EPL: Abraham Snatches Point for Villa vs Leeds

Aston Villa draw 1-1 with Leeds

Tammy Abraham's late goal earned Aston Villa a 1-1 draw against Leeds United at Villa Park, ending their perfect record against lower-table teams.

Leeds' job was far from done, given Villa's stats. They held firm until the end...

Tammy Abraham scored a late equalizer, and Aston Villa settled for a 1-1 draw against Leeds United at Villa Park. Leeds' discipline paid off, but Villa's perfect record against lower-table teams took a hit.

Sitting on 50+ points at this stage of a PL campaign for just the third time ever – and doing so despite winning just two of their last five PL games – Villa enjoyed much of the early possession as expected. However, it was Leeds who almost struck first, with the in-form Dominic Calvert-Lewin uncharacteristically failing to test Emiliano Martínez on 15’, grossly miskicking despite finding himself in space inside the six-yard box. Villa duly rallied, and Emiliano Buendía fired wide from the edge of the box after a failed Leeds clearance.

A side transformed since the start of December, Leeds refused to retreat, and plundered an opener just past the half-hour mark.

Not long after seeing an attempted shot blocked, Anton Stach unleashed his inner David Beckham, sending a direct free kick from more than 25 yards crashing into Martínez’s top-left corner.

The Villa Park faithful were suitably stunned, though it should have been 1-1 going into half-time, with Douglas Luiz’s lofted cross finding Amadou Onana with the goal at his mercy, only for Karl Darlow to produce a magnificent stop.

Leeds' job was far from done, given Villa's stats. They held firm until the end, but Unai Emery brought on Ross Barkley and Jadon Sancho to try and spark an attack.

However, it was a substitute from the opposite dugout who nearly sealed a Leeds victory, as Lukas Nmecha almost made it 2-0 with his first touch within a minute of coming onto the field, finding a promising header towards the bottom-left corner kept out brilliantly by Martínez.

Try as he might, not even Villa’s star man Morgan Rogers could turn the hosts’ afternoon around, with the England squad hopeful finding himself well-marshalled by a resolute Leeds midfield.

Tammy Abraham stole the show, scoring a last-minute equalizer from a corner. Ezri Konsa headed it back to him, and he fired in, sending Villa Park wild.

Tammy Abraham scores a late equaliser to make it a draw between @AVFCOfficial and @LUFC 🤝 pic.twitter.com/ffGxqyELyW

— Premier League (@premierleague) February 21, 2026

With this result, Unai Emery avoided a first league loss in 19 all-time matches against a promoted team while in charge of Aston Villa. Meanwhile, Leeds’ second-ever PL double over Villa remains elusive, but despite them now winning on just one of their last 19 top-flight road trips, it’s still surely just a question of when the Whites will clinch safety.