Leeds United 0 – 4 Arsenal – Match Report

We restored our seven-point cushion at the top of the Premier League table thanks to a dominant win against Leeds United at Elland Road.

Despite the blow of losing Bukayo Saka to injury in the warm-up, his replacement Noni Madueke would play a major part as he set up Martin Zubimendi’s opener before providing the corner which led to Karl Darlow netting an own goal.

After the restart, Viktor Gyokeres added his fourth goal in his last six games before Gabriel Jesus added late gloss to an impressive scoreline, given the in-form Whites had lost one of their previous 11 games coming into this contest.

Madueke the man

We suffered a blow ahead of kick-off when Saka pulled up in the warm-up and needed to be replaced at the last moment by Madueke, but fortunately, he had time to find his way in the game during a quiet opening 20 minutes.

A 25-yarder from Ethan Ampadu which cleared the bar and a Zubimendi grasscutter were the only moments of note before the 27th minute when we got in front – and Madueke was instrumental in it.

After a corner was only cleared to the edge of the area, Declan Rice fed it back to the winger on the right, and he cleverly created a yard of space from Gabriel Gudmundsson to deliver a teasing cross into the box, where Zubimendi ghosted in to flick a header past Darlow and register his fifth of the season.

That silenced the boisterous home crowd, and 11 minutes later, Madueke reduced the decibel levels further as he helped to double our advantage. His devilish corner was swung tight into the goalmouth and Darlow collided with Dominic Calvert-Lewin as he attempted to punch clear, and could only watch in horror as the ball spun into his own net via the post.

Gyokeres in the goals

We returned to the away changing room with a 2-0 lead, and five minutes into the second half, only a fantastic sliding block by Joe Rodon prevented Gyokeres from pulling the trigger as he bore down on goal, with Jurrien Timber heading the resulting corner over the top.

The home supporters continued to rally behind their team as Daniel Farke’s team began to build a small head of steam without really troubling David Raya, but on 69 minutes, we put the game to bed with our third of the afternoon.

A fine pass by Martin Odegaard allowed Gabriel Martinelli to scamper past Pascal Struijk’s challenge and then beat the Leeds defender again before putting a fine cross into the box, where Gyokeres out-muscled James Justin to steer into the net from close range and ensure we would make seven wins in a row at Elland Road, stretching back 25 years.

Jesus on target too

We’ve recorded plenty of big wins at the Yorkshire venue in that time, we went looking to add to our tally. Having replaced Gyokeres, Jesus firstly steered a shot just wide before looking destined to power in a header, but Darlow made a fine reflex stop to tip it over the bar.

However with four minutes to go, it was third time lucky for the Brazilian. Another great Odegaard pass between the lines found Jesus, who held off Struijk before picking his moment to shoot on the turn, and saw his effort flash past Darlow to register his fourth in four games against Leeds.

He nearly added another when he saw a looping header from a corner cleared off the line, but a four-goal win was more than enough to get back to winning ways in the Premier League in emphatic style.

FACTS AND STATS

Following wins at Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Chelsea, Inter and Leeds in January 2026, we have won five away games across all competitions in a single month for just a second time in our history, with the previous instance coming in April 2000 (that run also included a 4-0 win at Elland Road).

We scored 4+ goals in a Premier League away game against Leeds United for a fifth time, the joint most a side has scored 4+ goals away to a specific opponent in the competition’s history along with Chelsea at Tottenham and Man Utd at Bolton.

Leeds suffered just their second defeat in their last 11 Premier League games (W3 D6), with today’s defeat bringing an end to their five-game unbeaten run at Elland Road.

We have scored more goals from corners (14) than any other side in the Premier League, while no side has scored more headed goals (10 – level with Tottenham).

Only in 2009/10 (6) have we benefited from more own goals in a single Premier League campaign than the five so far in 2025/26.

Viktor Gyokeres has scored four goals in his last six appearances across all competitions and is now our outright top scorer with 11.

Martin Zubimendi has scored five goals in 32 appearances for us across all competitions in 2025/26, just one fewer than he managed in his final two seasons with Real Sociedad combined (6 goals in 93 games).

Aged 27 years and 17 days, Declan Rice became the fifth youngest player to reach 300 Premier League appearances after Wayne Rooney (26y 58d), James Milner (26y 117d), Gareth Barry (26y 247d) and Raheem Sterling (26y 348d).

What’s next

We return to Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night for the second leg of our Carabao Cup semi-final against Chelsea, where we currently lead 3-2. Next weekend brings another home game when Sunderland visit for league action on Saturday, and then we travel to Brentford on Thursday, February 12.

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