Daniel Farke Tactics: How Leeds United Used Width To Beat Chris Wilder’s Sheffield United

Leeds United put themselves one step closer to an illustrious Premier League return by coming out on top of Monday’s EFL Championship first versus second clash with Sheffield United away at Bramall Lane.

Now, at the time of writing, Leeds sit five points clear at the top of the league table, with 12 games left to play in the season.

The visitors had the majority of the possession in Monday’s fixture, with an Illan Meslier own goal putting Sheffield United a goal to the good in the 12th minute.

However, Leeds’ ball dominance ultimately paid off as they broke the Blades down three times in the second half to take all three points from this top-of-the-table battle with their Yorkshire rivals.

Leeds used their full-backs to stretch Sheffield United and exploit space out wide continuously throughout the game — this proved key to their victory.

Our tactical analysis focuses on explaining how Daniel Farke’s side successfully used width to get the ball into dangerous areas for chance creation against Sheffield United and how this led to their 3-1 away victory in the end.

Lineups & Formations

The image above shows Leeds’ in-possession shape along with Sheffield United’s out-of-possession shape.

With Leeds having the majority of ball possession in this game, this was how we saw the two teams lining up for most of the contest.