Cardiff City 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Championship · Friday 6 April 2018

Result

Cardiff City 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Championship · Friday 6 April 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Cardiff City · Wolverhampton Wanderers · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Cardiff City were beaten by Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 in the Championship on Friday 6 April 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Rúben Neves of Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 67th minute.

Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 2nd on 80 points from 39 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 1st on 86 points from 40. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 4th with 90 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 1st with 99.

Cardiff City lined up in a 5-3-2 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Rúben Neves of Wolverhampton Wanderers (8.9), ahead of John Ruddy (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Cardiff City wins, 1 draw and 3 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 62'Yellow card · Lee PeltierCardiff City
  • 66'Yellow card · S. MorrisonCardiff City
  • 67'Goal · Rúben NevesWolverhampton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Romain SaïssWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 89'Yellow card · Hélder CostaWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 90+4'Missed penalty · Gary MadineCardiff City
  • 90+6'Missed penalty · Junior HoilettCardiff City
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Rúben NevesWolverhampton Wanderers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 6, draws 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 3.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up (5-3-2)

Neil Etheridge, Lee Peltier, Joe Bennett, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Y. Wildschut, Aron Gunnarsson, Callum Paterson, Craig Bryson, Kenneth Zohore, Junior Hoilett

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-4-1-2)

John Ruddy, Ryan Bennett, Willy Boly, Conor Coady, Matt Doherty, B. Douglas, Rúben Neves, Romain Saïss, Diogo Jota, Benik Afobe, Léo Bonatini