Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 1 April 2017

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 1 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Cardiff City: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers won against Cardiff City 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 1 April 2017. The half-time score was 2-1.

D. Batth opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from D. Batth (9'), D. Batth (41') and Hélder Costa (82'). Cardiff City scored through K. Zohorè (12').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 16th on 45 points from 37 and Cardiff City 11th on 53 points from 38. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 14th with 58 points, and Cardiff City 11th with 64.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Danny Batth of Wolverhampton Wanderers (9.1), ahead of Sol Bamba (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 1 draw and 5 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · D. BatthWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 12'Goal · K. ZohorèCardiff City · 1-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Sol BambaCardiff City
  • 41'Goal · D. BatthWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 52'Yellow card · J. RallsCardiff City
  • 62'Yellow card · K. HarrisCardiff City
  • 69'Yellow card · Ben MarshallWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 82'Goal · Hélder CostaWolverhampton Wanderers · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 4, draws 1, Cardiff City 5.

Team news

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

Andy Lonergan, Conor Coady, Danny Batth, Kortney Hause, Matt Doherty, Dave Edwards, Lee Evans, Hélder Costa, Ivan Cavaleiro, Ben Marshall, Andreas Weimann

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

Allan McGregor, Jazz Richards, Sean Morrison, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Joe Bennett, Sol Bamba, Junior Hoilett, Aron Gunnarsson, Joe Ralls, Kadeem Harris, Kenneth Zohore