Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Leeds U23 1st with 56 points, Fulham U23 10th with 30, 26 apart. Recent form flatters Fulham U23's table spot — 5th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 10th. Scoring rates set the scale: Fulham U23 1.58 scored and 1.92 conceded per game, Leeds U23 2.58 and 1.21, with the league averaging 1.72.
Fulham U23 had been beaten in three straight games. Leeds U23 entered with four wins in a row. The five-game form split read 3/15 points for Fulham U23 against 12/15 for Leeds U23.
London School of Economics in London, capacity 1,000, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.