Match Report: Leeds United v Sunderland – 9 April 2024

Leeds Utd faced Sunderland on the evening of Tuesday 9th April 2024, in the English Championship, looking to get back to winning ways, and maintain their push towards the automatic promotion places for the 2023/24 season.

The match would kick off at 8pm at Elland Road, and be broadcast in the UK on Sky Sports, refereed by Tim Robinson.

The match finished 0-0.

Leeds will be disappointed not to have gone top of the league, as Leicester City, the league leaders, were beaten 1-0 away at Millwall, though this point does put Leeds into second place, if only for a day, as Ipswich play tomorrow evening.

Leeds will feel aggrieved not to have taken all three points on this evening, though, as they looked comfortable, while never threatening much in the final third, and had two clear handballs inside the area missed in either half.

They did enough to win this match, but looked a little nervous again, as the season comes to the business end.

Team Lineups

Leeds United

Leeds lined up with a 4-2-3-1 formation with the following players:

• 1 Meslier
• 22 Gray
• 14 Rodon
• 4 Ampadu
• 3 Firpo
• 44 Gruev
• 8 Kamara
• 20 James
• 24 Rutter
• 10 Summerville
• 9 Bamford

Substitutes

• 5 Cresswell
• 6 Cooper
• 7 Piroe
• 12 Anthony
• 25 Byram
• 28 Darlow
• 29 Gnonto
• 33 Roberts
• 49 Joseph

Sunderland Lineup

Sunderland also opted for a 4-2-3-1 formation, with the following players:

• 1 Patterson
• 32 Hume
• 13 O’Nien
• 5 Ballard
• 6 Pembélé
• 39 Ekwah
• 24 Neil
• 31 Rigg
• 28 Styles
• 20 Clarke
• 7 Bellingham

Substitutes

• 9 Silva Semedo
• 10 Roberts
• 14 Mundle
• 17 Ba
• 22 Aouchiche
• 30 Bishop
• 33 Hjelde
• 42 Alese
• 46 Dack

Leeds United Standings – 9 April 2024

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leicester City	41	28	4	9	79	37	42	88
2	Leeds United	42	26	9	7	76	33	43	87
3	Ipswich Town	41	26	9	6	84	52	32	87
4	Southampton	40	23	9	8	78	52	26	78
5	West Bromwich Albion	41	19	12	10	64	41	23	69
6	Norwich City	42	20	8	14	75	60	15	68
7	Coventry City	41	17	12	12	66	49	17	63
8	Preston North End	41	18	9	14	56	56	0	63
9	Middlesbrough	41	18	7	16	58	53	5	61
10	Hull City	40	17	10	13	57	52	5	61
11	Cardiff City	41	17	5	19	46	57	-11	56
12	Bristol City	41	15	9	17	44	45	-1	54
13	Sunderland	42	15	8	19	51	50	1	53
14	Watford	41	12	15	14	57	55	2	51
15	Swansea City	41	12	11	18	49	62	-13	47
16	Queens Park Rangers	42	12	11	19	40	54	-14	47
17	Millwall	42	12	11	19	39	54	-15	47
18	Blackburn Rovers	41	12	10	19	56	66	-10	46
19	Stoke City	41	12	10	19	40	56	-16	46
20	Plymouth Argyle	42	11	12	19	57	66	-9	45
21	Huddersfield Town	42	9	16	17	46	69	-23	43
22	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	7	23	35	66	-31	43
23	Birmingham City	41	11	9	21	45	63	-18	42
24	Rotherham United	41	4	11	26	32	82	-50	23
Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts