Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 3 November 2012

Result

Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 3 November 2012, 17:20 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Cardiff City: match report

Bolton Wanderers beat Cardiff City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 3 November 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Craig Noone opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Martin Petrov (68', penalty) and David N'Gog (74'). Cardiff City scored through Craig Noone (40').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 18th on 15 points from 13 and Cardiff City 1st on 28 points from 13. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 7th with 68 points, and Cardiff City 1st with 87.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-4-2.

Going into the match Bolton Wanderers's last five read L-D-W-L-D and Cardiff City's W-W-L-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Yellow card · Matthew ConnollyCardiff City
  • 40'Goal · Craig NooneCardiff City · 0-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Stephen WarnockBolton Wanderers
  • 68'Penalty goal · Martin PetrovBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Lee Chung-YongBolton Wanderers
  • 74'Goal · David N'GogBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 84'Yellow card · David N'GogBolton Wanderers
  • 90'Second yellow · David N'GogBolton Wanderers

Team news

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

Ádám Bogdán, Matthew Mills, Zat Knight, Stephen Warnock, Chris Eagles, Keith Andrews, Mark Davies, Darren Pratley, Chung-yong Lee, Kevin Davies, Samuel Ricketts

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

Txiki Acaz, Andrew Taylor, Ben Turner, Matthew Connolly, Peter Whittingham, D. Cowie, Bo-kyung Kim, Craig Noone, Joe Mason, Heidar Helguson, Mark Hudson