Leeds United U21 2 West Ham U21 5: Recap and analysis from Elland Road
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The Whites youngsters are back in the country’s top tier of Academy football following last season’s promotion as play-offs winners and Michael Skubala’s side started the new campaign with impressive away wins at Brighton and Manchester United’s under-21s.
A first home clash of the new Premier League Two Division One season then presented itself against West Ham in a 7pm kick-off under the Elland Road lights. But the evening proved a very hard for Skubala’s young side as a senior international excelled for the Irons. Here is a recap of the night’s events.
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Key Events
- 7pm kick-off at Elland Road
Ones to watch
Luca Thomas bagged a hat-trick in the opening weekend at Brighton so he’s an obvious one. Watch out Joel Piroe. McGurk excelled in last weekend’s win at Manchester United with a goal and brilliant dummy for the second. Could he give himself a shout of making the bench at Salford perhaps? Moore has already made the first team bench and Mullen very highly thought of and in and around the first team too, and van den Heuvel previously. Crew has been making big strides but you could go through the whole team, should be an interesting watch.
Positions prediction
GK - van den Heuvel, LB - Ferguson, RB - Moore, CBs - Mullen and Monteiro; CMs - Jenkins and Crew; LW - Douglas, RW - Carole, ACM - McGurk, ST - Thomas.
Warm ups
Ongoing at Elland Road, fans starting to take their seats in the East Stand, hard to know what the attendance will be like. Only that stand open.
Leeds subs
Leeds United under-21s subs v West Ham under-21s: Ombang, Coleman, Godden, Spencer, Debayo.