Lee Erwin and Sam Byram scored as Leeds United beat Wycombe Wanderers 2-0 in a friendly at Adams Park.

Anthony Stewart made a long awaited return from injury which had kept him out since August.

The game was played in a competitive manner and will go a long way to keeping Wanderers fresh for their league game against Wimbledon next Saturday.

Wycombe had the ball in the net after two minutes but saw Max Kretzschmar’s close range effort ruled out for offside after he reacted quickest to a loose ball.

The home side had started well and the chance came as Ryan Sellers headed down a deep cross for O’Nien to shoot.

Wycombe enjoyed the better of the early exchanges but while they spent most of their time in the Leeds half they were largely ineffective in the final third.

A knockdown from Gozi Ugwu gave Kretzschmar the chance to strike from the edge of the box but his volley was deflected harmlessly wide of the mark.

Centre-back Giuseppe Bellusci showed a delicate touch as he clipped a free-kick towards the top corner from 25 yards out after Aaron Pierre had made a foul.

Alex Lynch sprung to his left and tipped the ball wide to ensure the scores remained level in the 15th minute.

Lynch was again called into action as Erwin twisted and turned in the box and fired a near post shot but the Wanderers keeper dealt with it with ease.

Ryan Sellers was proving to be the Blues main outlet but Wycombe found it difficult to create any clear cut chances in the opening period.

Leeds grew into the game as it progressed and began to assert more pressure on the Wycombe defence.

A looping header from Tom Adeyemi drew an excellent save from Lynch as he sprung to his left and tipped the effort onto the post when the ball looked beyond him.

In the 30th minute his resistance was broken as Erwin found himself in space inside the six-yard box and tapped home after a deep cross had eluded everyone.

With the game settling into a prolonged lull Bellusci almost gifted Wanderers with a route back into the match as his miscued clearance went just wide of his own upright.

It was the last meaningful act of a first-half that started promisingly and settled into the sort competitive game you would expect of a mid-season friendly.

Matt Bloomfield came on at half-time and went close as his long-range drive was turned around the post as it headed towards the bottom corner.

Leeds went two up soon after as Byram finished off a fine attacking move by sweeping a cultured finish into the far corner with just five minutes played in the second half.

United had started the second half at an impressive pace and Lynch, who was on top form all night, reacted well to turn a powerful volley wide of the post.

The second goal took much of the steam out of the game and neither side looked like scoring until Jordan Bokata fired just wide from a low cross for Leeds in the 76th minute.

The Chairboys nearly found a route back into the game two minutes later as a wide free kick caused confusion in the box and the ball deflected wide off of a Leeds man.

Garry Thompson had a chance to grab a late consolation goal but fired well over the bar when the ball broke to him on the edge of the box with two minutes left.

It was the last chance of a game in which Wycombe had held their own against their Championship opponents.

Wycombe Wanderers: Lynch; Harriman, Stewart, Pierre, Wood, Kretzschmar (Thompson 84), O’Nien (Bloomfield 45), McGinn, Sellers (McCarthy 73), Amadi-Hollway, Ugwu (Rowe 73)

Subs not used: Ingram; Jombati, Jacobson

Leeds United: Silvestri (Peacock-Farrell 87), Wootton, Bellusci, Bamba, Berardi (Byram 45), Botaka, Adeyemi (Phillips 61), Bianchi (Sloth 45), Buckley, Erwin, Doukara

Subs not used: Antenucci, Murphy, Howatt

Referee: Andy Woolmer

Attendance: 2,216 (Away 767)