Cardiff City 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 23 April 2016

Result

Cardiff City 2-1 Bolton Wanderers

Championship · Saturday 23 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Cardiff City · Bolton Wanderers · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Cardiff City defeated Bolton Wanderers 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 23 April 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Zach Clough opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from K. Zohorè (55') and Peter Whittingham (90+4', penalty). Bolton Wanderers scored through Zach Clough (7').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Bolton Wanderers received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 7th on 64 points from 43 and Bolton Wanderers 24th on 27 points from 43. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Bolton Wanderers 24th with 30.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cardiff City win, 1 draw and 3 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Zach CloughBolton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 30'Yellow card · S. MorrisonCardiff City
  • 31'Red card · Niall MaherBolton Wanderers
  • 55'Goal · K. ZohorèCardiff City · 1-1
  • 90+4'Penalty goal · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Cardiff City 1, draws 1, Bolton Wanderers 3.

Team news

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

Txiki Acaz, Sean Morrison, Fábio, John Brayford, Peter Whittingham, Joe Ralls, Anthony Pilkington, Kenwyne Jones

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

Andy Lonergan, Dorian Dervite, Matthew Mills, Tim Ream, Neil Danns, Liam Feeney, Mark Davies, Darren Pratley, Chung-yong Lee, Jermaine Beckford