Bolton Wanderers 2-3 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 5 December 2015

Result

Bolton Wanderers 2-3 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 5 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bolton Wanderers 2-3 Cardiff City: match report

Bolton Wanderers lost to Cardiff City 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 5 December 2015. The half-time score was 1-1.

Tony Watt opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Gary Madine (17') and D. Dervite (71'). Cardiff City scored through Tony Watt (13'), Scott Malone (53') and Alberto Suárez (80').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 24th on 12 points from 18 and Cardiff City 10th on 26 points from 18. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 24th with 30 points, and Cardiff City 8th with 68.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bolton Wanderers wins, 1 draw and 0 for Cardiff City.

Going into the match Bolton Wanderers's last five read D-L-D-L-D and Cardiff City's D-L-W-L-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Tony WattCardiff City · 0-1
  • 17'Goal · Gary MadineBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 41'Yellow card · CasadoBolton Wanderers
  • 53'Goal · Scott MaloneCardiff City · 1-2
  • 69'Yellow card · Darren PratleyBolton Wanderers
  • 71'Goal · D. DerviteBolton Wanderers · 2-2
  • 80'Goal · Alberto SuárezCardiff City · 2-3
  • 88'Yellow card · FábioCardiff City
  • 89'Yellow card · Matthew ConnollyCardiff City
  • 90+1'Second yellow · CasadoBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 3, draws 1, Cardiff City 0.

Team news

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Bolton Wanderers expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Andy Lonergan, Dorian Dervite, Matthew Mills, Tim Ream, Neil Danns, Liam Feeney, Mark Davies, Darren Pratley, Chung-yong Lee, Jermaine Beckford

Cardiff City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Txiki Acaz, Sean Morrison, Fábio, John Brayford, Peter Whittingham, Joe Ralls, Anthony Pilkington, Kenwyne Jones