Bolton Wanderers vs Cardiff City · Championship

Bolton Wanderers
2-1-4
1 – 0
FT
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Cardiff City
0-4-3
Toughsheet Community Stadium · Bolton · England
Cardiff City lost 1-0 to Bolton Wanderers at Toughsheet Community Stadium. The first goal went to Thierry Gale late on, at 90 minutes. Thomas Parsons booked players seven times. Cardiff had more of the shots, 17 to 7, and 59% of the ball. From 17 shots, Cardiff found the target 10 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2026-27 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- Toughsheet Community Stadium · Bolton · England
- Referee
- Thomas Parsons (Referee)
- Bolton form
- WWLWD
- Cardiff form
- LWLWD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cardiff | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
16Fouls13
5Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
3Offsides7
2Corner Kicks10
10Saves4
40.8%Possession59.2%
7Shots17
5On Goal10
70%On Target %60%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
250Accurate Passes399
339Passes483
70%Pass Completion %80%
2Accurate Crosses8
8Crosses24
30%Cross %30%
72Long Balls58
25Accurate Long Balls32
30%Long Balls %60%
1Blocked Shots5
18Effective Tackles6
28Tackles12
60%Tackle %50%
12Interceptions3
29Effective Clearances13
29Clearances13
Timeline
Full time · 1-0
90'+2'
🔁Ronan Kpakioreplacing Alex Robertson
90'+2'
🔁Calum Scanlonreplacing Joel Bagan
🟨Thierry Gale
90'+1'
⚽Thierry GaleAssist: Thelonius Bair
90'1 - 0
🔁Ryan Hardiereplacing Ethan Erhahon
83'
🟨Jayden Nelson
78'
🔁Jayden Nelsonreplacing Kyliane Dong
75'
75'
🔁Callum Robinsonreplacing Yousef Salech
74'
🔁Cian Ashfordreplacing Chris Willock
🔁Atsuki Itoreplacing Ruben Rodrigues
64'
59'
🔁David Turnbullreplacing Joel Colwill
54'
🟨Perry Ng
🔁Thierry Galereplacing Samuel Iling-Junior
45'
🔁Thelonius Bairreplacing Sam Dalby
45'
Half-time
42'
🟨Joel Colwill
🟨Samuel Iling-Junior
37'
🟨Kyliane Dong
32'
🟨Ben Davies
31'
Kick-off
Teams
Bolton Wanderers4-2-3-1
10↓Dalby
7🟨↓Dong
20↓Rodrigues
16🟨↓Iling-Junior
21↓Erhahon
8Sheehan
25Conway
6🟨Davies
22Larrazabal
18Toal
31Bazunu
Bench
- 39Ryan Hardieon for Ethan Erhahon, 83'
- 17Atsuki Itoon for Ruben Rodrigues, 64'
- 26Jayden Nelsonon for Kyliane Dong, 75' 🟨
- 14Akin Famewo
- 11Thierry Galeon for Samuel Iling-Junior, 45' ⚽🟨
- 45John Mcatee
- 9Thelonius Bairon for Sam Dalby, 45'
- 1Jack Bonham
- 4Xavier Simons
Cardiff City4-2-3-1
9↓Salech
16↓Willock
8Moylan
11Tanner
27🟨↓Colwill
18↓Robertson
3↓Bagan
4Osho
38🟨Ng
5Bielik
1Trott
Bench
- 47Callum Robinsonon for Yousef Salech, 75'
- 33Rob Tankiewicz
- 23Calum Scanlonon for Joel Bagan, 90'+2'
- 43Paul Moreno
- 44Ronan Kpakioon for Alex Robertson, 90'+2'
- 45Cian Ashfordon for Chris Willock, 74'
- 41Matthew Turner
- 30Harry Tyrer
- 14David Turnbullon for Joel Colwill, 59'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | +8 | 23 | |
| 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | +18 | 22 | |
| 3 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | +6 | 22 | |
| 4 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | +9 | 20 | |
| 5 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 20 | |
| 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 19 | |
| 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 18 | |
| 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | +11 | 17 | |
| 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 17 | |
| 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 15 | |
| 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 15 | |
| 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | |
| 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | |
| 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 14 | |
| 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 14 | |
| 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 14 | |
| 17 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | -5 | 14 | |
| 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -10 | 12 | |
| 19 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 11 | |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 11 | |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -4 | 9 | |
| 22 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 8 | |
| 23 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 6 | |
| 24 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | -15 | 4 |
Meetings
2Bolton wins
0Level
3Cardiff wins
Last times they met
FT
Cardiff
2–0
· 2025-26 English League One
FT
Bolton
1–0
· 2025-26 English League One
FT
Cardiff
2–0
· 2017-18 English League Championship
FT
Bolton
2–0
· 2017-18 English League Championship
FT
Cardiff
2–1
· 2015-16 English League Championship
Form
Last games: Bolton
D0-0L1-0L3-2L4-0L3-2
Last games: Cardiff
L2-1D2-2L2-1L2-0D1-1