Leeds 0-1 Brighton LIVE SCORE: Welbeck gives Seagulls lead as Whites stare down barrel at Premier League drop
LEEDS are behind in a crucial clash in their bid for survival as they take on Brighton in their final home game of the season.
Former Man Utd star Danny Welbeck has given the Seagulls the lead at Elland Road.
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Leeds 0-1 Brighton
58. Oooh, that's a chance!
March's corner curls all the way through to the far post where Gross in unmarked and unchallenged.
The midfielder heads back across goal, but over instead of in.
Leeds 0-1 Brighton
57. Raphinha shows less composure at the other end, spooning behind a clearance under little pressure from the visitors.
Leeds 0-1 Brighton
56. Dunk continues to marshal the movement of Gelhardt.
You get the impression that the young forward has a moment of brilliance in his locker, but he's been given very little opportunity to shine by Brighton's reliable captain.
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54. This is much, much better from Leeds.
Harrison and Raphinha combine down the right, presenting the latter with another opportunity to cross.
The Brazilian picks out Rodrigo at the near post, whose flick goalwards is diverted behind by the alert Dunk.
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53. Another set-piece, another half-chance for the hosts.
Raphinha's free-kick from deep is headed away from a packed penalty area by Welbeck, but only as far as Harrison on the follow up.
The midfielder strikes first time, but the shot was always on the rise and disappears into the stand.
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51. Raphinha takes on corner kick duties too, and curls in from the right.
It's met by the glancing head of Firpo from an ambitious angle, and travels over.
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50. Who knew Raphinha had a long throw in his armoury?
The Brazilian launches one into the box, and it's headed behind by Cucurella.
Corner to Leeds.
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47. Leeds are looking to start the second period quickly.
Rodrigo releases Gelhardt, who doesn't have the legs to get away from Veltman.
Instead, he holds play up and feeds Raphinha, who cuts inside and curls over 25 yards.
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Second half kick-off – Leeds 0-1 Brighton
46. Here we go! A huge 90 minutes in the history of Leeds United has become a huge 45 minutes.
As it stands, United – complete with their awful goal difference – are in the bottom three with one game still to play at Brentford.
As it stands, Graham Potter's high-flying Seagulls are up to eighth.
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First half facts and figures
There's little in these two teams' numbers following the opening 45 minutes, except when it comes to the attempts on target.
Brighton have continually threatened the Leeds goal.
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Half-time – Leeds 0-1 Brighton
Barely any boos, but the half-time whistle is met with a whole lot of frustration from home fans who have watched their team be significantly second best.
However, it was only an astonishing Robert Sanchez save that stopped this game being level at the break. The Spaniard somehow kept out Mateusz Klich's shot to ensure that the lead given to them by Danny Welbeck's cool finish remains in tact.
There's a lot of work for Leeds to do in the second half if they want to ensure their place among the elite next season.
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45. There will be two minutes added on before the Leeds players trudge off to… well, I'm not sure what kind of reaction they'll receive.
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44. Ouch! Cucurella is caught in the face by a flying boot from Rodrigo!
It actually looked worse on first viewing, and Brighton's Player of the Season probably saved himself from damage by beginning to take cover before contact was made.
The Spaniard is fine to continue.
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42. What an incredible save by Sanchez!
Raphinha pulls the corner back towards the edge of the area, where it's met perfectly by Klich.
The swerving shot is flying inside the near post until the Brighton keeper throws himself across to push behind.
Sanchez has hurt himself in the process, but you won't have seen many better saves this season.
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39. Mike Dean plays a good advantage as March wipes out Harrison, and Leeds have the chance to break.
Phillips is the man making the overlapping run, but the pass in his direction isn't the best.
The midfielder manages to make the best of it, and gets a crisp shot away that thumps into the advertising hoarding a yard wide of the right post.
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37. A crucial challenge from Robin Koch may have just kept Leeds in this game. It may have just kept them in the Premier League.
Trossard appeared clean through on goal following March's through ball, but the German never gave up and just got back just in time to slide in successfully before the Belgian could make it 2-0.
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35. Ironic cheers as Rodrigo plays a successful two-yard pass to Firpo.
It's not his fault that Leeds paid £27m for him.
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33. It's all too easy for Brighton, who are given too much space on the left wing.
The room allows Trossard time to weigh up his delivery and then pick out the run of March, who loops a header over the crossbar.
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32. Leeds legend Pablo Hernandez is watching on from the stands this afternoon.
How the home side could do with a player of his ability and desire.
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30. We're back underway, but not before Kalvin Phillips hurls his water bottle to the ground in frustration.
He's a man really fearing a cut-price move to Manchester United in the summer.
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28. There's a break in play as goalscorer Welbeck goes down injured, and requires treatment.
It gives those in white the chance to regroup – and perhaps regain composure.
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26. Rodrigo is the player getting the brunt of the home fans' frustrations right now.
Leeds' record signing has misplaced a couple of straightforward passes in the last five minutes.
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25. The Leeds players are fighting back, but without any real composure.
Gelhardt misplaces a pass intended for Raphinha and wastes an opportunity to attack.
However, those in white keep snapping away, and win the ball back high up the pitch.
Eventually, it falls into the path of Harrison, who blasts over from the edge of the penalty area.
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23. The atmosphere has turned inside Elland Road, and it's now a combination of frustration, nerves, worry and anger than emanate from the stands.
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21. Danny Welbeck breaks the deadlock, and it's a Brighton goal that had been coming.
Rodrigo fails to find Jack Harrison, and the visitors flow forward in numbers.
Yves Bissouma's threads a pass through that should be comfortably dealt with by Diego Llorente, but the defender gets himself in an awful mess under pressure from Welbeck.
The striker sends the Spaniard sprawling, and then keeps his cool to lift cheekily over Illan Meslier.
That could be a knife through the hearts of Leeds' Premier League status.
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