Premier League result - 10-man Leeds United and Aston Villa share spoils in scrappy goalless draw

Leeds and Aston Villa played out a scrappy 0-0 draw at Elland Road which will do little to appease either club's fanbase. The result sees Jesse Marsch's side preserve their unbeaten home record this season and move up into 12th. For Villa, they remain on eight points in 14th.

Ad The first half was a physical affair with 18 fouls and four yellow cards, but Villa had the first goalscoring opportunity, which Ollie Watkins squandered in the 15th minute when his low driven effort from close range was parried away by Illan Meslier. Premier LeagueTottenham turned up for the derby, Arsenal fell apart — The Warm-Up13/05/2022 AT 07:20 Eight minutes later and Rodrigo had Leeds' best chance of the half as he turned and struck a left-footed effort on goal which flew just wide of Emiliano Martinez's left post. The half descended into an attritional contest with referee Stuart Attwell appearing at times to lose control of the match, but Watkins came close to scoring again for Villa shortly before the break when his low shot looking for the bottom corner was saved by Meslier's feet.

Leeds were quickly reduced to 10 men after the break. Luis Sinisterra was shown a second yellow card in the 47th minute for needlessly blocking a Douglas Luiz free-kick without giving him 10 yards of space. Philippe Coutinho almost broke the deadlock moments later when his spectacular acrobatic volley beat Meslier but clattered off the post.