Leeds United vs Cardiff City Prediction, Tips & Odds – Jan. 18, 2023 20:45 CET
Leeds United vs Cardiff City Prediction 18.01.2023. Leeds United will try to secure the 4th Round of the FA Cup at Elland Road against Championship side Cardiff City in a replay game of the 3rd Round.
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Leeds United vs Cardiff City Odds
Leeds United vs Cardiff City 1×2: 1.35/5.65/8.50
Asian Handicap (-1.5/+1.5): 1.94/1.88
Total Over/Under (2.5): 1.58/2.38
Odds via Unibet Sportsbook.
Leeds United Team News
Leeds United continue their terrible run of results. They lose to Aston Villa on a Friday night and now they are seven games without a win in all competitions. Leeds United is in very poor form in the last couple of months and it’s really amazing how they aren’t in the relegation zone yet.
Since the end of August, they have won only TWO games in the last five months, almost. Only two wins from the last 17 games in all competitions. Jesse Marsch is still on the bench, but for how long?
Leeds is 15th in the table with 17 points and they are only two points above the relegation zone and only two points above Southampton who is in the last place.
Leeds has a run of games where they must try to win some points. They will have to play against Brentford, Nottingham Forest, Everton, and Southampton in the next 39 days and if they don’t win some games Marsch will be sacked, and Leeds will be in huge trouble.
That run starts with the FA Cup game against Cardiff City. Ten days ago, Cardiff has a 2-0 lead against Leeds, but the Premier League side managed to come back and score the equalizer in the 93rd minute to force a replay.
Leeds kept only one clean sheet in the last 13 games and they have a lot of defensive problems.
Cardiff City Team News
Cardiff is also in a terrible run of results. They are nine games without a win in all competitions and they have six draws in the last seven games.
Because of the current run, they sacked their manager Mark Hudson a couple of days ago. That was the second managerial change in Cardiff since the season started. They sacked Steve Morison in September and now Hudson. Dean Whitehead will take charge of the team in this game.
Cardiff is struggling this season. They are 21st in the table with 29 points and seven wins after 27 games. They are only a place and three points above the relegation zone. They have two wins in the last 15 games since the middle of October and only Wigan is in worst form than Cardiff in the last three months.
They are struggling with attack a lot and they scored only 21 goals which are the lowest in the Championship. They failed to score in three of the last five games. Away from home, they failed to score in eight of 13 games.
Leeds United vs Cardiff City H2H
08.01.23 – Cardiff City : Leeds United – 2:2
21.06.20 – Cardiff City : Leeds United – 2:0
14.12.19 – Leeds United : Cardiff City – 3:3
03.02.18 – Leeds United : Cardiff City – 1:4
29.09.17 – Cardiff City : Leeds United – 3:1
Injuries and suspensions
Leeds United: Archie Gray, Stuart Dallas, and Luis Sinisterra are injured.
Cardiff City: Mahlon Romeo and Jamilu Collins are injured.
Leeds United vs Cardiff City Prediction
Leeds must win this game. If they do that they will play against Boreham Wood or Accrington Stanley in the next round and they will have a great opportunity to advance to the fifth round of the FA Cup. For Jesse Marsch, this game is also very important because this is the only competition where you can archive something. A defeat will bring him much closer to sacking.
He will rotate the squad a little but we believe that Leeds is capable of winning this game. Cardiff sacked a manager, they are also in terrible form, and they missed their chance to beat Leeds ten days ago. Now, it will be more difficult to do that.
Kick-off Time: Wednesday, 18.01.2023, 20:45 CET
Prediction: Leeds to win and over 2.5 Goals
Odds: 1.86
Sportsbook: Unibet
