Leeds United rekindled their assault on the Championship’s automatic promotion places by overwhelming a desperately poor Cardiff City.
Patrick Bamford, Dan James and Georgino Rutter scored the goals in a game that underlined this season’s unusually large gulf in class between the second tier’s upper echelon of clubs and those pursuing them.
Leeds, after a trio of league defeats away from home last month, were back to looking every inch like a side ready to retake their place in the Premier League. They remain fourth, with seven points separating them from Ipswich in second place.