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Joel Piroe coolly dispatched his penalty down the middleJoel Piroe scored a dramatic stoppage-time penalty as Leeds beat Preston at Elland Road to move within four points of the Championship automatic promotion spots.
The hosts were stunned after 65 seconds when Liam Lindsay's header back across the 18-yard box fell to Liam Millar who pinged a low ball across the six-yard area for Will Keane to turn home his fifth goal in six games.
The lead lasted just a few minutes in a helter-skelter start as Crysencio Summerville played in Junior Firpo who stood up a cross to the back post where Dan James headed in.
Preston withstood plenty of second-half pressure and looked to have earned a point until Piroe coolly stroked home his spot-kick after the ball bounced up on to the arm of Preston midfielder Ryan Ledson.
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Line-ups
Leeds
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Meslier
- 22Gray
- 14Rodon
- 4Ampadu
- 3FirpoBooked at 76minsSubstituted forByramat 76'minutes
- 44Gruev
- 8KamaraSubstituted forPiroeat 76'minutes
- 20James
- 24RutterBooked at 67minsSubstituted forJosephat 90+8'minutes
- 10SummervilleBooked at 38minsSubstituted forCooperat 90+6'minutes
- 9BamfordBooked at 85mins
Substitutes
- 6Cooper
- 7Piroe
- 12Anthony
- 13Klaesson
- 17Shackleton
- 25Byram
- 27Poveda
- 30Gelhardt
- 49Joseph
Preston
Formation 3-5-2
- 21CornellBooked at 83mins
- 14Storey
- 6LindsayBooked at 62mins
- 16Hughes
- 44Potts
- 10Frökjaer-JensenSubstituted forWoodburnat 90'minutes
- 4WhitemanBooked at 8mins
- 13McCannBooked at 34minsSubstituted forLedsonat 70'minutesBooked at 85mins
- 23MillarSubstituted forBrowneat 77'minutes
- 7KeaneSubstituted forBradyat 77'minutes
- 19RiisSubstituted forStewartat 77'minutesBooked at 86mins
Substitutes
- 3Cunningham
- 5Bauer
- 8Browne
- 11Brady
- 17Stewart
- 18Ledson
- 20Woodburn
- 33Best
- 38Pradic
Referee:David Webb
Attendance:36,570
Live Text
Match ends, Leeds United 2, Preston North End 1.
Second Half ends, Leeds United 2, Preston North End 1.
Foul by Mateo Joseph (Leeds United).
Brad Potts (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Leeds United. Mateo Joseph replaces Georginio Rutter.
Foul by Georginio Rutter (Leeds United).
Brad Potts (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Leeds United. Liam Cooper replaces Crysencio Summerville.
Goal! Leeds United 2, Preston North End 1. Joël Piroe (Leeds United) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty conceded by Ryan Ledson (Preston North End) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Ben Woodburn.
Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Robert Brady.
Substitution, Preston North End. Ben Woodburn replaces Mads Frökjaer-Jensen.
Attempt missed. Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ilia Gruev with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Brad Potts.
Ilia Gruev (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Layton Stewart (Preston North End).
Daniel James (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Robert Brady (Preston North End).
Attempt saved. Joël Piroe (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ilia Gruev.
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