute through youngster Sam Chambers who blasted home a powerful finish from the edge of the box.
Leeds United writer Lee Sobot hands out the scores from the Exercise Stadium where Harry Gray, younger brother of Archie, was also handed a Whites debut from the bench.
7. Ilia Gruev
7 - Early signs of a decent partnership with new loan signing Joe Rothwell in the middle of the park. Some neat turns to change the play. Photo: Michael Regan
8. Joe Rothwell
7 - A pretty decent debut with some good passes forward, some of which came off and some didn't. Photo: Richard Sellers
9. Georginio Rutter
8 - A tidy finish for his goal and really got going after the break, playing as a no 10/attacking centre midfielder. Seemed to suit him well. Photo: Richard Sellers
10. Joel Piroe
7 - Signs of a good partnership with Mateo Joseph in the front line. Went close early on. Photo: Ben Roberts Photo
11. Mateo Joseph
8 - Excellent, yet again. Looked every inch a starting no 9. No goal to show for his efforts but lots of nice link-up play and generally looked a nuisance for the Town back line. Probably somewhere between an 8 and 9 out of 10. Well worth a first league start on this evidence, again. Photo: Richard Sellers
12. Karl Darlow (sub)
6 - A mixed bag, one excellent interception to save a certain goal but one particularly poor pass out from the back which led to a moment of worry. Photo: Alex Caparros