Cardiff City 2-1 Leeds United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 15 September 2012

Result

Cardiff City 2-1 Leeds United

Championship · Saturday 15 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Cardiff City 2-1 Leeds United: match report

Cardiff City beat Leeds United 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 15 September 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.

Craig Bellamy opened the scoring in the 67th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Craig Bellamy (67') and Peter Whittingham (73', penalty). Leeds United scored through R. Austin (77').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Leeds United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 7th on 7 points from 4 and Leeds United 6th on 7 points from 4. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Leeds United 12th with 61.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Cardiff City wins, 2 draws and 0 for Leeds United.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · R. AustinLeeds United
  • 39'Yellow card · Mark SmithCardiff City
  • 67'Goal · Craig BellamyCardiff City · 1-0
  • 67'Yellow card · Michael TongeLeeds United
  • 73'Penalty goal · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City · 2-0
  • 77'Goal · R. AustinLeeds United · 2-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Cardiff City 6, draws 2, Leeds United 0.

Team news

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Cardiff City line-up

Txiki Acaz, Kevin McNaughton, Andrew Taylor, Matthew Connolly, Peter Whittingham, Jordon Mutch, Tommy Smith, Craig Noone, Heidar Helguson, Mark Hudson, Nicky Maynard

Leeds United line-up

Paddy Kenny, Lee Peltier, Adam Drury, Tom Lees, Jason Pearce, Rodolph Austin, Sam Byram, Aidan White, Luciano Becchio, Ross McCormack, Michael Tonge