Cardiff City have decided to hand back their quota of 500 tickets to Leeds United ahead of the away trip to Elland Road this weekend.

There have been past incidences of trouble between the two sets of fans but Leeds have not yet clarified their position on such a low allocation of tickets when the club usually offer more than 2,000 to visiting clubs.

Cardiff CEO Ken Choo confirmed that the Bluebirds were set to boycott the Championship clash.

"Our preference was for Cardiff City fans to be granted the same respect and freedom of travel as provided to over 2,000 Leeds supporters for the corresponding fixture this season, and we are frustrated that this could not be permitted," read the statement.

"With the intelligence and information available however, we consider the event to be routine and manageable and that that the travel and ticket restrictions in place are substantially out of proportion to any perceived risk.

"As stated by our Supporter Groups, we also believe that West Yorkshire Police could manage the event without issue or restrictions, if they chose to do so.

"For the game on Saturday we are frustrated at not being able to support our players in what we consider to be fair numbers and also question the rationale in denying our request to show the fixture via beam back at Cardiff City Stadium.

"Doing so would at least allow our supporters to experience the match, albeit to a lesser degree than preferred."