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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Withdean Stadium
  • Attendance: 8691
  • Referee: Taylor, P

Live Commentary

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90 mins

Leeds are replacing Jermaine Beckford with Mark De Vries.

88 mins

Jake Robinson is being taken off, Nicky Forster has come on in his place.

88 mins

Tommy Fraser is being taken off, Doug Loft has come on in his place.

83 mins

Brighton are replacing Bas Savage with Nathan Elder.

79 mins

Goal!! Tresor Kandol scores for Leeds.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

38 mins

Andy Hughes is replaced by Ian Westlake.

36 mins

Manuel Rui Marques is booked for unsporting behaviour.

36 mins

Andrew Whing goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

20 mins

The referee has booked Jermaine Beckford.

0 mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Brighton 0, Leeds 1
Tresor Kandol turned from villain to hero as Leeds remained unbeaten. The former Barnet striker missed a penalty a week ago in the 1-1 home draw against Leyton Orient.

He was on hand this time to pounce on a blunder by Brighton defender Adam El-Abd 11 minutes from time.

A cross from Frazer Richardson looked harmless as it bounced towards the near post. El-Abd mis-kicked, glancing the ball back towards his own goal.

Goalkeeper Michel Kuipers was at full-stretch to keep it out one-handed, but Kandol was there to pick up the pieces and convert his sixth goal of season from close-range.

It gave Leeds a victory they scarcely deserved in front of a record crowd at Withdean.

They had to play second-fiddle to in-form Brighton for most of the match and the home side were unfortunate to see their own unbeaten run of five games come to an end.

The lively Jake Robinson forced United's Danish keeper Casper Ankergren into a fingertip deflection early on, with a rasping shot from long range.

Frenchman David Martot also should have done better in the first half with a half-volley wide from a cross by Andrew Whing.

The prolific partnership of Kandol and Jermaine Beckford was kept quiet by a Brighton defence bidding for a fifth successive clean sheet in the League, although Kandol should have done better with an early header from a David Prutton cross which finished well wide of the target.

Kuipers acrobatically foiled a right-foot volley from former Brighton winger Seb Carole, but it was the home side who continued to carry the game to Leeds in the second-half.

Ankergren had to stretch to hold a curling effort from Alex Ravel and Martot went close with a swivelling right-foot volley from a cross from Bas Savage.

Leeds showed great resilience to hold out and have now won ten times in the League and drawn the other two.

Brighton and Hove Albion Team

Leeds United Team

Brighton and Hove Albion

Leeds United

Corners

8 2

Fouls

7 7

Goal attempts

13 12

Shots off target

7 8

Offsides

3 1

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