After bossing the first half as the Hill Dickinson Stadium, and only having a single goal to show for their efforts, Leeds were always going to find the second half tough after Everton's half time team talk with David Moyes. The Toffee's supremo felt there was little alternative but to copy Daniel Farke. Everton have never started a match this season with a five or three-man defence, so indicates how far the Whites have come in recent times.

To Leeds credit, they hung on for half an hour after the break, matching the hosts stride for stride for much of it. As the game progressed, the visitors slowed down visably, an indication of their work rate in the first half, and with only a one goal margin to show for their efforts, it was'nt a suprise to see a point shared.

Leeds, who shaded the stats that mattered, shouldn't be too disappointed. They've picked up four of of six points against what are seen as an established top half premier league club. Speaking to Match Of The Day after the game, Daniel Farke was upbeat about his teams performance and another point closer to safety.

	Line Up		Nat	Match Events
	26	Darlow, Karl Goalkeeper			7.1
	2	Bogle, Jayden Defender			6.3
	24	Justin, James Defender			7.4
	6	Rodon, Joe Defender			6.5
	23	Bornauw, Sebastiaan Defender			★7.7
	5	Struijk, Pascal Defender			7.8
	4	Ampadu, Ethan Midfielder			7.4
	44	Gruev, Ilia Midfielder			6.1
	18	Stach, Anton Midfielder			7.3
	11	Aaronson, Brenden Midfielder			7.4
	9	Calvert-Lewin, Dominic Forward			6.7
	Subs		Nat	Match Events
	22	Tanaka, Ao Midfielder			4.3
	8	Longstaff, Sean Midfielder			4.4
	19	Okafor, Noah Midfielder			4.9
	40	Buonanotte, Facundo Midfielder			5.8
	1	Perri, Lucas Goalkeeper		Unused Sub
	25	Byram, Sam Defender		Unused Sub
	29	Gnonto, Wilfried Midfielder		Unused Sub
	14	Nmecha, Lukas Forward		Unused Sub
	10	Piroe, Joel Forward		Unused Sub

		Debuts	Nat	DOB	Joined
		Buonanotte, Facundo Midfielder		23/12/2004 (21)	15/01/2026