Leeds United vs Cardiff City Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Leeds United

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Leeds United will be looking for an improved result here after a 2-1 Premier League loss in their previous game against Aston Villa.

In that game, Leeds United managed 46% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Leeds United was Patrick Bamford (83'). For their opponents, Aston Villa had 11 shots on goal with 5 on target. Leon Bailey (3') and Emiliano Buendía (64') scored for Aston Villa.

Fixtures featuring Leeds United have tended to be absorbing encounters lately with high scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past six clashes, the sum of 22 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 9 of these coming from Leeds United.

Cardiff City

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Last time out, Cardiff City drew 1-1 in the Championship tie with Wigan Athletic.

In that game, Cardiff City managed 60% possession and 11 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Cardiff City was Callum O'Dowda (82'). Wigan Athletic got 16 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Will Keane (96') scored for Wigan Athletic.

For 5 of the prior six clashes involving Cardiff City, a comparatively low number of goals have been hit between them and their opponents. The overall average goals scored per game during that period comes to a mere 1.5, with the average goals for The Bluebirds standing at 0.67. Putting that to one side, time will tell if that pattern will be replicated in this match or not.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head to head results stretching back to 11/02/2017 shows that these fixtures have not been happy ones for Leeds United. They have not been able to come away with any wins whatsoever while Cardiff City have dominated them, finishing as winners in 67% of those ties.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 23 overall at an average of 3.83 goals per meeting.

📰 Team News: Leeds United

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just a single fitness concern for the Leeds United manager Jesse Marsch to contend with due to a largely intact group. Stuart Dallas (Femoral Fracture) misses out.

📰 Team News: Cardiff City

Out of a mainly available group, there’s only the lone fitness issue for the Cardiff City gaffer Mark Hudson to contend with. Jamilu Collins (Cruciate Ligament Injury) misses out for this game.

🔮 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Cardiff City are likely to break down this Leeds United team, but that may not quite be enough to avoid a loss.

Our tip is for a narrow 2-1 victory for Leeds United by the conclusion of the game. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

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Victor Martins, 00:59 14/01/2023