Cardiff City vs Bolton Wanderers · League One
Cardiff City
24-9-8
2 – 0
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Bolton Wanderers
18-16-8
Cardiff City Stadium · Cardiff · Wales
Cardiff won 2-0 against Bolton Wanderers at Cardiff City Stadium (crowd 21,640). The goal that settled it came from Omari Kellyman at the 50-minute mark and Chris Willock widened the gap just two minutes after that. Cardiff had more of the shots, 20 to 6, and 50% of the ball. Cardiff hit the target 5 times from 20 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League One England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League One, Regular Season
- Ground
- Cardiff City Stadium · Cardiff · Wales
- Crowd
- 21,640
- Referee
- Elliot Bell
- Cardiff form
- WLWDD
- Bolton form
- WLWDD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bolton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
16Fouls7
1Yellow Cards0
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
8Corner Kicks1
1Saves3
50.2%Possession49.8%
20Shots6
5On Goal1
30%On Target %20%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
7Blocked Shots2
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 2-0
🔁Yousef Salechreplacing Omari Kellyman
88'
83'
🔁Tobias Ritchiereplacing Mason Burstow
🔁Joel Colwillreplacing Rubin Colwill
78'
🔁David Turnbullreplacing Alex Robertson
77'
🔁Calum Scanlonreplacing Chris Willock
77'
🟨Joel Bagan
70'
60'
🔁Ruben Rodriguesreplacing Kyle Dempsey
60'
🔁Amario Cozier-Duberryreplacing Cyrus Christie
60'
🔁Robert Apterreplacing Thierry Gale
⚽Chris Willock
52'2 - 0
⚽Omari Kellyman
50'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Cardiff City4-2-3-1
8⚽↓Kellyman
16⚽↓Willock
10↓Colwill
11Tanner
6Wintle
18↓Robertson
3🟨Bagan
48Lawlor
38Ng
2Fish
13Trott
Bench
- 23Calum Scanlonon for Chris Willock, 77'
- 14David Turnbullon for Alex Robertson, 77'
- 47Callum Robinson
- 27Joel Colwillon for Rubin Colwill, 78'
- 41Matthew Turner
- 44Ronan Kpakio
- 22Yousef Salechon for Omari Kellyman, 88'
Bolton Wanderers4-2-3-1
10Dalby
11↓Gale
48↓Burstow
14Osei-Tutu
22↓Dempsey
8Sheehan
25Conway
6Johnston
29↓Christie
18Toal
1Bonham
Bench
- 23David Harrington
- 3Christian Forino Joseph
- 19Amario Cozier-Duberryon for Cyrus Christie, 60'
- 54Tobias Ritchieon for Mason Burstow, 83'
- 36Daeshon Lawrence
- 15Robert Apteron for Thierry Gale, 60'
- 27Ruben Rodrigueson for Kyle Dempsey, 60'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Huddersfield Town | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +13 | 25 |
| 2 |  Stockport County | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +12 | 23 |
| 3 |  Bradford City | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +5 | 22 |
| 4 |  Plymouth Argyle | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | +2 | 22 |
| 5 |  Reading | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +12 | 21 |
| 6 |  Cambridge United | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 20 |
| 7 |  Oxford United | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | +8 | 19 |
| 8 |  Sheffield Wednesday | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | +8 | 18 |
| 9 |  Mansfield Town | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 18 |
| 10 |  Luton Town | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 17 |
| 11 |  Burton Albion | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 |  Stevenage | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 15 |
| 13 |  Leicester City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 |  Wycombe Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 |  Leyton Orient | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +2 | 14 |
| 16 |  AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -11 | 13 |
| 17 |  Doncaster Rovers | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 18 |  Milton Keynes Dons | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | -6 | 12 |
| 19 |  Notts County | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 11 |
| 20 |  Blackpool | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 21 |  Peterborough United | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 10 |
| 22 |  Bromley | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -16 | 9 |
| 23 |  Barnsley | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 8 |
| 24 |  Wigan Athletic | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 7 |
Meetings
3Cardiff wins
0Level
2Bolton wins
Last times they met
FT
Bolton
1–0
Cardiff · 2025-26 English League One
FT
Cardiff
2–0
Bolton · 2017-18 English League Championship
FT
Bolton
2–0
Cardiff · 2017-18 English League Championship
FT
Cardiff
2–1
Bolton · 2015-16 English League Championship
FT
Bolton
2–3
Cardiff · 2015-16 English League Championship
Form
Last games: Cardiff
D1-1W4-0L2-0D0-0D1-1
Last games: Bolton
D2-2D0-0L1-0W2-1D2-2
