Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-3 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 16 January 2016

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-3 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 16 January 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Wolverhampton Wanderers · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-3 Cardiff City: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers were beaten by Cardiff City 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 16 January 2016. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Craig Noone opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goal came from Michal Zyro (40'). Cardiff City scored through Craig Noone (28'), Craig Noone (36') and J. Ralls (48').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 9th on 37 points from 26 and Cardiff City 10th on 37 points from 26. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 13th with 58 points, and Cardiff City 8th with 68.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 1 draw and 4 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Craig NooneCardiff City · 0-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Ethan Ebanks-LandellWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 36'Goal · Craig NooneCardiff City · 0-2
  • 37'Yellow card · Scott MaloneCardiff City
  • 40'Goal · Michal ZyroWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-2
  • 48'Goal · J. RallsCardiff City · 1-3
  • 85'Yellow card · Craig NooneCardiff City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Unavailable

  • Kortney HauseWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Hamstring Injury)
  • Nouha DickoWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)

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

Carl Ikeme, Richard Stearman, Danny Batth, Dominic Iorfa, K. McDonald, Dave Edwards, Bakary Sako, Benik Afobe

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

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