Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Cardiff City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 23 December 2017
Result
Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Cardiff City
Championship · Saturday 23 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Cardiff City: match report
Bolton Wanderers beat Cardiff City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 23 December 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Gary Madine opened the scoring in the 75th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Gary Madine (75', penalty) and Josh Vela (88'). Cardiff City did not score.
Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 23rd on 16 points from 22 and Cardiff City 2nd on 47 points from 22. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 21st with 43 points, and Cardiff City 4th with 90.
Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Gary Madine of Bolton Wanderers (8.1), ahead of David Wheater (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bolton Wanderers wins, 1 draw and 2 for Cardiff City.
Key events
- 41'Yellow card · Darren Pratley
- 56'Yellow card · L. Damour
- 61'Yellow card · Karl Henry
- 75'Penalty goal · Gary Madine
- 77'Yellow card · Lee Peltier
- 78'Yellow card · Bruno Ecuele Manga
- 82'Yellow card · Greg Halford
- 87'Yellow card · Gary Madine
- 88'Goal · Josh Vela
Head-to-head
Team news
Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ben Alnwick, Mark Little, Andrew Taylor, Mark Beevers, David Wheater, Josh Vela, Sammy Ameobi, Will Buckley, Darren Pratley, Karl Henry, Gary Madine
Cardiff City line-up (4-1-4-1)
Neil Etheridge, Lee Peltier, Joe Bennett, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sol Bamba, Joe Ralls, Greg Halford, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Loïc Damour, Junior Hoilett, Omar Bogle