Cardiff City 3-1 Leeds United: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 26 September 2017

Result

Cardiff City 3-1 Leeds United

Championship · Tuesday 26 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

Cardiff City · Leeds United · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 3-1 Leeds United: match report

Cardiff City won against Leeds United 3-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 26 September 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

K. Zohorè opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from K. Zohorè (28'), Junior Hoilett (37') and K. Zohorè (59'). Leeds United scored through Kemar Roofe (67').

Discipline: Cardiff City received no yellow cards; Leeds United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 3rd on 20 points from 9 and Leeds United 1st on 20 points from 9. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 4th with 90 points, and Leeds United 13th with 60.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Leeds United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Junior Hoilett of Cardiff City (9.2), ahead of Sol Bamba (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Cardiff City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Leeds United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Kalvin PhillipsLeeds United
  • 28'Goal · K. ZohorèCardiff City · 1-0
  • 37'Goal · Junior HoilettCardiff City · 2-0
  • 39'Yellow card · L. CooperLeeds United
  • 45+3'Second yellow · L. CooperLeeds United
  • 59'Goal · K. ZohorèCardiff City · 3-0
  • 67'Goal · Kemar RoofeLeeds United · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 5, draws 2, Leeds United 3.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Neil Etheridge, Lee Peltier, Joe Bennett, Sean Morrison, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sol Bamba, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Loïc Damour, Craig Bryson, Junior Hoilett, Kenneth Zohore

Leeds United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Felix Wiedwald, Luke Ayling, Liam Cooper, Pontus Jansson, Gaetano Berardi, Ezgjan Alioski, Stuart Dallas, Pablo Hernández, Kalvin Phillips, Mateusz Klich, Kemar Roofe