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.
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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
HT thoughts
Leeds have been exposed on both flanks by relatively straight-forward moves, and at the other end lacked penetration. Cardiff sat deep and dug in, but weathered the storm just before opening the scoring and took their chances when presented with them.
HT: Leeds 0-2 Cardiff
Penalty shout on the stroke of half-time as Summerville tripped from behind. Nothing given. For all of Leeds’ dominance of the ball, it’s the visitors who have chalked up two goals from two shots on target during the first half.
2-0 Cardiff - Ugbo
39’ Not good. A simple one-two on the edge of the box gets Bowler into the penalty area. Ramsey’s shot deflects through to the back post where Ugbo and Grant were queuing up for an easy finish.
First shot on target
38’ Good effort. Hjelde into Sinisterra whose one-two with Gnonto allows him to find Summerville in space on the edge of the area. Forces a good save from Alnwick who palms out for a corner.
32’ Dan James latches onto a knockdown and shoots from 20 yards but it’s always rising over the crossbar.