Leeds moved up to sixth in the table with a dominant performance over bottom of the table Cardiff City. They squandered multiple chances to put the game to bed early on against an awful Cardiff. To make matters worse, Erol Bulut's side were reduced to ten men for over an hour, after Joel Bagan saw red for pulling Ramazani back whilst preparing to shoot. The man in black saw it as a goal scoring opportunity, hence the harsh punishment.

Shortly after, Leeds took the lead. Joseph's clever flick released Ramazani, with a clear path to goal. He had the pace to hold off three defenders before smashing the ball past Alnwick from the edge of the area. This should have opened the floodgates but Leeds struggled to capitalize on their dominance.

Aaronson, Joseph and Ramazani could have made the score-line comfortable going into the break, but had to wait until three minutes from time to secure all three points, and even endured the luxury of missing a spot kick after Bogle was bundled over in the box.

Forgotten man Joel Piroe had only been on the pitch for three minutes when he made the match safe, firing past Alnwick from an acute angle. His precision strike could give Daniel Farke food for thought as they prepare for the arrival of Coventry City on Saturday.

	Line Up		Nat	Match Events
	1	Meslier, Illan Goalkeeper
	3	Firpo, Junior Defender
	5	Struijk, Pascal Defender
	6	Rodon, Joe Defender
	2	Bogle, Jayden Defender
	4	Ampadu, Ethan Midfielder
	44	Gruev, Ilia Midfielder
	29	Gnonto, Wilfried Midfielder
	11	Aaronson, Brenden Midfielder
	17	Ramazani, Largie Midfielder
	19	Joseph, Mateo Forward
	Subs		Nat	Match Events
	25	Byram, Sam Defender
	10	Piroe, Joel Forward
	8	Rothwell, Joe Midfielder
	22	Tanaka, Ao Midfielder
	33	Schmidt, Isaac Defender
	9	Bamford, Patrick Forward		Unused Sub
	50	Crew, Charlie Midfielder		Unused Sub
	26	Darlow, Karl Goalkeeper		Unused Sub
	37	Debayo, James Defender		Unused Sub

		Debuts	Nat	DOB	Joined
		Schmidt, Isaac Defender		07/12/1999 (24)	30/08/2024

	References
	LEEDSTATS: Leeds United Season 2024/2025
	Sheridan Dictates: Season Statistics 2024-25
	Leeds United Programme Guide: Season 2024/25