Cardiff City 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Friday 30 November 2018

Result

Cardiff City 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Premier League · Friday 30 November 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Cardiff City 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Cardiff City beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 in the Premier League on Friday 30 November 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Matt Doherty opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from A. Gunnarsson (65') and Junior Hoilett (77'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Matt Doherty (18').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 19th on 8 points from 13 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 11th on 16 points from 13. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 7th with 57.

Cardiff City lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Willy Boly of Wolverhampton Wanderers (8.0), ahead of Sean Morrison (7.8).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Matt DohertyWolverhampton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Rúben NevesWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 65'Goal · A. GunnarssonCardiff City · 1-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Romain SaïssWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 71'Yellow card · Callum PatersonCardiff City
  • 77'Goal · Junior HoilettCardiff City · 2-1

Team news

Cardiff City line-up (3-1-4-2)

Neil Etheridge, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Aron Gunnarsson, Víctor Camarasa, Joe Ralls, Harry Arter, Junior Hoilett, Callum Paterson, Josh Murphy

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

Rui Patrício, Romain Saïss, Conor Coady, Willy Boly, Matt Doherty, João Moutinho, Rúben Neves, Rúben Vinagre, Raúl Jiménez, Hélder Costa, Adama Traoré