Leeds vs Cardiff

1 February 2025 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee Michael Salisbury

Full time 7 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

Brenden Aaronson 6’
Manor Solomon 13’
Daniel James 50’
Joël Piroe 65’ (pen), 90+5’
Wilfried Gnonto 67’
Mateo Joseph 88’

Match summary

Leeds won comfortably, 7-0 at home to Cardiff. Leeds led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Brenden Aaronson put Leeds ahead in the 6th minute and Manor Solomon made it 2-0 in the 13th minute. In the second half, Daniel James made it 3-0 in the 50th minute, Joël Piroe made it 4-0 from the penalty spot in the 65th minute, Wilfried Gnonto made it 5-0 in the 67th minute, Mateo Joseph made it 6-0 in the 88th minute, and Piroe made it 7-0 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Leeds created 5.74 expected goals (xG) from 29 shots to Cardiff's 0.06 from 2.

Match stats

29 Shots 2

12 Shots on Target 2

14 Corners 1

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

5.74 xG 0.06

4.95 Non-penalty xG 0.06

Key events

Leeds Cardiff

Kick-off

Brenden Aaronson

1-0

6’

Manor Solomon

2-0

13’

Half-time2-0

Daniel James

3-0

50’

Joël Piroe
Penalty

4-0

65’

Wilfried Gnonto

5-0

67’

Mateo Joseph

6-0

88’

Joël Piroe

7-0

90+5’

Full-time7-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Cardiff

Andy Rinomhota
Callum O'Dowda

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Leeds 5.74 xGCardiff 0.06 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Cardiff attacking Leeds attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players


Illan Meslier	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jayden Bogle Taken off	66′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Rodon	90′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Ethan Ampadu	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Junior Firpo	90′	–	–	3	0.23	–	–	–
Ao Tanaka Taken off	78′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Joe Rothwell	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Daniel James Taken off	66′	1	–	7	1.30	–	–	–
Brenden Aaronson Taken off	71′	1	–	1	0.68	–	–	–
Manor Solomon Taken off	71′	1	–	1	0.64	–	–	–
Joël Piroe	90′	2	–	6	1.30	–	–	–
Sam Byram Came on as a substitute	24′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wilfried Gnonto Came on as a substitute	24′	1	–	3	0.22	–	–	–
Mateo Joseph Came on as a substitute	19′	1	–	2	0.65	–	–	–
Largie Ramazani Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	3	0.45	–	–	–
Pascal Struijk Came on as a substitute	12′	–	–	1	0.22	–	–	–


Jak Alnwick	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Andy Rinomhota	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dimitris Goutas	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jesper Daland Taken off	56′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Callum O'Dowda Taken off	81′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Calum Chambers	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Ralls Taken off	68′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cian Ashford Taken off	68′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alex Robertson	90′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Anwar El Ghazi Taken off	57′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Callum Robinson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joel Bagan Came on as a substitute	34′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Yousef Salech Came on as a substitute	33′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Perry Ng Came on as a substitute	22′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sivert Mannsverk Came on as a substitute	22′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
William Fish Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Leeds win 73% Avg odds 1.29

Draw 18% Avg odds 5.35

Cardiff win 9% Avg odds 10.82

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Leeds D D W W D

Cardiff D D W D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Cardiff 0-2 Leeds, 21 Sep 24 All Leeds vs Cardiff meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.