Leicester City 0-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 22 December 2012

Result

Leicester City 0-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 22 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Leicester City 0-1 Cardiff City: match report

Leicester City were beaten by Cardiff City 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 22 December 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Craig Bellamy of Cardiff City in the 25th minute.

Discipline: Leicester City received no yellow cards; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leicester City were 5th on 37 points from 22 and Cardiff City 1st on 44 points from 22. Leicester City went on to finish that season 6th with 68 points, and Cardiff City 1st with 87.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Leicester City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Craig BellamyCardiff City · 0-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Ben TurnerCardiff City
  • 60'Yellow card · Matthew ConnollyCardiff City
  • 78'Yellow card · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leicester City 4, draws 3, Cardiff City 3.

Team news

Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)

Kasper Schmeichel, Ritchie De Laet, Paul Konchesky, Wes Morgan, Zak Whitbread, Danny Drinkwater, Andy King, Lloyd Dyer, Anthony Knockaert, Jamie Vardy, David Nugent

Cardiff City line-up (4-5-1)

Txiki Acaz, Andrew Taylor, Mark Hudson, Ben Turner, Matthew Connolly, Peter Whittingham, Craig Conway, Bo-kyung Kim, Jordon Mutch, Heidar Helguson, Craig Bellamy