Leeds overcame Joe Rodon’s second-half sending-off to safe a goalless draw at Hull.
Daniel Farke’s males had one of the best probabilities of the primary half – most importantly via the wasteful Georginio Rutter after 26 minutes – however they discovered debutant goalkeeper Ryan Allsop in impressed type.
Leeds supporters can have anticipated their group to kick on after the restart, however they had been at all times up towards it as soon as Rodon was dismissed for a second bookable offence on the hour.
Hull head coach Liam Rosenior might be glad that their promising begin to the season continued, now unbeaten because the opening day at Norwich.
However Rosenior can have anticipated significantly better of his offensive gamers inside the ultimate third – not least when substitute Adama Traore by some means missed an open purpose with two minutes remaining in regular time.
Given either side’ fondness for taking part in soccer firmly on the entrance foot, it was maybe a shock that the sport started so sluggishly.
Dan James swiped one excessive and vast early on, however neither Leeds nor Hull followers had a lot to shout about inside the first 20 minutes.
The guests’ gameplan was additionally disrupted when Willy Gnonto suffered an ankle damage and was changed by Crysencio Summerville.
Mockingly, Gnonto’s substitution appeared to awake Leeds from their slumber.
And they need to have opened the scoring when Summerville threaded a stunning ball via the center to Rutter.
Allsop expertly saved the one-on-one together with his legs, however Rutter ought to have scored.
Summerville may then have gotten in on the act moments later, however Allsop reacted properly with a pointy tip-over from a stinging hit on the left.
Allsop additionally thwarted Summerville from 20 yards with a stunning save at full stretch from the Dutch playmaker’s goalbound half-volley after 42 minutes.
Leeds’ relative dominance – not from a possession perspective however when it comes to probabilities created – continued quickly after the restart.
James and Summerville had alternatives off Luke Ayling’s good cut-back, however Alfie Jones and Jacob Greaves refused to yield with courageous defending contained in the six-yard field.
Hull, nonetheless, slowly grew right into a recreation that modified as soon as Rodon was despatched off.
The Leeds centre-back was lured right into a rash problem on Aaron Connolly on the midway line.
Having already been booked for a first-half foul on Jaden Philogene, referee Stephen Martin had little possibility however to point out a purple card.
Predictably, given their one-man handicap, Leeds had been compelled to retreat for lengthy durations of the second half.
However aside from Liam Delap’s highly effective run and cross on the precise, from which Connolly got here inside a stud’s size of connecting, the hosts had been by no means particularly threatening.
That was till the 88th minute when Connolly teed up Traore, however the Mali worldwide terribly struck the far publish with the purpose at his mercy.