Leeds United 2-2 Cardiff City highlights: Late Summerville equaliser spares Elland Road's blushes on opening day
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Daniel Farke takes to the home dugout at Elland Road for the first time today as the Whites welcome Erol Bulut’s Bluebirds in their Championship opener.
Leeds are without strikers Patrick Bamford, Georginio Rutter and Mateo Joseph through injury, leaving Joe Gelhardt, Willy Gnonto and Daniel James as the new manager’s options to lead the line in attack.
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Hide AdCardiff are injury-hit themselves, but have signed boyhood fan and Wales icon Aaron Ramsey during the summer transfer window.
Leeds’ first summer addition Ethan Ampadu is expected to start in midfield this afternoon, while fellow new signing Sam Byram is also in line to start after a pre-season in which he proved his fitness.
Karl Darlow will be named on the substitutes’ bench as Leeds’ No. 1 Illan Meslier remains at the club, despite a summer of transfer speculation.
Follow all the action throughout the afternoon with the Yorkshire Evening Post. Live match updates, build-up, team news, minute-by-minute coverage and post match quotes here.
Leeds United 2-2 Cardiff City LIVE
Key Events
- Bowler opens scoring
- Ugbo doubles Cardiff lead
- Cooper scores but is stretchered off
- Summerville rescues a point at the death
Oh, Sini
74’ Sinisterrrrra. Gnonto shimmies to the right and slides a lovely defence-splitting pass to Sini, but O’Dowda is on hand to deny the Colombian a clean strike at goal. That’s a real chance.
Correct call
68’ GOO....Offside. Ayling correctly flagged on the right before crossing for James who taps in from a yard.
Probing
66’ SAVE! Alnwick dives to his left to deny Dan James who sorts his feet out really nicely and pops off a shot from the edge of the box. Was creeping in that. Byram skies the knockdown from the resulting corner.
Little menace
61’ Gnonto picks a Cardiff defender’s pocket inside the penalty area and tries to squeeze it through to James who is in space, but the pass is blocked. Visitors really deep now.
Get out of jail for Pascal
57’ Ugbo shoots over the top but the Cardiff striker found far too easily with a straight ball down the middle.
Little magician
53’ CLOSE! So nearly an equaliser. Gnonto weaves his way through the Cardiff defence, leaves McGuinness rooted but his effort is saved onto the crossbar. Corner.