Cardiff City 2-1 Leeds United: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 4 January 2011

Result

Cardiff City 2-1 Leeds United

Championship · Tuesday 4 January 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Cardiff City 2-1 Leeds United: match report

Cardiff City beat Leeds United 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 4 January 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Craig Bellamy opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Craig Bellamy (11') and Michael Chopra (79'). Leeds United scored through Robert Snodgrass (59').

Discipline: Cardiff City received no yellow cards; Leeds United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 5th on 40 points from 24 and Leeds United 4th on 41 points from 25. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 4th with 81 points, and Leeds United 7th with 72.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Cardiff City wins, 0 draws and 0 for Leeds United.

Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read L-L-W-L-D and Leeds United's D-D-D-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Craig BellamyCardiff City · 1-0
  • 48'Yellow card · Andrew O'BrienLeeds United
  • 55'Yellow card · Paul ConnollyLeeds United
  • 59'Goal · Robert SnodgrassLeeds United · 1-1
  • 79'Goal · Michael ChopraCardiff City · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Cardiff City 5, draws 0, Leeds United 0.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up

Tom Heaton, Kevin McNaughton, Lee Naylor, Paul Quinn, Peter Whittingham, C. Burke, Oluwaseyi Olofinjana, Michael Chopra, Craig Bellamy, Mark Hudson, Andy Keogh

Leeds United line-up

Kasper Schmeichel, Paul Connolly, Ben Parker, Andrew O'Brien, Jonathan Howson, Bradley Johnson, Max Gradel, Robert Snodgrass, Ross McCormack, N. Collins, B. Paynter