Cardiff City 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 13 December 2016
Result
Cardiff City 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship · Tuesday 13 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Cardiff City 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report
Cardiff City won against Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 13 December 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.
Matt Doherty opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Matthew Connolly (68') and Alberto Suárez (86'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Matt Doherty (2').
Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 21st on 22 points from 20 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 20th on 22 points from 20. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 14th with 58.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Bruno Ecuele Manga of Cardiff City (8.1), ahead of Matthew Connolly (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cardiff City wins, 1 draw and 5 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Matt Doherty
- 16'Yellow card · Lee Peltier
- 58'Yellow card · Romain Saïss
- 68'Goal · Matthew Connolly
- 78'Yellow card · Peter Whittingham
- 86'Goal · Alberto Suárez
Head-to-head
Team news
Cardiff City line-up (4-4-2)
Ben Amos, Matthew Connolly, Sean Morrison, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Lee Peltier, Junior Hoilett, Peter Whittingham, Aron Gunnarsson, Kieran Richardson, Lex Immers, Anthony Pilkington
Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-3-3)
Harry Burgoyne, Dominic Iorfa, Danny Batth, Richard Stearman, Matt Doherty, Dave Edwards, Romain Saïss, George Saville, Hélder Costa, Nouha Dicko, Ivan Cavaleiro