Leicester City 2-1 Cardiff City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 19 August 2023
Result
Leicester City 2-1 Cardiff City
Championship · Saturday 19 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Leicester City 2-1 Cardiff City: match report
Leicester City beat Cardiff City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 19 August 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.
Wanya Marcal-Madivadua opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Wanya Marcal-Madivadua (36') and Cesare Casadei (90+2'). Cardiff City scored through Aaron Ramsey (45+1').
Discipline: Leicester City received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Leicester City were 3rd on 6 points from 2 and Cardiff City 18th on 1 point from 2. Leicester City went on to finish that season 1st with 97 points, and Cardiff City 12th with 62.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall of Leicester City (8.0), ahead of Wanya Marçal (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Leicester City wins, 3 draws and 4 for Cardiff City.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Stephy Mavididi
- 19'Yellow card · Aaron Ramsey
- 36'Goal · Wanya Marcal-Madivadua
- 45+1'Goal · Aaron Ramsey
- 57'Yellow card · Dimitris Goutas
- 87'Yellow card · Jamilu Collins
- 90+1'Yellow card · Jack Simpson
- 90+2'Goal · Cesare Casadei
- 90+4'Yellow card · Mahlon Romeo
- 90+6'Second yellow · Mahlon Romeo
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-3-3)
Mads Hermansen, Ricardo Pereira, Wout Felix Lina Faes, Jannik Vestergaard, Callum Doyle, Wilfred Ndidi, Harry Winks, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Wanya Marçal, Kelechi Iheanacho, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jak Alnwick, Mahlon Romeo, Mark McGuinness, Dimitrios Goutas, Jamilu Collins, Joe Ralls, Ryan Wintle, Josh Bowler, Aaron Ramsey, Callum O'Dowda, Iké Ugbo