LEEDS UNITED v CARDIFF CITY.
Sunday 6th August, 2023.
ko 2:30pm from Elland Rd.
Live on Sky Sports
Injury update:
'Leeds United boss Daniel Farke has admitted that strikers Patrick Bamford, Georginio Rutter and Mateo Joseph will all miss this weekend’s clash with Cardiff City.'
Erol Bulut:
“He (Ryan Allsop) got a small injury from our last friendly match. He will not be with us but we have Jak (Alnwick) and he will be good to go with us and he will handle it well.
“I think he will need 10 days.
“Yakou Meite and Macca (Mark McGuinness), they are also in training. Also Joe Ralls, I think and hope they will also be with us in Leeds. He (Rubin Colwill) is also in training and fully with us."
Speaking on Romaine Sawyers, Bulut said: “He started with us this week but he’s not on the level where we can use him. Small problems with his knee.
“He has recovered from that but he’s in training with us. We have to see the following days and weeks.”
MATCH FACTS
- Leeds are winless in their last five league games against Cardiff (DM L4) having won three on the bounce against the Bluebirds prior to this run.
- Cardiff have lost just one of their last 12 visits to Elland Road in the Football League (W7 D4), with that defeat coming in November 2015. In their last league trip to Elland Road back in December 2019, the Bluebirds managed to come from three goals down to draw 3-3.
- When kicking off a league campaign at home, Leeds have lost just one of their last 19 games (W13 D5), winning eight of their last 10 MD1 fixtures at Elland Road (D1 L1).
- Cardiff have won their opening league game in just two of the last 10 seasons (D4 L4), with those victories coming in 2017-18 (1-0 vs Burton) and last term (1-0 vs Norwich).
- Leeds won 12 of their last 14 Championship matches in their last spell in the division in 2019-20 (D1 L1) on their way to winning the league under Marcelo Bielsa - the only side to beat them in that sequence was Cardiff, a 2-0 victory in June 2020.
Match Officials:
Referee: Josh Smith
Assistant Referee: Matthew Jones
Assistant Referee: Sam Lewis
Fourth Official: Jeremy Simpson