FA Cup · ENG · Round 3

Leeds United
5 - 2 Full time
Cardiff City

Elland Road · Leeds, West Yorkshire

Lineups

Leeds United4-2-3-1
IM1Meslier
RK25Kristensen
DL14Llorente
MW39↓57'Wöber
JF3Firpo
MR8Roca
TA12↓46'Adams
SG42Greenwood
JH11↓79'Harrison
WG29⚽×2↓67'Gnonto
R19⚽↓46'Rodrigo
JA21Alnwick
TS12Sang
CN16Nelson
JS26Simpson
JB3Bagan
RS19Sawyers
MH29↓46'Harris
AR35↓64'Rinomhota
SO10↓88'Ojo
RC27↓46'Colwill
KE9↓64'Etete
Cardiff City4-1-4-1

Leeds United substitutes

7 Brenden Aaronson 6.6 ↑46'
9 Patrick Bamford 8.7 ⚽×2↑46'
2 Luke Ayling 6.4 ↑57'
30 Joe Gelhardt 7.2 ↑67'
23 Luis Sinisterra 5.7 ↑79'
22 Joel Robles
21 Pascal Struijk
18 Darko Gyabi
16 Sonny Perkins

Coach: Jesse Marsch · Unavailable: Daniel James (injury), Lucas Perri (injury)

Cardiff City substitutes

23 Cedric Kipre 6.6 ↑46'
6 Ryan Wintle 6.6 ↑46'
47 Callum Robinson 8.4 ⚽×2↑64'
39 Isaak Davies 5.8 ↑64'
20 Gavin Whyte ↑88'
1 Ryan Allsop
11 Callum O'Dowda
38 Perry Ng
25 Jaden Philogene-Bidace

Coach: Dean Whitehead

Match events

1'Wilfried Gnonto assist: Rodrigo 1 - 0⚽
34'Rodrigo assist: Jack Harrison 2 - 0⚽
36'Wilfried Gnonto assist: Jack Harrison 3 - 0⚽
39'Tom Sang
40'Wilfried Gnonto
Second half
46'↑ Patrick Bamford ↓ Rodrigo⇄
46'↑ Brenden Aaronson ↓ Tyler Adams⇄
46'↑ Ryan Wintle ↓ Rubin Colwill⇄
46'↑ Cedric Kipre ↓ Mark Harris⇄
57'↑ Luke Ayling ↓ Maximilian Wöber⇄
64'↑ Isaak Davies ↓ Kion Etete⇄
64'↑ Callum Robinson ↓ Andy Rinomhota⇄
67'↑ Joe Gelhardt ↓ Wilfried Gnonto⇄
71'Patrick Bamford assist: Luke Ayling 4 - 0⚽
76'Patrick Bamford assist: Joe Gelhardt 5 - 0⚽
79'↑ Luis Sinisterra ↓ Jack Harrison⇄
84'Callum Robinson 5 - 1⚽
88'↑ Gavin Whyte ↓ Sheyi Ojo⇄
90+3'Callum Robinson (penalty) 5 - 2⚽

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Match details

CompetitionFA Cup
Kick-off (UTC)Wednesday, 18 January 2023, 19:45 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

6Leeds United wins5Draws10Cardiff City wins

21 past meetings on record. Biggest Leeds United win: Leeds United 7–0 Cardiff City (2025). Biggest Cardiff City win: Leeds United 0–4 Cardiff City (2010).

1 Feb 2025Leeds United 7 - 0 Cardiff CityChampionship
21 Sep 2024Cardiff City 0 - 2 Leeds UnitedChampionship
13 Jan 2024Cardiff City 0 - 3 Leeds UnitedChampionship
6 Aug 2023Leeds United 2 - 2 Cardiff CityChampionship
8 Jan 2023Cardiff City 2 - 2 Leeds UnitedFA Cup
21 Jun 2020Cardiff City 2 - 0 Leeds UnitedChampionship
14 Dec 2019Leeds United 3 - 3 Cardiff CityChampionship
3 Feb 2018Leeds United 1 - 4 Cardiff CityChampionship
26 Sep 2017Cardiff City 3 - 1 Leeds UnitedChampionship
11 Feb 2017Leeds United 0 - 2 Cardiff CityChampionship
Show all 21 past meetings
17 Sep 2016Cardiff City 0 - 2 Leeds UnitedChampionship
8 Mar 2016Cardiff City 0 - 2 Leeds UnitedChampionship
3 Nov 2015Leeds United 1 - 0 Cardiff CityChampionship
11 Apr 2015Leeds United 1 - 2 Cardiff CityChampionship
1 Nov 2014Cardiff City 3 - 1 Leeds UnitedChampionship
2 Feb 2013Leeds United 0 - 1 Cardiff CityChampionship
15 Sep 2012Cardiff City 2 - 1 Leeds UnitedChampionship
21 Apr 2012Cardiff City 1 - 1 Leeds UnitedChampionship
30 Oct 2011Leeds United 1 - 1 Cardiff CityChampionship
4 Jan 2011Cardiff City 2 - 1 Leeds UnitedChampionship
25 Oct 2010Leeds United 0 - 4 Cardiff CityChampionship