Cardiff City 0-2 Leeds United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 17 September 2016
Result
Cardiff City 0-2 Leeds United
Championship · Saturday 17 September 2016, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Cardiff City 0-2 Leeds United: match report
Cardiff City lost to Leeds United 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 17 September 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.
C. Wood opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Cardiff City did not score. Leeds United scored through C. Wood (62', penalty) and Pablo Hernández (82').
Discipline: Cardiff City received no yellow cards; Leeds United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 20th on 7 points from 7 and Leeds United 19th on 7 points from 7. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Leeds United 7th with 75.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leeds United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pablo Hernández of Leeds United (9.3), ahead of Pontus Jansson (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Cardiff City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Leeds United.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · H. Sacko
- 42'Yellow card · L. Ayling
- 54'Yellow card · Stuart Dallas
- 62'Penalty goal · C. Wood
- 82'Goal · Pablo Hernández
Head-to-head
Team news
Cardiff City line-up (4-3-3)
Ben Amos, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Matthew Connolly, Jazz Richards, Aron Gunnarsson, Peter Whittingham, Joe Ralls, Craig Noone, Rickie Lambert, Anthony Pilkington
Leeds United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robert Green, Luke Ayling, Kyle Bartley, Pontus Jansson, Charlie Taylor, Ronaldo Vieira, Eunan O'Kane, Hadi Sacko, Pablo Hernández, Stuart Dallas, Chris Wood