Tues Feb 23rd 2021 PREMIER LEAGUE
Leeds United 3 Southampton 0 FT – 0-0 HT
Bamford (47’minutes), Dallas (78’minutes), Raphinha (84’minutes)
Assists – Roberts (47’minutes), Hélder Costa (78’minutes)
Patrick Bamford scored his 13th goal of the season to help Leeds end a run of back-to-back defeats to extend Southampton’s own winless run to a far more worrying eight matches.
The striker struck early in the second half, timing his run to perfection to beat offside and latch on to Tyler Roberts’ through-ball before firing a low shot into the far corner.
A neat Stuart Dallas finish from the edge of the box and Raphinha’s superb free-kick sealed the points.
No English player has scored more Premier League goals this season than Patrick Bamford (13, level with Harry Kane and Dominic Calvert-Lewin).
Patrick Bamford has been directly involved in more goals in all competitions under Marcelo Bielsa than any other Leeds player (48 – 39 goals, 9 assists).
Tyler Roberts has registered two assists in his last three league appearances for Leeds, as many as he managed in his previous 40.
Stuart Dallas has netted five Premier League goals this season for Leeds, only once before managing more in a single league campaign (6 in 2014/15 for Brentford).
Leeds’ Stuart Dallas has scored five league goals this season, the most by a Northern Irishman in the Premier League since Gareth McAuley (six) in 2016-17.
Raphinha’s strike was Leeds’ first direct free-kick goal in the Premier League March 2004, when Stephen McPhail scored against Manchester City.
Leeds have scored 43 goals in the Premier League this season, last netting more after 25 games of a top-flight campaign in 1991-92 when they won the First Division (48).
Leeds have kept clean sheets in consecutive home Premier League games for the first time since February 2003 (a run of 4).
League position 10th after 25 games
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