Leeds United v Everton, 18 August 2025

Score1-0 to Leeds United
RefereeChris Kavanagh
CompetitionPremier League
VenueElland Road
Attendance36,820

View Leeds United v Everton head to head

Kick-off: 8.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 31 Leeds United won: 9 Drawn: 12 Everton won: 10 Leeds United scored: 30 Everton scored: 38 . This was Leeds United's first win against Everton at Elland Road since 19 December 2001 (3-2 in the Premier League).

1 Leeds United

Manager: Daniel Farke

0 Everton

Manager: David Moyes

Goals:

Lukas Nmecha penalty 84 P

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Lucas Perri
Defender Jayden Bogle
Defender Joe Rodon
Defender/Midfielder Ethan Ampadu
Defender/Midfielder Gabriel Gudmundsson
Defender/Midfielder Anton Stach
Defender/Midfielder Pascal Struijk
Midfielder Ao Tanaka
Midfielder/Forward Wilfried Gnonto
Midfielder/Forward Dan James
Forward Joël Piroe

Starting lineup:

Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
Michael Keane Defender
Jake O'Brien Defender
James Tarkowski Defender
James Garner Defender/Midfielder
Carlos Alcaraz Midfielder
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall Midfielder
Idrissa Gueye Midfielder
Tim Iroegbunam Midfielder
Iliman N'Diaye Midfielder/Forward
Beto Forward

Substitutions:

Brenden Aaronson for Wilfried Gnonto 67
Ilia Gruev for Ethan Ampadu 78
Jack Harrison for Dan James 78
Lukas Nmecha for Joël Piroe 78
Sean Longstaff for Ao Tanaka 90+4

Substitutions:

Jack Grealish for Tim Iroegbunam 71
Thierno Barry for Carlos Alcaraz 86

Cards:

Cards:

Tim Iroegbunam 56 Y
Carlos Alcaraz 63 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Karl Darlow
Defender Sebastiaan Bornauw
Defender/Midfielder Sam Byram
Midfielder Brenden Aaronson
Midfielder Ilia Gruev
Midfielder Jack Harrison
Midfielder/Forward Sean Longstaff
Midfielder/Forward Largie Ramazani
Forward Lukas Nmecha

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Mark Travers
Goalkeeper Harry Tyrer
Defender/Midfielder Séamus Coleman
Midfielder Harrison Armstrong
Midfielder Tyler Onyango
Midfielder/Forward Jack Grealish
Midfielder/Forward Dwight McNeil
Forward Thierno Barry
Forward Youssef Chermiti

Comments:

This was the first time that Leeds United had started a league season with a game on a Monday in their history. . They had now become the first champions of the League Championship to win their opening game in the following Premier League season since Sunderland in 2007. On the same day, the Whites played their first ever game in League One. [c/o Jonny Cooper] . United had now won seven consecutive league games for the first time since February 2024 in the League Championship.

Comments:

Everton had now failed to win on the eight occasions that they had visited a newly-promoted team in their opening game of a top division season (lost four). This includes a 5-1 defeat at Leeds United in 1956. [c/o EFC Statto] . The Toffees had now lost their opening game in each of the last four Premier League seasons after remaining unbeaten in the previous ten (won four). . They failed in their attempt to win four consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since December 2023.

1 Leeds United

Manager: Daniel Farke

Goals:

Lukas Nmecha penalty 84 P

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Lucas Perri
Defender Jayden Bogle
Defender Joe Rodon
Defender/Midfielder Ethan Ampadu
Defender/Midfielder Gabriel Gudmundsson
Defender/Midfielder Anton Stach
Defender/Midfielder Pascal Struijk
Midfielder Ao Tanaka
Midfielder/Forward Wilfried Gnonto
Midfielder/Forward Dan James
Forward Joël Piroe

Substitutions:

Brenden Aaronson for Wilfried Gnonto 67
Ilia Gruev for Ethan Ampadu 78
Jack Harrison for Dan James 78
Lukas Nmecha for Joël Piroe 78
Sean Longstaff for Ao Tanaka 90+4

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Karl Darlow
Defender Sebastiaan Bornauw
Defender/Midfielder Sam Byram
Midfielder Brenden Aaronson
Midfielder Ilia Gruev
Midfielder Jack Harrison
Midfielder/Forward Sean Longstaff
Midfielder/Forward Largie Ramazani
Forward Lukas Nmecha

Comments:

This was the first time that Leeds United had started a league season with a game on a Monday in their history. . They had now become the first champions of the League Championship to win their opening game in the following Premier League season since Sunderland in 2007. On the same day, the Whites played their first ever game in League One. [c/o Jonny Cooper] . United had now won seven consecutive league games for the first time since February 2024 in the League Championship.

0 Everton

Manager: David Moyes

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
Michael Keane Defender
Jake O'Brien Defender
James Tarkowski Defender
James Garner Defender/Midfielder
Carlos Alcaraz Midfielder
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall Midfielder
Idrissa Gueye Midfielder
Tim Iroegbunam Midfielder
Iliman N'Diaye Midfielder/Forward
Beto Forward

Substitutions:

Jack Grealish for Tim Iroegbunam 71
Thierno Barry for Carlos Alcaraz 86

Cards:

Tim Iroegbunam 56 Y
Carlos Alcaraz 63 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Mark Travers
Goalkeeper Harry Tyrer
Defender/Midfielder Séamus Coleman
Midfielder Harrison Armstrong
Midfielder Tyler Onyango
Midfielder/Forward Jack Grealish
Midfielder/Forward Dwight McNeil
Forward Thierno Barry
Forward Youssef Chermiti

Comments:

Everton had now failed to win on the eight occasions that they had visited a newly-promoted team in their opening game of a top division season (lost four). This includes a 5-1 defeat at Leeds United in 1956. [c/o EFC Statto] . The Toffees had now lost their opening game in each of the last four Premier League seasons after remaining unbeaten in the previous ten (won four). . They failed in their attempt to win four consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since December 2023.