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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: Elland Road
  • Attendance: 16477
  • Referee: Webster, C

Live Commentary

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90mins

Leicester are replacing Danny Tiatto with Momo Sylla.

90mins

Adam Johnson is being taken off, Ian Westlake has come on in his place.

87mins

Josh Low is replaced by Alan Maybury.

87mins

Goal!! Leeds have scored with Paul Butler putting it in the back of the net.

86mins

Andy Welsh is booked for dissent.

81mins

Goal!! Iain Hume scores for Leicester.

79mins

Richard Cresswell is replaced by Robbie Blake.

60mins

Shaun Derry is booked for unsporting behaviour.

57mins

The referee has booked Jonathon Douglas.

57mins

David Healy is replaced by Hayden Foxe.

55mins

It's red. He's off. Matthew Kilgallon has been sent off.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by C Webster

45mins

David Healy goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

42mins

The referee has booked Paul Butler.

41mins

The referee has booked Richard Cresswell.

29mins

Goal!! Danny Tiatto scores for Leicester.

28mins

Stephen Hughes is booked for unsporting behaviour.

23mins

Gareth Williams is replaced by Andy Welsh.

Match Report

Matthew Kilgallon was sent off and Shaun Derry also faces suspension after collecting his fifth caution of the season as the crisis deepened at Elland Road.

Leicester collected their first away win of the season with goals by Danny Tiatto and Iain Hume, while Paul Butler's late header proved scant consolation for Leeds.

After conceding ten goals in their last three matches, Leeds badly needed to shore up their defence, but they looked vulnerable long before Tiatto's opener on the half-hour.

Elvis Hammond twice went close for Leicester, firing just past the angle of post and bar after only ten minutes and shooting high over the bar from 18 yards.

Leicester suffered a blow in the 23rd minute when midfielder Gareth Williams limped off after a collision with Richard Cresswell.

But the Foxes showed no sign of losing their rhythm and slack Leeds marking inside their penalty box was punished when Tiatto rifled a left-foot shot into the top left corner.

It was 40 minutes before Leicester keeper Conrad Logan was tested and he proved equal to the task by scrambling David Healy's powerful 30-yard effort round a post.

Leeds, with 19-year-old winger Adam Johnson making his debut in place of Eddie Lewis whose wife had given birth earlier in the day, lacked a cutting edge.

Leicester should have scored again just before the interval but, with only Neil Sullivan to beat, Josh Low shot wide of the far post.

And Leeds rode their luck again two minutes after the break when Derry cleared Patrick Kisnorbo's shot off the line.

Leeds' woes continued in the 54th minute when Hume's long through ball threatened to release Hammond, who stumbled following Kilgallon's challenge inside the area. After consulting his assistant, referee Colin Webster showed Kilgallon the red card.

Sullivan produced a superb save from the resultant free-kick from Hume, who had another shot brilliantly turned aside by the Leeds keeper who spared his side from a heavier defeat.

Hume was eventually rewarded as he beat Sullivan with a low angled drive from the right on 81 minutes and, although Butler headed a consolation goal four minutes from the end, Leicester deserved their win.

Leeds United Team

Leicester City Team

Leeds United

Leicester City

Corners

43

Fouls

1817

Goal attempts

511

Shots off target

15

Offsides

35

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