Cardiff City 0-2 Leeds United highlights: Ramazani and Piroe score as Struijk misses spot kick vs ten-man Bluebirds

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Leeds United visit Cardiff City this afternoon looking to make it three wins from their last four games after a blip against Burnley seven days ago.

Daniel Farke has come under pressure from supporters following the team’s failure to beat Leeds’ Claret-shirted promotion rivals last weekend, but the German remains satisfied with the manner in which his side are playing, despite two wins from their opening five league outings.

Cardiff, meanwhile, are under a different kind of pressure altogether, at the opposite end of the table. Reports in the national media indicate manager Erol Bulut is close to the sack at the Cardiff City Stadium, but a victory over a superior Leeds side has the potential to prolong his stay in South Wales.

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United are without Dan James, while Manor Solomon is a doubt due to a back issue. Joe Rodon, Junior Firpo and Joe Rothwell are all expected to be available despite hip, knee and ankle problems, respectively.

New arrivals Ao Tanaka and Largie Ramazani could be in line for their full debuts if Farke chooses to alternate certain players in his starting line-up, while there will also be tributes to former Bluebirds and Leeds skipper Sol Bamba before and during the fixture, who recently passed aged 39.

Team news, build-up, live match updates and more here throughout the afternoon. Kick-off is 3pm.

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1' Underway at the Cardiff City Stadium after a minute's applause for Sol Bamba. Angus Kinnear and Eddie Gray among the #LUFC delegation who were on the pitch.

Leeds fans start a chant of 'One Sol Bamba', to which the home supporters respond with applause.

We’ve just had a montage of Sol Bamba’s career goals on the big screen display at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Expecting a more formal tribute to take place in a couple of minutes, before kick-off and then during the 14th minute of the game.

Bluebirds players all warming up in ‘Bamba 14’ shirts, too.

HERO: Sol Bamba celebrates scoring against Charlton for Leeds in April 2016. Picture: James Hardisty.HERO: Sol Bamba celebrates scoring against Charlton for Leeds in April 2016. Picture: James Hardisty.
HERO: Sol Bamba celebrates scoring against Charlton for Leeds in April 2016. Picture: James Hardisty.

Leeds United team news

XI: Meslier, Bogle, Rodon, Struijk, Firpo, Ampadu (c), Gruev, Gnonto, Ramazani, Aaronson, Joseph

Subs: Darlow, Debayo, Byram, Schmidt, Crew, Rothwell, Tanaka, Piroe, Bamford

Cardiff are in the building, we await Leeds. Will Manor Solomon be with them?

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Leeds versus bottom of the league, stop me if you’ve heard this one before.

We’ll bring you all the updates from this afternoon’s game. Kick-off at 3.

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