FA CUP QUARTER FINAL : WEST HAM UNITED VS LEEDS UNITED – 05/04/2026 (PHOTO – LUCAS PERRI AND PASCAL STRUIJK CELEBRATE AFTER PENALTY SHOOT-OUT)

WHAT EXCITEMENT THIS MATCH WAS LAST NIGHT!  I MEAN WHO DOESN’T LOVE A PENALTY SHOOT-OUT? LEEDS MADE 461 PASSES, WITH AN 81% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 5 CORNERS, AND 15 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON-TARGET,  INCLUDING A STUNNER FROM AO TANAKA AT 26 MINS., AND ANOTHER FROM DOMINIC CALVERT-LEWIN AT 75 MINS., FROM A PENALTY. 

WEST HAM MADE 568 PASSES, WITH AN 84% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 4 CORNERS, (53% POSSESSION), AND 20 SHOTS WITH 8 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING TWO LATE CRACKERS FROM MATEUS FERNANDES AT 90 +3 MINS., AND AXEL IDASI AT 90 +7 MINS.,  (AFTER 11 MINS OF STOPPAGE TIME HAD BEEN ADDED BY REF CRAIG PAWSON) WHICH THE HOSTS TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE OF – LITERALLY TAKING THE BALL AND RUNNING WITH IT!  SO, AFTER STOPPAGE TIME IT WAS 2 – 2 DRAW! CUE, ALL THE EXCITEMENT SPILLING OVER INTO EXTRA-TIME, AND WITH NOTHING DOING, ONTO A RIVETING PENALTY SHOOT-OUT, WHICH LEEDS WON 4 – 2 (BELOW), AND WITH THEM REACHING THEIR FIRST FA CUP SEMI-FINAL SINCE 1987!

FA CUP QUARTER FINAL : WEST HAM UNITED VS LEEDS UNITED – 05/04/2026

FA CUP QUARTER FINAL : WEST HAM UNITED VS LEEDS UNITED – PENALTY SHOOT-OUT – 05/04/2026