Leeds United 1-1 Crystal Palace highlights: Whites held to draw in final Australia friendly
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Leeds’ Australia tour comes to an end with today’s fixture against fellow Premier League side Crystal Palace.
Patrick Vieira’s team have faced Manchester United and Liverpool so far this summer while Leeds have taken on Blackpool, Brisbane Roar and Aston Villa, winning drawing and losing one of their pre-season friendlies.
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Hide AdThe Whites have one more friendly fixture scheduled after today’s game, much closer to home when they take on Serie B outfit Cagliari at Elland Road later this month.
Today’s game will serve as good preparation for the upcoming Premier League season which gets underway for United on August 6th with a home tie against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Keep up to date with all the live match action, build-up, player ratings, reaction and post-match quotes in our match blog here.
Leeds United 1-1 Crystal Palace highlights: Whites held to draw in final Australia friendly
Teams arriving at the Optus Stadium right about now. Palace unable to bring a full-strength squad due to entry restrictions meaning there are plenty of young and inexperienced players in their squad to face Leeds.
Could we see another Marc Roca-Tyler Adams midfield partnership from the start today?
Adams has been speaking to the YEP about his budding relationship with the Spaniard.
‘He’s a lefty, I’m a righty’
Bullish Vieira
“The tour has been good so far. When you play (Manchester) United and Liverpool in front of 80,000 and you look at the intensity of the game, those two games so far have helped us grow as a team.”
Welcome to Perth
Good morning. We’re live on the ground in Perth today where Leeds take on Crystal Palace.
YEP chief football writer Graham Smyth is at the Optus Stadium in Western Australia for this morning’s friendly.
11:05am kick-off BST, so still a couple of hours until kick-off. Make yourselves comfortable.
All the build-up to the game right here.