Leeds secured a 3-1 victory over Burnley, moving closer to Premier League safety. Goals from Stach, Okafor, and Calvert-Lewin helped Leeds build a three-goal lead before Burnley's late consolation.
Key points
Leeds won 3-1 against Burnley.
Goals scored by Stach, Okafor, and Calvert-Lewin.
Leeds is nine points clear of the relegation zone.
Burnley is already relegated.
Loum Tchaouna scored a late goal for Burnley.
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Leeds all-but-secured another season in the Premier League with a comfortable-enough 3-1 win over already-relegated Burnley on Friday at Elland Road.
Anton Stach, Noah Okafor, and Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored as Leeds built a three-goal lead just after halftime to move nine points clear of 18th-place Spurs with three matches left on their docket.
Loum Tchaouna pulled one back for Burnley late in the game, but the Clarets remain just three points clear of basement-dwelling Wolves.
Ao Tanaka drives a hard, low shot toward Dubravka's right.
The keeper gets his arm low to block it but Calvert-Lewin lunges for the rebound and gets it over the line.
His boot comes down on the inside of Dubravka's prone leg in a very MCL sort of way and the keeper is down.
Noah Okafor goal — Leeds 2-0 Burnley
An eighth goal of the Premier League season for Noah Okafor makes it feel academic — Burnley rarely score multiple goals.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin's run takes him to the corner but he wisely back heels to the marauding Jayden Bogle, whose cross is volleyed home by Okafor.
Halftime — Leeds 1-0 Burnley
Shot attempts are 7-0 in favor of Leeds, who have held 65% of the ball.
No noticable new manager bump
Perhaps Burnley are just that far off the pack, because Scott Parker's exit has changed little about their on-field play.
As it stands, Leeds look set to be (essentially) safe within the next hour.
Anton Stach goal — Leeds 1-0 Burnley
Anton Stach completely fools Martin Dubravka by going for the near post and the magic man has pulled off the trick!
We'd call him the German Pascal Gross (that's the joke) but doesn't it feel like he's changed Leeds the same way Gross did upon his first arrival at Brighton?
Daniel Farke's team have pulled it together after a rough stretch saw them go 18th by the end of November. Leeds have gone 6W-11D-4L since the calendar hit December are now six points clear of the bottom three.
The visitors will be responding to the long-expected sealing of their demotion to the Championship, a loss to Manchester City at Turf Moor confirming their place in the bottom three.
There are a lot of questions about Burnley and boss Scott Parker and eyes will be on their reaction to the drop. The Clarets are three points above basement-dwelling Wolves and will play their fellow relegated side at Turf Moor to finish the season on May 24.
Desperation is usually a tiebreaker but Burnley may also do what many just-relegated clubs do and play with freedom now that the burden's been lifted off them and their fate is definite. We're not sure, however, that Burnley have the attacking talent for freedom to make much of a difference because expecting a sudden uptick from the league's worst defensive unit — despite the best efforts of Martin Dubravka — is unrealistic. Leeds 3-1 Burnley*.*
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