On another evening Leeds United could have been out of sight against Fulham at Craven Cottage but it wouldn't have been any time this season. The FA Cup tie was a game indicative of the Whites' campaign to date.
Javi Gracia's side looked much improved in terms of solidity at the back, with two wonder goals from the Cottagers' midfielders Joao Palhinha and Manor Solomon proving the difference. Leeds had 16 shots on goal with six of those coming on target, compared to Fulham's seven shots, with three on target.
Leeds' problems in front of goal were only exasperated by The xG Philosophy on Twitter, who says the Whites posted an expected goals of of 1.53 as opposed to Fulham's lowly 0.19, but it was the home sides who ran out winners. Expected Goals (xG) is the metric designed to measure the probability of a shot resulting in a goal using historical information from thousands of shots with similar characteristics to estimate the likelihood of a goal on a scale between 0 and one.
