Cardiff City vs Bolton Wanderers

Championship

Cardiff

17-16-11

2-1

Final

Bolton

4-15-25

Cardiff City Stadium

Match pulse

CARAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'BOL

77%Possession23%

26Shots6

8On target5

7Corners5

4Saves6

11Fouls8

30'Sean MorrisonCAR31'Niall MaherBOL

Team	1H	2H	T
CAR	0	2	2
BOL	1	0	1

Who won: Cardiff 2-1

Cardiff City beat Bolton Wanderers 2-1 on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at Cardiff City Stadium. Goals for Cardiff: Kenneth Zohore (55') and Peter Whittingham (90'+4' pen). Goals for Bolton: Zach Clough (7').

Recap · Apr 23

Peter Whittingham converts late penalty to keep Cardiff's play-off hopes alive

What it means

Bolton has lost 5 straight.
Cardiff has dropped 4 of the last 5.

Latest headlines

ESPN · Sep 6

Portsmouth urge supporters not to speculate on social media as fan incident with Cardiff player is investigated

Recap · Aug 17

Late Cardiff goal spoils Wrexham's start in Championship

ESPN · Aug 17

Cardiff 1-1 Wrexham: Colwill hits injury-time free kick to rescue dramatic point in Welsh derby - as it happened

ESPN · Jun 25

English Championship fixtures 2026-27: West Ham start against Burnley, Wrexham head to Cardiff City

ESPN · Mar 30

Cardiff's $138m claim over Emiliano Sala's death dismissed

Recap · Dec 16

Pedro Neto strike sees Chelsea past Cardiff into Carabao Cup semifinal

ESPN · Dec 7

Cardiff case against Nantes over Sala death starts Monday

ESPN · Nov 6

Wrexham's James McClean says he threw punch at Cardiff fan

Lineups

Bolton17th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-1-4-1)

1Ben AmosG
2David WheaterCD-L
3Rob HoldingCD-R
4Derik OsedeDM
5Niall MaherLB
6Oscar ThrelkeldRB
7Darren PratleyCM-L
8Joshua VelaCM-R
9Zach CloughLM
10Neil DannsRM
11Emile HeskeyF

Cardiff21st in English League Championship

Lineup (4-4-2)

1David MarshallG
2Matthew ConnollyCD-L
3Sean MorrisonCD-R
4Scott MaloneLB
5Lee PeltierRB
6Joe RallsCM-L
7Stuart O'KeefeCM-R
8Peter WhittinghamLM
9Craig NooneRM
10Kenneth ZohoreCF-L
11Anthony PilkingtonCF-R

Head to head

Series tied 2-2-1

Last meeting: Bolton 1, Cardiff 1 (Apr 27)

Last 5

BOL

Lvs MID1-2
L@ DER1-4
L@ BRE1-3
Lvs REA0-1
L@ BRC0-6

CAR

Tvs QPR0-0
L@ FUL1-2
T@ BUR0-0
Wvs DER2-1
T@ REA1-1

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Game info

Venue: Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales · Attendance 24,189

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