Cardiff City 0-2 Leicester City: Foxes earn comfortable win as Bluebirds end year with defeat

Cardiff City were comfortably beaten by the far superior Leicester City, who extended their handsome lead at the top of the Championship with a 2-0 win in the Welsh capital.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall scored the opener before James Justin netted a sublime effort near the hour-mark to make sure of the win. They had other chances to extend their lead, twice hitting the post before the game was through.

But, in truth, it looked like an FA Cup tie for the Bluebirds against a Premier League opposition, which Leicester will be next August, of that there is little doubt.

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It showed Cardiff just how far they still have to go before they are really challenging with the big dogs in this league. They will hope the January transfer window will represent an opportunity to close that gap, if only just a little bit.

Bluebirds boss Erol Bulut opted to shore up City's team against the high-flying Foxes, bringing Manolis Siopis into midfield alongside Ryan Wintle and Joe Ralls in a bid to stifle the visitors' usually flowing attack.

Kion Etete earned his start up top after a number of decent bench cameos and Bulut would have wanted him to be a useful out-ball, with the hosts expected to concede a lot of possession in this one.

That's exactly how the game proved to be, right from the off, with the Foxes firing a number of warning shots across the Bluebirds' bow.

It really was backs-against-the-wall stuff for Cardiff, with Leicester testing Jak Alnwick early doors. Abdul Fatawu send in a laser-like cross to Dewsbury-Hall early on and the Foxes midfielder sent a header on goal from