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Leeds United vs West Ham United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

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Sports Staff
Wednesday 04 January 2023 22:17 GMT
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Declan Rice on the ball in midfield for West Ham
Declan Rice on the ball in midfield for West Ham (Getty Images)

West Ham United brought an end to a run of five consecutive Premier League defeats as they battled to a 2-2 draw at Leeds United on Wednesday.

The writing looked to be on the wall for the visitors after teenage forward Wilfried Gnonto gave Leeds the lead in the 27th minute, but David Moyes’s side responded well and deservedly levelled just before halftime through a Lucas Paqueta penalty.

With supporters still taking their seats for the second half, Gianluca Scamacca stunned Elland Road with a second for West Ham 44 seconds after the restart to complete the turnaround.

Leeds toiled as the rain came down, but a thunderbolt out of the blue from Rodrigo restored parity once more with 20 minutes to go.

Both sides had chances to win it but had to settle for a point apiece, with West Ham remaining 17th in the table, level on 15 points with Everton in the relegation zone, while Leeds are two points clear of the bottom three in 14th.

Leeds United vs West Ham United

4 January 2023 19:45

Leeds United vs West Ham United

4 January 2023 19:45

Leeds United vs West Ham United

4 January 2023 19:41

Leeds United vs West Ham United

Having lost just two of their first 20 Premier League meetings with West Ham between 1993 and 2003 (W14 D4), Leeds have lost three of their four against the Hammers since their return to the top-flight (W1).

4 January 2023 19:40

Leeds United vs West Ham United

West Ham have made four changes to their side that lost to Brentford in their last outing. Cresswell, Benrahma, Emerson and Ogbonna drop out of the line-up to the bench. Aguerd returns to the fold in the back four after recovering from injury. Kehrer, Soucek and Fornals are also back in the starting line-up.

4 January 2023 19:38

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4 January 2023 19:35

Leeds United vs West Ham United

4 January 2023 19:33

Leeds United vs West Ham United

Leeds have made two changes to their side that drew against Newcastle last time out. Roca returns to the fold to replace Adam Forshaw, who misses out tonight. Summerville starts in the final third as he gets the nod ahead of Harrison, who drops to the bench.

4 January 2023 19:32

Leeds United vs West Ham United

WEST HAM UNITED SUBS: Ben Johnson, Aaron Cresswell, Michail Antonio, Manuel Lanzini, Flynn Downes, Alphonse Areola, Angelo Ogbonna, Said Benrahma, Emerson.

4 January 2023 19:30

Leeds United vs West Ham United

WEST HAM UNITED (4-2-3-1): Lukasz Fabianski; Vladimir Coufal, Craig Dawson, Thilo Kehrer, Nayef Aguerd; Tomas Soucek, Declan Rice; Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqueta, Pablo Fornals; Gianluca Scamacca.

4 January 2023 19:29

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