English League Championship

Leeds United vs Cardiff City, 2024-25 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Leeds United
  • 6': Brenden Aaronson
  • 13': Manor Solomon
  • 50': Daniel James
  • 65': Joël Piroe (P)
  • 67': Wilfried Gnonto
  • 88': Mateo Joseph
  • 90'+5': Joël Piroe
FT
7 - 0
Cardiff City

    About

    Leeds United are hosting Cardiff City at Elland Road, Leeds, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Daniel James (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 2': Foul by Joe Ralls (Cardiff City).
    • 3': Attempt blocked. Daniel James (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Manor Solomon.
    • 4': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Jesper Daland.
    • 4': Attempt missed. Junior Firpo (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Joe Rothwell with a cross following a corner.
    • 6': Goal! Leeds United 1, Cardiff City 0. Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel James following a fast break.
    • 7': Ao Tanaka (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Foul by Alex Robertson (Cardiff City).
    • 8': Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 8': Foul by Calum Chambers (Cardiff City).
    • 9': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Jesper Daland.
    • 10': Attempt blocked. Joe Rodon (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Rothwell with a cross.
    • 10': Attempt missed. Junior Firpo (Leeds United) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
    • 10': Hand ball by Jayden Bogle (Leeds United).
    • 11': Offside, Cardiff City. Callum Robinson is caught offside.
    • 13': Goal! Leeds United 2, Cardiff City 0. Manor Solomon (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel James.
    • 16': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Dimitrios Goutas.
    • 18': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Dimitrios Goutas.
    • 18': Attempt missed. Daniel James (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
    • 19': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Jak Alnwick.
    • 20': Daniel James (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 20': Foul by Alex Robertson (Cardiff City).
    • 21': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Calum Chambers.
    • 22': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Jak Alnwick.
    • 23': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Dimitrios Goutas.
    • 25': Offside, Leeds United. Junior Firpo is caught offside.
    • 26': Anwar El Ghazi (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 26': Foul by Jayden Bogle (Leeds United).
    • 26': Callum Robinson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 26': Foul by Ethan Ampadu (Leeds United).
    • 29': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Ao Tanaka.
    • 32': Offside, Leeds United. Daniel James is caught offside.
    • 33': Anwar El Ghazi (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Foul by Joe Rodon (Leeds United).
    • 33': Attempt missed. Joël Piroe (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ao Tanaka.
    • 34': Offside, Leeds United. Manor Solomon is caught offside.
    • 36': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Calum Chambers.
    • 38': Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 38': Foul by Joe Ralls (Cardiff City).
    • 39': Attempt blocked. Daniel James (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Daniel James (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
    • 40': Callum Robinson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Foul by Joe Rodon (Leeds United).
    • 43': Attempt saved. Anwar El Ghazi (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 44': Foul by Andy Rinomhota (Cardiff City).
    • 44': Manor Solomon (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 44': Andy Rinomhota (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45': Attempt saved. Daniel James (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jayden Bogle.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Daniel James (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Brenden Aaronson.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Leeds United 2, Cardiff City 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Leeds United 2, Cardiff City 0.
    • 47': Cian Ashford (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 47': Foul by Junior Firpo (Leeds United).
    • 47': Foul by Jesper Daland (Cardiff City).
    • 47': Jayden Bogle (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Foul by Callum O'Dowda (Cardiff City).
    • 49': Offside, Leeds United. Joël Piroe is caught offside.
    • 50': Goal! Leeds United 3, Cardiff City 0. Daniel James (Leeds United) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Junior Firpo with a cross.
    • 51': Foul by Calum Chambers (Cardiff City).
    • 51': Junior Firpo (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 52': Offside, Leeds United. Manor Solomon is caught offside.
    • 54': Alex Robertson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Foul by Joël Piroe (Leeds United).
    • 55': Attempt saved. Alex Robertson (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Callum O'Dowda.
    • 56': Substitution, Cardiff City. Joel Bagan replaces Jesper Daland.
    • 57': Substitution, Cardiff City. Yousef Salech replaces Anwar El Ghazi.
    • 57': Ethan Ampadu (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 57': Foul by Yousef Salech (Cardiff City).
    • 61': Ao Tanaka (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 61': Foul by Joe Ralls (Cardiff City).
    • 61': Attempt missed. Joël Piroe (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Daniel James with a cross.
    • 63': Attempt saved. Joël Piroe (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Manor Solomon.
    • 63': Penalty Leeds United. Daniel James draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 63': Penalty conceded by Callum O'Dowda (Cardiff City) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 63': Callum O'Dowda (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 65': Goal! Leeds United 4, Cardiff City 0. Joël Piroe (Leeds United) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
    • 66': Substitution, Leeds United. Wilfried Gnonto replaces Daniel James.
    • 66': Substitution, Leeds United. Sam Byram replaces Jayden Bogle.
    • 67': Goal! Leeds United 5, Cardiff City 0. Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ao Tanaka following a fast break.
    • 68': Substitution, Cardiff City. Perry Ng replaces Cian Ashford.
    • 68': Substitution, Cardiff City. Sivert Mannsverk replaces Joe Ralls.
    • 69': Attempt saved. Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Brenden Aaronson.
    • 70': Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 70': Foul by Alex Robertson (Cardiff City).
    • 71': Substitution, Leeds United. Mateo Joseph replaces Brenden Aaronson.
    • 71': Substitution, Leeds United. Largie Ramazani replaces Manor Solomon.
    • 71': Attempt blocked. Junior Firpo (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Rothwell with a cross.
    • 71': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Yousef Salech.
    • 72': Attempt missed. Ao Tanaka (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Joe Rothwell.
    • 73': Ao Tanaka (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Foul by Andy Rinomhota (Cardiff City).
    • 73': Ao Tanaka (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Foul by Yousef Salech (Cardiff City).
    • 78': Attempt blocked. Mateo Joseph (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Wilfried Gnonto.
    • 78': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Dimitrios Goutas.
    • 78': Substitution, Leeds United. Pascal Struijk replaces Ao Tanaka.
    • 80': Attempt blocked. Largie Ramazani (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Junior Firpo.
    • 80': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Alex Robertson.
    • 81': Foul by Callum O'Dowda (Cardiff City).
    • 81': Joël Piroe (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 81': Substitution, Cardiff City. Will Fish replaces Callum O'Dowda.
    • 82': Alex Robertson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 82': Foul by Pascal Struijk (Leeds United).
    • 83': Attempt saved. Joël Piroe (Leeds United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 84': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Jak Alnwick.
    • 85': Attempt blocked. Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Rothwell.
    • 85': Attempt blocked. Largie Ramazani (Leeds United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wilfried Gnonto.
    • 85': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Perry Ng.
    • 86': Attempt missed. Pascal Struijk (Leeds United) right footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mateo Joseph with a cross following a corner.
    • 87': Attempt missed. Largie Ramazani (Leeds United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 88': Goal! Leeds United 6, Cardiff City 0. Mateo Joseph (Leeds United) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Junior Firpo with a cross.
    • 90': Foul by Junior Firpo (Leeds United).
    • 90': Perry Ng (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Calum Chambers (Cardiff City).
    • 90'+1': Largie Ramazani (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Ethan Ampadu (Leeds United).
    • 90'+2': Yousef Salech (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+5': Goal! Leeds United 7, Cardiff City 0. Joël Piroe (Leeds United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Junior Firpo with a through ball.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Leeds United 7, Cardiff City 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Leeds United 7, Cardiff City 0.

    Statistics

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    17 Fouls 10
    2 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 5
    1 Corner Kicks 14
    5 Saves 2
    42.5 Possession 57.5
    2 SHOTS 29
    2 ON GOAL 11
    1.0 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 1
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
    306 Accurate Passes 424
    370 Passes 484
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    0 Accurate Crosses 7
    8 Crosses 33
    0.0 Cross % 0.2
    39 Long Balls 22
    18 Accurate Long Balls 15
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
    0 Blocked Shots 8
    8 Effective Tackles 8
    13 Tackles 12
    0.6 Tackle % 0.7
    11 Interceptions 15
    33 Effective Clearances 11
    33 Clearances 11

    Game Information

    Competition: English League Championship

    Venue: Elland Road
    Location: Leeds, England
    Attendance: 35,810

    EFL Championship Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Leeds United 38 +51 80
    2 Burnley 38 +41 78
    3 Sheffield United 37 +24 77
    4 Sunderland 38 +18 69
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    LEE Leeds United (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Illan Meslier (GK)
    4 Ethan Ampadu
    6 Joe Rodon
    3 Junior Firpo
    2 Jayden Bogle
    11 Brenden Aaronson
    8 Joe Rothwell
    22 Ao Tanaka
    10 Joël Piroe
    14 Manor Solomon
    7 Daniel James
    Leeds United Substitutes:
    Maximilian Wöber, Sam Byram, Karl Darlow, Largie Ramazani, Wilfried Gnonto, Ilia Gruev, Josuha Guilavogui, Pascal Struijk, Mateo Joseph.

    CAR Cardiff City (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    21 Jak Alnwick (GK)
    5 Jesper Daland
    4 Dimitrios Goutas
    11 Callum O'Dowda Yellow Card
    35 Andy Rinomhota Yellow Card
    18 Alex Robertson
    8 Joe Ralls
    12 Calum Chambers
    47 Callum Robinson
    20 Anwar El Ghazi
    45 Cian Ashford
    Cardiff City Substitutes:
    Chris Willock, Sivert Heggheim Mannsverk, Michael Reindorf, Rubin Colwill, Joel Bagan, Yousef Salech, William Fish, Ethan Horvath, Perry Ng.

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