Leeds United 6-0 Stoke City: FLW report as Joel Piroe scores 4 to leave Leeds on the edge of promotion

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·21. April 2025

Leeds United 6-0 Stoke City: FLW report as Joel Piroe scores 4 to leave Leeds on the edge of promotion

Report, ratings & attendance from Elland Road as Leeds United push for a Premier League return versus Stoke City.

Joel Piroe scored four goals as Leeds United crushed Stoke City 6-0 at Elland Road. Leeds will be promoted this evening if Sheffield United fail to beat Burnley at Turf Moor.

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Leeds were 5-0 up inside 41 minutes, with Piroe's haul of goals, including a 20-minute hat-trick, and Junior Firpo setting Elland Road up for a potential promotion party in the coming hours.

Willy Gnonto added a sixth in a second-half that saw Leeds hand a debut to 16-year-old Harry Gray.

Leeds United 6-0 Stoke City

Piroe's four-goal haul puts Leeds on the cusp

At an ultra-charged Elland Road, there was no desire to take the promotion race into the final two games of the season amongst the fans.

That was evidently the mindset of Daniel Farke's Leeds players, too, as they blitzed Stoke in a stunning first-half.

The high-press and bravery of Leeds won them the ball deep in Stoke territory on six minutes, with Willy Gnonto and Manor Solomon combining to tee Joel Piroe up for the first of a 20-minute hat-trick.

Jayden Bogle - in a blistering display at right-back - was next rewarded for squeezing high up the pitch, winning the ball off Stoke's defence before squaring for Piroe to convert with ice in his veins.

Brenden Aaronson could've made it 3-0 before Piroe did, forcing Viktor Johansson to save low to his right. Elland Road did not have to wait for that third goal, though, as Gnonto forced the Stoke goalkeeper into another save via an Aaronson deflection, leaving Piroe to convert the rebound into the roof of the net from a tight angle.

Bogle's punishment of Josh Wilson-Esbrand was brutal and, after more superb wing-play, he crossed for Junior Firpo to just about finish beyond Johansson.

Johansson denied Gnonto's powerful effort, but Leeds' relentless first-half wasn't done yet. Bogle hit the post and, on the rebound, Piroe squeezed his fourth goal of the afternoon over the line with the help of Wouter Burger's outstretched leg.

Bae Jun-ho and Ali Al-Hamadi had chances either side of half-time, as Mark Robins made a triple substitution during the interval.

Leeds had chances, too, as Solomon forced Johansson into more work and Bogle smashed the ball into the South Stand.

A sixth goal came via Gnonto's header eventually, as he met Solomon's hanging cross before Johansson could react, having shaken off Lewis Baker's attempts to mark him with ease.

All eyes at Leeds are now on the Championship's 5:30 kick-off when Burnley meet Sheffield United, knowing anything but a Blades win will confirm their place in the Premier League next season.