Championship: Leeds United expected to outplay Cardiff City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sun 06.Aug
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Elland Road (39460 seats)

Leeds United and Cardiff City fans have their most treasured supporter kits on for this first game week of a new Championship campaign. GO!

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Leeds United form and stats

Disaster struck Leeds United last season as they could not defend their status as a Premier League team. With 21 defeats from 38 games, and only 7 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Leeds are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W5 D7 L7.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Shrewsbury Town are coming to town in three days.

Leeds United have prepared for this season with four friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these four matches are 2 victories, 0 draws and 2 losses. In these games, Leeds United have scored {3 goals} and conceded 4 times.

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Cardiff City form and stats

Let's have a look at how Cardiff City performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 21st position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 10 draws and 23 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded {58 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 13 with 21/34 goals scored/conceded.

It's a day of discovery for Cardiff as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Cardiff City have played seven with the results W3-D2-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Cardiff City has scored {8 goals} and conceded 8 times.

Head 2 Head

Leeds United-Cardiff City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Leeds United four wins, Cardiff City four wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Leeds United missing players

Cardiff City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leeds United Cardiff City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Leeds United Last season Cardiff City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   23 46
7 5   Won W   7 13
10 7   Drew D   3 10
21 7   Lost L   13 23
48 26   Scored S   21 41
78 37   Conceded C   34 58
92% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 91%
76% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 61%
66% 63%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 35%
45% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 20%
26% 26%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 9%
68% 68%   BTTS BTTS   35% 41%
13% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 26%
26% 21%   Failed to Score F T   57% 41%
 
5.2 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.7
4.8 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 4.9
2.3 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.8
3 2   Red cards R C   3 5
 
12.2 13.3   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 11.6
3.9 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.2
32% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 28%
 
14 13.2   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 11.3
5 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Birmingham City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Blackburn Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bristol City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cardiff City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Coventry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Huddersfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hull City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Ipswich Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Leeds United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Leicester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Middlesbrough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Millwall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Norwich City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Plymouth Argyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Preston North End 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Queens Park Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Rotherham United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sheffield Wednesday 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Southampton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Stoke City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Swansea City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Watford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 West Bromwich Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 38 28 5 5 94 33 19 17 1 1 60 17 19 11 4 4 34 16 61 89
2 Arsenal 38 26 6 6 88 43 19 14 3 2 53 25 19 12 3 4 35 18 45 84
3 Manchester United 38 23 6 9 58 43 19 15 3 1 36 10 19 8 3 8 22 33 15 75
4 Newcastle United 38 19 14 5 68 33 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 8 8 3 32 19 35 71
5 Liverpool 38 19 10 9 75 47 19 13 5 1 46 17 19 6 5 8 29 30 28 67
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 18 8 12 72 53 19 10 4 5 37 21 19 8 4 7 35 32 19 62
7 Aston Villa 38 18 7 13 51 46 19 12 2 5 33 21 19 6 5 8 18 25 5 61
8 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 6 14 70 63 19 12 1 6 37 25 19 6 5 8 33 38 7 60
9 Brentford 38 15 14 9 58 46 19 10 7 2 35 18 19 5 7 7 23 28 12 59
10 Fulham 38 15 7 16 55 53 19 8 5 6 31 29 19 7 2 10 24 24 2 52
11 Crystal Palace 38 11 12 15 40 49 19 7 7 5 21 23 19 4 5 10 19 26 -9 45
12 Chelsea 38 11 11 16 38 47 19 6 7 6 20 19 19 5 4 10 18 28 -9 44
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 11 8 19 31 58 19 9 3 7 19 20 19 2 5 12 12 38 -27 41
14 West Ham United 38 11 7 20 42 55 19 8 4 7 26 24 19 3 3 13 16 31 -13 40
15 AFC Bournemouth 38 11 6 21 37 71 19 6 4 9 20 28 19 5 2 12 17 43 -34 39
16 Nottingham Forest 38 9 11 18 38 68 19 8 6 5 27 24 19 1 5 13 11 44 -30 38
17 Everton 38 8 12 18 34 57 19 6 3 10 16 27 19 2 9 8 18 30 -23 36
18 Leicester City 38 9 7 22 51 68 19 5 4 10 23 27 19 4 3 12 28 41 -17 34
19 Leeds United 38 7 10 21 48 78 19 5 7 7 26 37 19 2 3 14 22 41 -30 31
20 Southampton 38 6 7 25 36 73 19 2 5 12 19 37 19 4 2 13 17 36 -37 25
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 46 29 14 3 87 35 23 16 6 1 49 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 52 101
2 Sheffield United 46 28 7 11 73 39 23 16 3 4 47 19 23 12 4 7 26 20 34 91
3 Luton Town 46 21 17 8 57 39 23 10 9 4 31 21 23 11 8 4 26 18 18 80
4 Middlesbrough 46 22 9 15 84 56 23 13 7 3 46 19 23 9 2 12 38 37 28 75
5 Coventry City 46 18 16 12 58 46 23 11 7 5 30 24 23 7 9 7 28 22 12 70
6 Sunderland 46 18 15 13 68 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 23 11 6 6 35 22 13 69
7 Blackburn Rovers 46 20 9 17 52 54 23 13 4 6 27 19 23 7 5 11 25 35 -2 69
8 Millwall 46 19 11 16 57 50 23 11 6 6 34 22 23 8 5 10 23 28 7 68
9 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 12 16 59 53 23 11 7 5 31 20 23 7 5 11 28 33 6 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 12 16 68 64 23 11 4 8 38 32 23 7 8 8 30 32 4 66
11 Watford 46 16 15 15 56 53 23 11 6 6 35 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 3 63
12 Preston North End 46 17 12 17 45 59 23 7 7 9 20 28 23 10 5 8 25 31 -14 63
13 Norwich City 46 17 11 18 57 54 23 8 5 10 27 27 23 9 6 8 30 27 3 62
14 Bristol City 46 15 14 17 55 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 23 6 7 10 25 32 -1 59
15 Hull City 46 14 16 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 23 5 10 8 27 34 -10 58
16 Stoke City 46 14 11 21 55 54 23 6 5 12 25 27 23 8 6 9 30 27 1 53
17 Birmingham City 46 14 11 21 47 58 23 7 6 10 24 24 23 7 5 11 23 34 -11 53
18 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 47 62 23 9 6 8 26 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -15 53
19 Rotherham United 46 11 17 18 49 60 23 9 6 8 37 30 23 2 11 10 12 30 -11 50
20 Queens Park Rangers 46 13 11 22 44 71 23 6 5 12 21 35 23 7 6 10 23 36 -27 50
21 Cardiff City 46 13 10 23 41 58 23 6 7 10 20 24 23 7 3 13 21 34 -17 49
22 Reading 46 13 11 22 46 68 23 10 8 5 31 24 23 3 3 17 15 44 -22 44
23 Blackpool 46 11 11 24 48 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 23 5 5 13 20 38 -24 44
24 Wigan Athletic 46 10 15 21 38 65 23 5 7 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 39

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Birmingham City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Blackburn Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bristol City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cardiff City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Coventry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Huddersfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hull City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Ipswich Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Leeds United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Leicester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Middlesbrough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Millwall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Norwich City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Plymouth Argyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Preston North End 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Queens Park Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Rotherham United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sheffield Wednesday 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Southampton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Stoke City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Swansea City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Watford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 West Bromwich Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.