Leeds United 1-1 Coventry City highlights: Summerville strike cancelled out in bad-tempered draw

Leeds United host Coventry City at Elland Road this afternoon, looking to get back to winning ways after the disappointment of a midweek defeat away to Sunderland.

Daniel Farke's side could only watch as Leicester City and Ipswich Town re-opened the gap between Leeds and the automatic promotion spots to ten points over the course of this week. The Whites' recent run remains extremely positive despite defeat at the Stadium of Light, with nine wins from their last 12 Championship fixtures.

However, record-breaking starts to the season by the Foxes and Kieran McKenna's Ipswich means Leeds have had to acquaint themselves with third spot for much of the campaign.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

This afternoon's opponents held fourth-place Southampton to a draw in midweek and were last season's defeated play-off finalists. Despite Mark Robins' side struggling without talismanic centre forward Viktor Gyokeres this term, the Midlands club have picked up a handful of good results in recent weeks, including their 1-1 scoreline against Russell Martin's Saints, a 2-0 win over Wayne Rooney's Birmingham City as well as victories-to-nil against Plymouth Argyle and Millwall.

Build-up, team news, goal and score updates here throughout the afternoon at Elland Road. Kick-off is at 3pm.

Leeds United vs Coventry City LIVE

85' Piroe off; Gelhardt on.

84' Gelhardt ready to come on.

82' Collins (GK) booked for time-wasting.

78' Gnonto and Bamford on; Kamara and Spence off.

Palmer on for Simms. Allen on for Van Ewijk.

77' Georginio denied twice in quick succession by the Coventry 'keeper. First at the end of a lung-busting run through the middle. His rasping effort parried away, before the cross comes back in when a less powerful strike was palmed clear.

75' Ampadu booked for a lunge in the middle.

Needs to be more brutal

71' Summerville's shot from the left parried by Collins. Piroe's follow-up is at an awkward height and he blazes over the crossbar.

69' Big chance for Coventry, Struijk left behind on the left, ball eventually whipped across goal and Gray does just enough and O'Hare can't get control of it at the back stick. Leeds at sixes and sevens defensively all of a sudden.

66' Sky Blues level. Sakamoto's cross is met by centre-half Bobby Thomas at the back post. Soft to concede after good defending throughout. Simms and Meslier tussling after the goal, both now booked. Sakamoto and Latibeaudiere subbed off for O'Hare and Wright, too.

Now, they're cooking

60' Pass of the game from Ampadu who threads one from the halfway line to the six-yard box, finding Dan James' run in the process. Winger fizzes a shot across the face of the box.

Comment Guidelines

National World encourages reader discussion on our stories. User feedback, insights and back-and-forth exchanges add a rich layer of context to reporting. Please review our Community Guidelines before commenting.