Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Cardiff City

Championship

Wolves

3-0-1

1-2

Final

Cardiff

4-0-0

Molineux Stadium

Match pulse

WOLAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'CAR

64%Possession36%

12Shots17

3On target5

2Corners4

3Saves2

13Fouls13

19'Junior HoilettCAR28'Romain SaïssWOL38'Joe RallsCAR45'+1'Loïc DamourCAR56'Lee PeltierCAR61'Barry DouglasWOL

Team	1H	2H	T
WOL	0	1	1
CAR	0	2	2

Who won: Cardiff 2-1

Cardiff City beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 on Saturday, August 19, 2017 at Molineux Stadium. Goals for Wolves: Léo Bonatini (67'). Goals for Cardiff: Joe Ralls (54') and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (77').

Recap · Aug 19

Nathaniel Mendez-Laing secures win to keep Cardiff top of the Championship

What it means

Cardiff has won 5 straight.
Wolves has won 5 straight.

Latest headlines

ESPN · Sep 6

Wolves boss Peixoto on potential VAR use in the Championship: 'Important to be more fair'

ESPN · Sep 6

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

ESPN · Aug 20

Nigeria's Tolu Arokodare puts struggles with Wolves behind him, targets goals and glory with Ajax

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 · Aug 14

Raúl Jiménez marks Wolves return by rescuing draw with Blackburn

ESPN · Aug 14

Wolves 2-2 Blackburn: Raúl Jiménez converts last minute penalty to rescue point in curtain raiser - as it happened

ESPN · Jul 23

Wolves striker Tolu Arokodare denies forcing cancellation of training and agitating for a move away

Lineups

Cardiff21st in English League Championship

Lineup (4-2-3-1)

1Neil EtheridgeG
2Sol BambaCD-L
3Sean MorrisonCD-R
4Jazz RichardsLB
5Lee PeltierRB
6Loïc DamourAM
7Joe RallsLM
8Aron GunnarssonRM
9Kenneth ZohoreF
10Junior HoilettAM-L
11Nathaniel Mendez-LaingAM-R

Wolves5th in English League Championship

Lineup (3-4-3)

1John RuddyG
2Conor CoadyCD
3Willy BolyCD-L
4Roderick MirandaCD-R
5Romain SaïssCM-L
6Rúben NevesCM-R
7Barry DouglasLM
8Matt DohertyRM
9Léo BonatiniF
10Diogo JotaCF-L
11Bright EnobakhareCF-R

Head to head

CAR leads series 3-2

Last meeting: Wolves 1, Cardiff 0 (Feb 28)

Last 5

CAR

Wvs SHU2-0
Wvs AVL3-0
Wvs POR2-1
W@ BRT1-0
W@ HUD3-0

WOL

W@ HUL3-2
W@ DER2-0
Wvs YEO1-0
Wvs MID1-0
Wvs LEI1-0

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Game info

Venue: Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, England · Attendance 27,068

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