LIVE UPDATES. Leicester City leads Cardiff City 1-0 after Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall scored in the 18th minute

Live updates of the match played between Cardiff City and Leicester City on the 29th of December 2023 in Cardiff during the 25th week of the Championship

David Brown

December 29, 2023

CARDIFF. Cardiff City and Leicester City are playing in the 25th round of the Championship.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has scored a goal in the 18th minute to give a 1-0 lead to Leicester City over Cardiff City.

Match Statistics

Cardiff City

0 - 2

Leicester City

! 36 Ball Possession 64

Shots

10 Total 9
2 On Target 4
3 Off Target 4
5 Shots blocked 1

82 Attack 126
30 Dangerous attack 33
74 Ball safe 101

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 2
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

9 Total 7
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 2

Ball possession

Leicester City was in firm control of the ball 62% while Cardiff City was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cardiff City had a more offensive attitude with dangerous attacks and 0 shots of which 0 were on target.

Cardiff City shot 0 times, 0 on target, 0 off target. On the opposite side, Leicester City shot 2 times, 2 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

Leicester City

Forwarder, Defender, Midfielder

England England

Age: 26

178 cm

Season 2023/2024

See all

Played 44 2 Missed

Minutes 3643 82.8 Avg

Goals 12 0.3 Avg

Assist 14 0.3 Avg

Attempt 89 2.0 Avg

Passes 1844 41.978.0% AvgSucc

Yellow 5 0.1 Avg

Red 0 0.0 Avg

This season he played in total 25 times for 1993 minutes for Championship.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall scored 8 goals for Leicester City. He procured 9 assists. He received 3 yellow cards and no red cards.

His team is currently 1st in Championship. In the last match Leicester City drew 1-1 against Ipswich Town. The next match in Championship will be against Huddersfield Town.

The last time the teams played each other, it was a draw 1-1.

Cardiff City performance and stats

Cardiff City

Manager: Erol Bulut

Championship

Rank 12th

Win 19

Draw 5

Loss 22

Goals 53-70

Diff -17

Top 3 Scorers

This season

Cardiff City is currently 11th in the Championship with 34 points.

In the last 24 games, it has won 10 times, drawn 5 times, and lost 9 times. In its last match, Cardiff City drawn 2-2 against Plymouth Argyle.

It has a positive goal difference after scoring 32 goals and conceding 30.

Cardiff City will play the next match in Championship against Queens Park Rangers on Monday 1st of January in London. The prediction is Queens Park Rangers winning the match.

Leicester City performance and stats

Leicester City

Manager: Enzo Maresca

Championship

Rank 1st

Win 31

Draw 4

Loss 11

Goals 89-41

Diff 48

Top 3 Scorers

This season

Leicester City is currently 1st in the Championship with 59 points.

In the last 24 games, it has won 18 times, drawn 3 times, and lost 3 times. In its last match, Leicester City drawn 1-1 against Ipswich Town.

It has a positive goal difference after scoring 48 goals and conceding 17.

Leicester City will play the next match in Championship against Huddersfield Town on Monday 1st of January in Leicester. The prediction is Leicester City winning the match.

Commentary

90'

Second Half ended - Cardiff City 0, Leicester City 2.

Offside - Cardiff City. Rubin Colwill is in offside.

Corner - Cardiff City. Conceded by Hamza Choudhury.

Shot blocked. Yakou Méïté - Cardiff City - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked.

Hamza Choudhury - Leicester City - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Jamilu Collins - Cardiff City

Missed chance. Ollie Tanner - Cardiff City - shot with left foot from outside the box is high and wide to the left after corner.

Corner - Cardiff City. Conceded by Cesare Casadei.

Rubin Colwill - Cardiff City - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Jannik Vestergaard - Leicester City

Missed chance. Stephy Mavididi - Leicester City - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is close, but missed. Assist - Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall following a fast break.

89'

Perry Ng - Cardiff City - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Stephy Mavididi - Leicester City

88'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Delay in match - injury Abdul Fatawu - Leicester City

86'

Shot blocked. Yakou Méïté - Cardiff City - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Ryan Wintle.

85'

Missed chance. Mark McGuinness - Cardiff City - shot with the head from the centre of the box is very close to the goal. Assist - Rubin Colwill with a cross after corner.

Corner - Cardiff City. Conceded by Wout Faes.

Shot blocked. Yakou Méïté - Cardiff City - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Ollie Tanner.

84'

Fouled by Mark McGuinness - Cardiff City

Thomas Cannon - Leicester City - won a free kick on the right wing.

82'

Substitution - Leicester City. Thomas Cannon for Patson Daka.

81'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

80'

Delay in match - injury Dimitrios Goutas - Cardiff City

79'

Corner - Leicester City. Conceded by Perry Ng.

Shot blocked. Stephy Mavididi - Leicester City - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assist - Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.

76'

New attacking attempt. Rubin Colwill - Cardiff City - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Ryan Wintle.

73'

Missed chance. Patson Daka - Leicester City - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.

Abdul Fatawu - Leicester City - hits the left post with a shot with left foot from outside the box. Assist - Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.

70'

Stephy Mavididi - Leicester City - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Ryan Wintle - Cardiff City

Cesare Casadei - Leicester City - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Ollie Tanner - Cardiff City

69'

Stephy Mavididi - Leicester City - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Perry Ng - Cardiff City

Substitution - Leicester City. Cesare Casadei for Wilfred Ndidi.

66'

Substitution - Cardiff City. Callum Robinson for Kion Etete - injury.

64'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Delay in match - injury Kion Etete - Cardiff City

New attacking attempt. Manolis Siopis - Cardiff City - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal.

62'

Rubin Colwill - Cardiff City - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Wilfred Ndidi - Leicester City

61'

Fouled by Jamilu Collins - Cardiff City

Abdul Fatawu - Leicester City - won a free kick in defence.

60'

Substitution - Cardiff City. Rubin Colwill for Joe Ralls.

Substitution - Cardiff City. Ollie Tanner for Josh Bowler.

59'

Corner - Leicester City. Conceded by Jamilu Collins.

58'

Shot blocked. Wilfred Ndidi - Leicester City - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Abdul Fatawu.

55'

Goal! Cardiff City 0, Leicester City 2. James Justin - Leicester City - shot with right foot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assist - Abdul Fatawu.

47'

Joe Ralls - Cardiff City - receive yellow card for a foul.

Wilfred Ndidi - Leicester City - won a free kick in attack.

Fouled by Joe Ralls - Cardiff City

45'

Second Half starts Cardiff City 0, Leicester City 1.

First Half ended - Cardiff City 0, Leicester City 1.

Missed chance. Kion Etete - Cardiff City - shot with right foot from a diffucult position on the right is high and wide to the right.

Corner - Cardiff City. Conceded by Wout Faes.

Shot blocked. Joe Ralls - Cardiff City - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Ryan Wintle.

Patson Daka - Leicester City - won a free kick in attack.

Fouled by Mark McGuinness - Cardiff City

43'

Fouled by Kion Etete - Cardiff City

Abdul Fatawu - Leicester City - won a free kick in defence.

42'

Perry Ng - Cardiff City - won a free kick on the right wing.

Fouled by Harry Winks - Leicester City

41'

Corner - Cardiff City. Conceded by James Justin.

40'

Shot blocked. Joe Ralls - Cardiff City - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Kion Etete.

Substitution - Cardiff City. Yakou Méïté for Karlan Grant - injury.

39'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

36'

Delay in match - injury Karlan Grant - Cardiff City

Missed chance. Abdul Fatawu - Leicester City - shot with the head from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right. Assist - Stephy Mavididi with a cross.

31'

Hand ball by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall - Leicester City

30'

Perry Ng - Cardiff City - won a free kick in attack.

Fouled by Patson Daka - Leicester City

20'

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall - Leicester City - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Josh Bowler - Cardiff City

18'

Goal! Cardiff City 0, Leicester City 1. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall - Leicester City - shot with left foot from the centre of the box to the right corner. Assist - Abdul Fatawu.

17'

Kion Etete - Cardiff City - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Harry Winks - Leicester City

14'

James Justin - Leicester City - won a free kick in defence.

Offside - Leicester City. Stephy Mavididi is in offside.

Fouled by Josh Bowler - Cardiff City

New attacking attempt. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall - Leicester City - shot with the head from few metres is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Abdul Fatawu with a through ball.