{"id":747637,"date":"2026-08-23T23:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T23:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/747637\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T23:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T23:54:11","slug":"trafford-named-hisense-player-of-the-match-on-debut-against-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/747637\/","title":{"rendered":"Trafford named Hisense Player of the Match on debut against Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leeds United supporters have voted James Trafford as their Hisense Player of the Match following Saturday\u2019s 1-0 victory over Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old goalkeeper enjoyed an impressive competitive debut for the Whites at the City Ground, helping Daniel Farke\u2019s side begin the 2026\/27 Premier League campaign with three points and a clean sheet.<\/p>\n<p>Trafford, who joined Leeds from Man City during the summer transfer window, played the full 90 minutes as Anton Stach\u2019s late free-kick secured victory in the East Midlands.<\/p>\n<p>The England international was called upon throughout the contest and made three saves to keep Forest at bay, while also recording three runs out and one high claim.<\/p>\n<p>Comfortable with the ball at his feet, Trafford registered 44 touches and completed 19 accurate passes, alongside five throws.<\/p>\n<p>He also made nine recoveries and five carries, covering a total distance of 23.8 metres with the ball.<\/p>\n<p>His clean sheet and performance also earned him nine points for Fantasy Premier League managers.<\/p>\n<p>Following the full-time whistle, supporters selected Trafford as the standout performer in the Hisense Player of the Match vote, with the goalkeeper taking 29% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>He was closely followed by match-winner Anton Stach on 28%, with Tarik Muharemovi\u0107 receiving 16% and Jaka Bijol 10%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United supporters have voted James Trafford as their Hisense Player of the Match following Saturday\u2019s 1-0 victory&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-747637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}