Leeds United 3-3 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 14 December 2019

Result

Leeds United 3-3 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 14 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Leeds United 3-3 Cardiff City: match report

Leeds United drew with Cardiff City 3-3 in the Championship on Saturday 14 December 2019. The half-time score was 2-0.

Hélder Costa opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Leeds United's goals came from Hélder Costa (6'), P. Bamford (8') and P. Bamford (52', penalty). Cardiff City scored through Lee Tomlin (60'), S. Morrison (82') and Robert Glatzel (88').

Discipline: Leeds United received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Leeds United were 2nd on 46 points from 21 and Cardiff City 9th on 31 points from 21. Leeds United went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Cardiff City 5th with 76.

Leeds United lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Patrick Bamford of Leeds United (9.0), ahead of Lee Tomlin (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Leeds United wins, 0 draws and 7 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Hélder CostaLeeds United · 1-0
  • 8'Goal · P. BamfordLeeds United · 2-0
  • 32'Yellow card · Lee TomlinCardiff City
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Pablo HernándezLeeds United
  • 52'Penalty goal · P. BamfordLeeds United · 3-0
  • 60'Goal · Lee TomlinCardiff City · 3-1
  • 82'Goal · S. MorrisonCardiff City · 3-2
  • 86'Red card · S. MorrisonCardiff City
  • 88'Goal · Robert GlatzelCardiff City · 3-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leeds United 3, draws 0, Cardiff City 7.

Team news

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

Kiko Casilla, Luke Ayling, Ben White, Gaetano Berardi, Stuart Dallas, Kalvin Phillips, Hélder Costa, Pablo Hernández, Mateusz Klich, Jack Harrison, Patrick Bamford

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

Neil Etheridge, Lee Peltier, Aden Flint, Sean Morrison, Joe Bennett, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Will Vaulks, Marlon Pack, Joe Ralls, Daniel Ward, Lee Tomlin