Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Cardiff City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 19 August 2017
Result
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Cardiff City
Championship · Saturday 19 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Cardiff City: match report
Wolverhampton Wanderers were beaten by Cardiff City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 19 August 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
J. Ralls opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goal came from Léo Bonatini (67'). Cardiff City scored through J. Ralls (54') and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (77').
Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 2nd on 9 points from 3 and Cardiff City 1st on 9 points from 3. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 1st with 99 points, and Cardiff City 4th with 90.
Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 3-4-3 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Ralls of Cardiff City (8.3), ahead of Aron Gunnarsson (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 1 draw and 5 for Cardiff City.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Junior Hoilett
- 28'Yellow card · Romain Saïss
- 38'Yellow card · J. Ralls
- 45+1'Yellow card · L. Damour
- 54'Goal · J. Ralls
- 56'Yellow card · Lee Peltier
- 61'Yellow card · Barry Douglas
- 67'Goal · Léo Bonatini
- 77'Goal · Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
Head-to-head
Team news
Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-4-3)
John Ruddy, Willy Boly, Conor Coady, Roderick Miranda, Matt Doherty, B. Douglas, Rúben Neves, Romain Saïss, Diogo Jota, Bright Enobakhare, Léo Bonatini
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Neil Etheridge, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Jazz Richards, Sol Bamba, Joe Ralls, Aron Gunnarsson, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Loïc Damour, Junior Hoilett, Kenneth Zohore