Cardiff vs. Leeds Betting Tips: Visitors a generous price to find the net twice

Cardiff welcome Leeds to Wales on Sunday afternoon as the two face off in the FA Cup. The game can be seen live on ITV and we’re here to provide you with our best bets for the occasion. 

It’s been a rotten festive period for Cardiff City who are now winless in their last seven Championship outings. The Bluebirds have also failed to score in their last three matches, with their most recent result coming in the form of a 1-0 defeat at Blackburn Rovers on New Year’s Day.

• FA Cup Winner Odds

Premier League survival will be the ultimate goal for Leeds United this season and their form will need to improve in 2023 after four matches without a win in the league. However, Jesse Marsch’s men earned a solid point at St James’ Park against Newcastle on New Year’s Eve before playing out a 2-2 with West Ham in midweek. 

Taking a look at the match odds for this one and unsurprisingly the bookmakers have instilled Leeds as the favourites to win the game in 90 minutes, priced at 5/6 to do so. The draw can be backed at 11/4, with a home win for Cardiff on show at 16/5. 

The first of two selections we have picked out on Sunday is for Leeds United to score over 1.5 goals in the match. Despite only managing two wins in their last seven league matches, Leeds have been finding the net regularly and it’s well worth noting that they have scored at least two goals in six of their last seven!

Those matches were all against Premier League opponents and with a lower quality side to face in the form of Cardiff on Sunday, it would be no surprise to see the Yorkshire side find the net on numerous occasions. Betfair and Paddy Power have 5/6 available for Leeds to score Over 1.5 goals which looks a logical play here.

Only one team in the Championship have been shown more red cards this campaign than Cardiff and we have also picked out a player to be carded in this match. We’ve focussed our attention on Bluebirds midfielder Ryan Wintle, who is available at 15/4 for a booking with bet365.

No player has been shown more cards for Cardiff this season than Wintle who has six cautions to his name in 25 appearances. Leeds will provide a stiff test for Cardiff and with Rodrigo, Aaronson and Gnonto and Rodrigo in attack Wintle will be very much needed to try and protect his defence. Card counts are often low in the FA Cup third round but if there’s one player we fancy across the two teams on show here, it’s Ryan Wintle.

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