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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Matt DohertyWolverhampton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 16'Yellow card · Lee PeltierCardiff City
  • 58'Yellow card · Romain SaïssWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 68'Goal · Matthew ConnollyCardiff City · 1-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City
  • 86'Goal · Alberto SuárezCardiff City · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 4, draws 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 5.

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