The Whites faced a Cardiff side who they have struggled to
beat in recent years, with their last victory against the Bluebirds coming way
back in 1984.
With captain Sol Bamba suspended and
Tom Adeyemi ineligible against his former club, Evans was forced into making
changes for the visit of Russell Slade’s men.
An uneventful first half saw Leeds gather momentum before
the break, with forward Chris Wood shooting wide before his glancing header
should have beaten goalkeeper David Marshall.
Cardiff grew into the game in the early moments of the
second half, before Mowatt’s moment of quality proved decisive. Mowatt found
himself 25 yards out with no real options, so the 20-year-old academy product
arrowed a 25-yard thunderbolt past Marshall, who could only watch it sail past
him.
Wood found himself one-on-one and he rounded the goalkeeper
before firing into the side-netting and Cardiff continued to press, but the
Whites held on for their first home win since March.
Elsewhere, a late goal sealed three points for Hull, to put
them top of the Championship with a 2-0 victory over Brentford.
There were few first-half chances before the game came to
life in the 63rd minute, as Andrew Robertson put CIty ahead from a narrow angle.
With the match tight at Griffin Park, Harry Maguire’s
desperate shot was spilled by David Button and Sam Clucas followed up to fire
home after 87 minutes, to put the Tigers joint-top.
Early pace-setters Brighton stayed level on points with
Steve Bruce’s side, as they drew their third consecutive game, this time in a
0-0 contest at Sheffield Wednesday.
Andre Gray showed his worth at Burnley, as the £9million striker netted twice in
Burnley’s 3-1 win over Fulham.
Gray, who signed from Brentford in the summer, scored a
brace for the third match running before Ross McCormack continued his good form
when he pulled one back for the Cottagers. Matt Taylor’s late strike secured
the win, moving the Clarets up to second.
Summer signing Stewart Downing scored his third goal since
returning to Middlesbrough, as they
beat Neil Redfearn’s bottom side Rotherham 1-0.
Derby’s momentum under Paul Clement continued when Andreas Weimann’s
second-half goal gave them an eighth win in ten matches, beating Chris Ramsey’s
QPR 1-0 at the iPro Stadium.
Strugglers Bristol City and MK Dons opened up the gap between the relegation
places with 1-0 wins over Wolves and Charlton respectively.
Sixth-place Birmingham extended their winless run to three
matches as Gary Rowett’s men were held 0-0 at home to Blackburn.
Reading are without a win in four matches now, after their
2-2 draw with Huddersfield Town
at the Madjeski. The Royals came from behind twice, with Oliver Norwood and Ola
John on target for the hosts. Jamie Paterson and Nahki Wells netted for the
Terriers, who host Leeds in a West Yorkshire derby on Saturday.
18-year-old Arsenal loanee Ainsley
Maitland-Niles scored his first professional goal for Ipswich, as his and Brett
Pittman’s strikes helped the Tractor Boys to a 2-0 victory at home to
out-of-form Bolton.
And finally, Eoin Doyle’s second-minute strike proved enough
as Preston defeated Nottingham Forest
1-0.
On a night with eight home wins and three draws, here are
the results in full:
Birmingham 0-0 Blackburn
Brentford 0-2 Hull
Bristol City 1-0 Wolves
Burnley 3-1 Fulham
Derby 1-0 QPR
Ipswich 2-0 Bolton
Leeds 1-0 Cardiff
Middlesbrough 1-0 Rotherham
MK Dons 1-0 Charlton
Preston 1-0 Nottingham Forest
Sheff Wed 0-0 Brighton
Reading 2-2 Huddersfield
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