Follow live coverage as Cardiff City face Leeds United in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

All of the marks out of 10 for Leeds United at Cardiff City Stadium after their Championship clash with Cardiff City on Saturday afternoon as Largie Ramazani and Joel Piroe score the goals

Rodon and Firpo, though, both start whilst Rothwell takes his place on the bench alongside summer signings Ao Tanaka and Isaac Schmidt. Tanaka and Ramazani were both deployed as second-half substitutes for last weekend’s 1-0 defeat at home to Burnley for which fellow new boy Schmidt was an unused substitute.

This is how we rated the Cardiff City players in the 2-0 defeat by Leeds United Probably Cardiff's best player. Made a flurry of top saves to keep the score down, including a big one-on-one chance for Largie Ramazani. Also saved Pascal Struijk's spot-kick.

Beleaguered Cardiff City boss Erol Bulut bemoaned the "mistakes" his side made in possession after their 2-0 defeat to Leeds United. The Championship strugglers were up against it from the moment that Joe Bagan was given his marching orders in the 23rd minute after a foul on Wilfried Gnonto.

Cardiff City and Leeds United paid tribute to defender Sol Bamba during the course of the Championship meeting between the sides.

Cardiff City were defeated by Leeds United on Saturday afternoon at Cardiff City Stadium. City made two changes to the team that played Derby County, bringing in Ollie Tanner for Anwar El Ghazi and Will Fish for his first start for the Bluebirds in place of Dimitros Goutas.

Cardiff City's miserable winless run stretched to six games after Leeds United battered them in a 2-0 defeat in the Welsh capital, piling the pressure on manager Erol Bulut in the process. Quite how the scoreline ended so slender is a wonderment,