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  • Kick-off: 12:15
  • Venue: Elland Road
  • Attendance: 20440
  • Referee: Laws, G

Live Commentary

90mins

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

90mins

Adrian Serioux is being taken off, Kevin Braniff has come on in his place.

85mins

Marcus Phillips goes into the referees book for dissent.

80mins

Leeds are replacing Jermaine Wright with Frazer Richardson.

79mins

Millwall are replacing Josh Simpson with Ben May.

79mins

Marvin Elliott is being taken off, Sam Igoe has come on in his place.

76mins

Leeds are replacing Robbie Blake with Michael Ricketts.

74mins

Sean Gregan is booked for unsporting behaviour.

73mins

David Healy takes a penalty for Leeds and scores!.

66mins

David Healy is booked for unsporting behaviour.

61mins

Goal!! Millwall have scored with Don Hutchison putting it in the back of the net.

46mins

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

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by G Laws

41mins

The referee has booked Barry Hayles.

28mins

Goal!! Leeds have scored with David Healy putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

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

Match Report

Northern Ireland striker David Healy scored a spectacular opener and a penalty to give Leeds United a winning start to the season and deny Colin Lee victory in his first game in charge of Millwall.

Don Hutchison, signed on a six-month contract from West Ham, hit a glorious equaliser for the Lions but Healy had the last word with his second-half penalty.

Leeds had Eddie Lewis, Dan Harding and Robbie Blake making their debuts, while Millwall, who lost five key players in the summer, had Jamie Vincent and Hutchison making their first starts.

Millwall fans boycotted the game en masse in response to Leeds' insistence that they travel by coach in organised parties.

The Londoners survived by the skin of their teeth when Lewis drove fractionally wide from an early golden chance but the American winger made amends in the 28th minute with an in-swinging corner which arrived inside the six-yard box for Healy to volley cleverly over his shoulder and score the first goal at Elland Road this season.

Barry Hayles was left isolated in the Mllwall attack, with Paul Butler and Sean Gregan composed at the heart of Leeds' defence.

Former Leeds midfielder Jody Morris, who scored from the penalty box in this fixture last season, was booed whenever he touched the ball but he was the innocent party when Shaun Derry and Eirik Bakke caught him with late tackles which should have earned bookings.

Leeds played the neater football and Bakke, who made his first start for 18 months, was unlucky not to score when Andy Marshall saved his close-range shot at the second attempt in the 53rd minute.

However, Millwall snatched a shock equaliser when Harding made a weak tackle, enabling Alan Dunne to play in Hutchison whose rising shot from just inside the penalty box gave Neil Sullivan no hope.

Leeds scored the winner with 17 minutes left when Bakke was brought down by Marvin Elliott, and Healy powered home the penalty.

Leeds United Team

Millwall Team

Leeds United

Millwall

Corners

66

Fouls

1812

Goal attempts

105

Shots off target

20

Offsides

40

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