Leeds United and Cardiff City meet at Elland Road, in a match for the 30th day of the Championship. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league, played on 09-26-2017, Cardiff City won at home against (3-1). In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the away team, which records 2 wins and 1 loss in the last 3 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium was on 11-02-2017, for the Championship, which ended with the victory of Cardiff City by (0-2). The goals of the match were scored by S. Morrison (53 ‘) and K. Zohorè (71′) for Cardiff City. In this game the home factor may be decisive, since Leeds United presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.

Leeds :

After 13 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses, the home team is currently in the 10 th position of the league, with 44 points won. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Millwall, by (3-4). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Hull City, by (0-0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 4 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses in away matches, with 17 goals scored and 25 conceded; against 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 25 goals scored and 14 conceded. For the league, Leeds United won 14 points out of 30 possible points, after 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in the last 10 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 1-0 (6 out of 14 matches). In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 6 of the last 14 matches for this competition have ended with Under 1,5 goals. In 29 matches in this competition, they have only won 1 of the 11 matches in which they have conceded the first goal. In the last 14 home matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 6 of their 13 goals between minutes (76’-90 ‘).

The Leeds comes to this game with a draw in the visit to Hull City, totaling in this way the fifth game in a row without winning the championship. In the last game at home, Leeds added a defeat to Millwall. In this game at home the coach Thomas Christiansen should not make major changes compared to the eleven that played the previous game, Kemar Roofe being the main responsible for organizing the offensive process. In addition, this player is the best marker of Leeds, with 8 goals scored. The weaknesses in the air play are something that has hurt the home team. For this game the coach has two absences for suspension: Samuel Saiz and O’Kane.

Cardiff :

After 15 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, the away team is currently in the 4 th position, with 51 points won. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Sunderland, by (4-0). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Sheffield Wednesday, by (0-0). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses in away matches, with 18 goals scored and 16 conceded; against 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 22 goals scored and 14 suffered. In the last match that they disputed, for the FA Cup, they lost to Manchester City at home (0-2). In the last 10 away matches for the championship, Cardiff City has a record of 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, so they have won 14 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent final result at halftime was 0-0 (8 out of 14 matches). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 28 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 11 times and only managed 2 comebacks. In the last 14 home matches for this competition there are 2 periods that stand out: they have scored 7 of their 14 goals between minutes (76’-90 ‘); He suffered 7 of his 15 goals between the minutes (61’-75 ‘).

Cardiff came into this game after being eliminated from the FA Cup, losing at home to Manchester City, by 0-2. In the championship, the visitors failed to win and drew goalless against Sheffield Wednesday. In this away game, coach Neil Warnock must maintain his usual tactical scheme, that is, the 4-2-3-1, Zohore being the team’s most offensive reference. However, the best score of this team is Joe Ralls, with 7 goals scored. Usually Cardiff privileges a very direct style of play, since it has some difficulty in the maintenance of possession of the ball. For this game the foreign trainer still does not count on Peltier, Connolly and Gunnarsson, all injured.

PREDICTION: Under 2.5 goals @ 1.64