Palace secure valuable point at unbeaten Leeds

Leeds United vs Crystal Palace; Premier League Leeds United vs Crystal Palace. Premier League. Elland Road. Leeds 0-0 Crystal Palace: Pierre Sage's side claim valuable point as Daniel Farke's team stay unbeaten in Premier League Report and free match highlights as Crystal Palace battled to a 0-0 draw at in-form Leeds; Palace kept a clean sheet after conceding 11 goals in their opening four games, while Leeds remain unbeaten after five Premier League matches Sunday 20 September 2026 16:34, UK Crystal Palace secured a useful point at in-form and unbeaten Leeds as Pierre Sage's side produced a much-improved defensive display to hold the hosts to a goalless draw at Elland Road. The stalemate was enough to lift Sage's side one point clear of the relegation zone heading into the three-week international break. Palace arrived having conceded 11 goals in their opening four Premier League games but, after a cagey first half, grew into the contest and were the more threatening side after the break. Tyrick Mitchell had the ball in the net only for it to be ruled out for offside. - As it happened | Teams | Stats | Watch FREE PL highlights - Latest news and rumours: Leeds | Crystal Palace - Got Sky? Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone📱 - Not got Sky? Latest Sky Sports deals or stream Premier League games with no contract📺 Leeds, unbeaten coming into the game after an impressive 4-1 win over Newcastle, struggled to reproduce that attacking fluency. Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who had scored in each of his previous five Premier League home games, was largely starved of service, eventually being denied by Walter Benitez after the break. Palace had chances to snatch it late on, with Adam Wharton continuing to influence proceedings and Eddie Nketiah and Ismaila Sarr combining for an opening that Tarik Muharemovic brilliantly recovered to stop. Leeds threw on attacking reinforcements and switched shape, but could not find the breakthrough. For Palace, after conceding two or more goals in each of their previous 10 Premier League matches, they finally kept a clean sheet - and did so against a Leeds side that had scored 12 goals across their previous five home league games. The performance gives Sage a platform to build on after a difficult opening month. The key moments from Elland Road 10: SMART TACKLE! Muharemovic makes a crucial intervention to deny Jorgen Strand Larsen after Quinten Timber had slipped the Palace striker through on goal. 22: OVER! Ao Tanaka fires over from close range after Leeds' long throw caused problems in the Palace box. 31: PALACE PUSHING! Strand Larsen, Timber and Wharton all see efforts blocked as Palace threaten to break the deadlock. 53: OFFSIDE, NO GOAL! Mitchell fires Palace in front after Anan Khalaili's cross, but VAR confirms Khalaili was offside in the build-up. 57: WHAT A SAVE! Benitez produces an excellent reaction stop to deny Calvert-Lewin after James Justin's cross picked out the in-form striker. 71: PENALTY APPEAL! Daichi Kamada goes down under pressure from Ethan Ampadu, but the referee waves away Palace's claims. 83: BIG CHANCE! Wharton's clever ball releases Sarr into the area, but Justin recovers brilliantly to deny the Palace substitute. 88: PALACE OPPORTUNITY! Nketiah breaks clear after being played in by Wharton but chooses to square for Sarr, allowing Muharemovic to make a crucial recovery. Palace showed exactly what they had been missing Analysis by Sky Sports' William Bitibiri: "Crystal Palace arrived at Elland Road with 11 goals conceded from their opening four Premier League games. They leave with a clean sheet and, on balance in the second half, will probably feel they could have taken all three points. "This was a spirited, disciplined performance from Palace. They came out after the break with a completely different mindset and put Leeds under pressure. "Leeds were strangely flat. Calvert-Lewin was starved of service for long periods and even when the chances did arrive, Palace goalkeeper Benitez was there to deny him. "In the end, 0-0 feels like a reflection of two sides who cancelled each other out, but Palace can take far more encouragement from this performance than Leeds can. "For Sage, though, this is the sort of defensive display he will hope can become the foundation of a turnaround." Robinson: Neither side lost points - both gained one Paul Robinson on Sky Sports: "I thought Palace were excellent after the break. "Both goalkeepers had to make excellent saves, but we were limited to few goalscoring chances. We witnessed two sides cancelling each other out. "Neither side has lost points, but have gained one."