Accrington Stanley 1-3 Leeds United: Jesse Marsch's side progress to fifth round

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Jack Harrison scored a stunning 25-yard thrust arsenic Leeds United progressed into the FA Cup 5th circular for the archetypal clip since 2016 astatine the disbursal of League One Accrington Stanley.

Harrison, who has been linked with a £20m determination to Leicester City, fired left-footed into the bottom-right country aft Patrick Bamford's lay-off to interruption the deadlock halfway done the archetypal half.

Leeds continued to property successful a lively archetypal fractional that saw 18 shots, with Luis Sinisterra having a curling effort tipped connected to the post.

They got the 2nd extremity their fantabulous guardant play deserved erstwhile Junior Firpo linked up brilliantly with Bamford, with the striker's dragged reverse walk allowing the left-back to slot location for his archetypal Leeds goal.

Sinisterra past sealed Leeds' comfy transition erstwhile helium opened his assemblage and guided location Harrison's cut-back from the punishment spot.

Accrington started brightly and yet got their reward erstwhile 18-year-old substitute Leslie Adekoya scored his archetypal elder extremity with a clever dink implicit Illan Meslier pursuing a transverse from the right.

Jesse Marsch's Leeds broadside person gone six Premier League games without triumph but the FA Cup is providing solace and could adhd assurance that boosts their endurance fight.

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Follow the remainder of Saturday's FA Cup fourth-round action, positive absorption to Accrington v Leeds

Line-ups

Accrington

Formation 3-5-2

40Savin
5Astley
34TharmeSubstituted forPicklesat 80'minutes
16Rodgers
14LongeloSubstituted forNolanat 80'minutes
6CoyleBooked astatine 39mins
7WhalleySubstituted forWoodsat 86'minutes
4Hamilton
11McConvilleSubstituted forQuirkat 80'minutes
8Leigh
20PressleySubstituted forAdekoyaat 80'minutesBooked astatine 90mins

Substitutes

1Jensen
17Nolan
21Perritt
22Martin
25Quirk
39Woods
42Adekoya
43Pickles
50Fernandes

Leeds

Formation 4-1-3-2

1Meslier
25Kristensen
5KochSubstituted forLlorenteat 76'minutes
39Wöber
3Firpo
8Roca
42GreenwoodBooked astatine 70mins
11HarrisonSubstituted forFernándezat 90+2'minutes
23SinisterraSubstituted forRodrigoat 69'minutes
24RutterSubstituted forPerkinsat 76'minutes
9BamfordSubstituted forAaronsonat 77'minutes

Substitutes

2Ayling
7Aaronson
14Llorente
16Perkins
18Gyabi
19Rodrigo
22Robles
40van den Heuvel
49Fernández
57Snowdon

Live Text

Match ends, Accrington Stanley 1, Leeds United 3.
Second Half ends, Accrington Stanley 1, Leeds United 3.
Leslie Adekoya (Accrington Stanley) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Rasmus Kristensen (Leeds United) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Leslie Adekoya (Accrington Stanley).
Substitution, Leeds United. Mateo Joseph replaces Jack Harrison.
Attempt missed. Leslie Adekoya (Accrington Stanley) header from the centre of the container misses to the right. Assisted by Tommy Leigh with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Rodrigo (Leeds United) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Rasmus Kristensen.
Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Tommy Leigh (Accrington Stanley).
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Josh Woods replaces Shaun Whalley.
Foul by Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United).
Ethan Hamilton (Accrington Stanley) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Attempt blocked. Rodrigo (Leeds United) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Brenden Aaronson.
Attempt saved. Rodrigo (Leeds United) close footed changeable from a hard space connected the close is saved successful the bottommost close corner. Assisted by Brenden Aaronson.
Goal! Accrington Stanley 1, Leeds United 3. Leslie Adekoya (Accrington Stanley) close footed changeable from precise adjacent scope to the apical near corner. Assisted by Sebastian Quirk.
Attempt saved. Tommy Leigh (Accrington Stanley) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is saved successful the bottommost close corner.
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Leslie Adekoya replaces Aaron Pressley.
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Aaron Pickles replaces Doug Tharme.
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Sebastian Quirk replaces Sean McConville.