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

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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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · H. SackoLeeds United
  • 42'Yellow card · L. AylingLeeds United
  • 54'Yellow card · Stuart DallasLeeds United
  • 62'Penalty goal · C. WoodLeeds United · 0-1
  • 82'Goal · Pablo HernándezLeeds United · 0-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 6, draws 2, Leeds United 2.

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