Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 31 October 2026

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 31 October 2026, 15:00 UTC · Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton · half-time 2-0

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 Cardiff City: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers defeated Cardiff City 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 31 October 2026 at Molineux Stadium. The half-time score was 2-0.

Fernando López González opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Fernando López González (10'), Adam Armstrong (15') and Ladislav Krejci (58'). Cardiff City did not score.

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 7th on 21 points from 12 and Cardiff City 17th on 14 points from 12. In the current table Wolverhampton Wanderers are 7th on 24 points and Cardiff City are 18th on 14 points.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to José Sá of Wolverhampton Wanderers (9.0), ahead of Kieran Trippier (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 0 draws and 5 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Fernando López GonzálezWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · Adam ArmstrongWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-0
  • 26'Yellow card · Adam ArmstrongWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 42'Yellow card · AndréWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 50'Yellow card · Fernando López GonzálezWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 56'Yellow card · Joel BaganCardiff City
  • 58'Goal · Ladislav KrejciWolverhampton Wanderers · 3-0
  • 62'Yellow card · Jean-Ricner BellegardeWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Rubin ColwillCardiff City

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
7Wolverhampton Wanderers137332316+724LWDWW
18Cardiff City133551920-114LWDWL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 5, draws 0, Cardiff City 5.

Team news

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

José Sá, Kieran Trippier, Yerson Mosquera, Ladislav Krejci, Hugo Bueno, André, Marshall Nyasha Munetsi, Fernando López González, Jordan James, Rafiki Saïd, Adam Armstrong

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

Nathan Trott, Perry Ng, Will Fish, Joel Bagan, Calum Scanlon, Joel Colwill, Alex Robertson, Ollie Tanner, Jack Moylan, Chris Willock, Yousef Salech

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