Cardiff vs Leeds LIVE commentary: Jesse Marsch aims to prevent Whites' sixth consecutive FA Cup third round defeat

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Cardiff vs Leeds LIVE commentary: Jesse Marsch aims to prevent Whites' sixth consecutive FA Cup third round defeat

Championship side Cardiff welcome Leeds United to the Welsh capital in the FA Cup third round this weekend. Leeds are two points above the Premier League relegation zone and have not won since November. Cardiff are also winless since the season restart and were beaten by Blackburn last time out.

Championship side Cardiff welcome Leeds United to the Welsh capital in the FA Cup third round this weekend. Jesse Marsch's team are two points above the Premier League relegation zone and are looking for their first win since November. Leeds are without a win in six FA Cups and haven't made it past the third-round since 2017. Cardiff are also winless since the season restart and were beaten by Blackburn last time out.

Cardiff vs Leeds is the FA Cup third round tie on February 8th. Kick-off is at 2pm at Cardiff City Stadium. TalkSPORT will have live coverage of the game.

Cardiff and Leeds are playing in the FA Cup third round. Callum Robinson is likely to lead the line for Cardiff. Jaden Philogene-Bidace could start for Leeds. Cody Drameh won the Player of the Season and Young Player's Award during his time at Cardiff and could play for the Whites. Patrick Bamford is injured, Luis Sinisterra and Stuart Dallas are out, Mateusz Klich is out and Mateu is moving to DC United.

Cardiff are looking forward to playing a Premier League team in the FA Cup third round. Cardiff are winless in their last nine FA Cups against Premier Leagues teams. Leeds have lost their 10th consecutive away match in FA cup since January 2016. This is the first FA meeting between Cardiff and Leeds since 2002. Leeds lost to Colchester United of the fourth tier in that FA third-round match. It was the Whites' sixth consecutive FA fourth round defeat. Only three teams have been knocked out more often in third rounds of FA cups than Leeds.

Cardiff are winless in their last nine FA Cup matches against Premier League teams. Leeds have lost their 10th consecutive away match in the FA cup since January 2016. Cardiff won the last FACup meeting between the two sides in January 2002. Leeds were top of the Premier league at the time. They lost 2-1 to Colchester United. It was the first time a team from the top division had lost to a side from outside the division since February 1971.


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