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Bolton Wanderers

15th · 3-1-4 · 10 pts · -4
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Bolton Wanderers beat Cardiff City
Cardiff City0-4-3 0 – 1 Bolton Wanderers2-1-4
FT · Sat, Sep 12

Match Details

Toughsheet Community Stadium (Manchester)

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Bolton Wanderers 1, Cardiff City 0.
  • 90'+5'Second Half ends, Bolton Wanderers 1, Cardiff City 0.
  • 90'+4'Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Gavin Bazunu.
  • 90'+4'Attempt saved. Callum Robinson (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner by Gavin Bazunu (Bolton Wanderers). Assisted by Ollie Tanner with a cross.
  • 90'+3'Attempt missed. Ollie Tanner (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 90'+2'Substitution, Cardiff City. Ronan Kpakio replaces Alex Robertson.
  • 90'+2'Substitution, Cardiff City. Calum Scanlon replaces Joel Bagan.
  • 90'+1'Thierry Gale (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  • 90'Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  • 90'Goal! Bolton Wanderers 1, Cardiff City 0. Thierry Gale (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Theo Bair with a cross.
  • 89'Cian Ashford (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89'Foul by Atsuki Ito (Bolton Wanderers).

Line Score

12T
CAR 00 0
BOL 01 1

Match Leaders

Cardiff City
Bolton Wanderers

League Table · 2026-27 English League Championship
TeamGPWDLGDPtsForm
1 Swansea 8 5 2 1 +7 17
2 West Ham 8 4 3 1 +11 15
3 Boro 8 4 3 1 +4 15
4 Wolves 7 4 2 1 +5 14
5 West Brom 8 4 2 2 +2 14
6 QPR 8 3 4 1 +3 13
7 Stoke 8 4 1 3 +1 13
8 Bristol City 8 4 1 3 -1 13
9 Charlton 8 3 3 2 -3 12
10 Birmingham 8 2 5 1 +1 11
11 Millwall 8 3 2 3 0 11
12 Lincoln City 8 3 2 3 -1 11
13 Southampton 8 4 2 2 +9 10
14 Wrexham 8 2 4 2 -3 10
15 Bolton 8 3 1 4 -4 10
16 Blackburn 8 2 3 3 0 9
17 Norwich City 8 3 0 5 -1 9
18 Sheffield Utd 8 2 3 3 -2 9
19 Portsmouth 7 2 2 3 -1 8
20 Watford 8 2 2 4 -3 8
21 Cardiff 8 1 4 3 -2 7
22 Derby 8 1 2 5 -7 5
23 Preston 8 1 1 6 -7 4
24 Burnley 8 0 4 4 -8 4
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Key Events

90'+2'Substitution, Cardiff City. Ronan Kpakio replaces Alex Robertson.
90'+2'Substitution, Cardiff City. Calum Scanlon replaces Joel Bagan.
90'+1'Thierry Gale (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
90'Goal! Bolton Wanderers 1, Cardiff City 0. Thierry Gale (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Theo Bair with a cross.
83'Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Ryan Hardie replaces Ethan Erhahon.
78'Jayden Nelson (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
75'Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Jayden Nelson replaces Kyliane Dong.
75'Substitution, Cardiff City. Callum Robinson replaces Yousef Salech.
74'Substitution, Cardiff City. Cian Ashford replaces Chris Willock.
64'Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Atsuki Ito replaces Rúben Rodrigues.
59'Substitution, Cardiff City. David Turnbull replaces Joel Colwill.
54'Perry Ng (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.
45'Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Thierry Gale replaces Samuel Iling-Junior.
45'Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Theo Bair replaces Sam Dalby.
42'Joel Colwill (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
37'Samuel Iling-Junior (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
32'Kyliane Dong (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
31'Ben Davies (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Team Stats

Cardiff CityBolton Wanderers
General
59.2 Possession % 40.8
17 Shots 7
10 On Target 5
7 Offsides 3
10 Corners 2
13 Fouls 16
Passing & Defense
399 Passes Completed 250
8 Crosses Won 2
6 Tackles Won 18
3 Interceptions 12
13 Clearances 29
Discipline
2 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 0
4 Saves 10

Recent Form

Bolton Wanderers D L L L L
Cardiff City L D L L D

Starting Lineups

Cardiff City4-2-3-1
1 Trott
38 Ng 5 Bielik 4 Osho 3 Bagan
18 Robertson 27 Colwill
11 Tanner 8 Moylan 16 Willock
9 Salech
10 Dalby
7 Dong 20 Rodrigues 16 Iling-Junior
21 Erhahon 8 Sheehan
25 Conway 6 Davies 18 Toal 22 Larrazabal
31 Bazunu
Bolton Wanderers4-2-3-1
Full lineups and substitutes

Bolton Wanderers

  1. GB #31 Gavin BazunuG
  2. BD #6 Ben DaviesCD-L
  3. ET #18 Eoin ToalCD-R
  4. MC #25 Max ConwayLB
  5. GL #22 Gaizka LarrazabalRB
  6. RR #20 Ruben RodriguesAM
  7. EE #21 Ethan ErhahonLM
  8. JS #8 Josh SheehanRM
  9. SD #10 Sam DalbyF
  10. KD #7 Kyliane DongAM-L
  11. SI #16 Samuel Iling-JuniorAM-R
Substitutes · 5 used

Cardiff City

  1. NT #1 Nathan TrottG
  2. GO #4 Gabriel OshoCD-L
  3. KB #5 Krystian BielikCD-R
  4. JB #3 Joel BaganLB
  5. PN #38 Perry NgRB
  6. JM #8 Jack MoylanAM
  7. JC #27 Joel ColwillLM
  8. AR #18 Alex RobertsonRM
  9. YS #9 Yousef SalechF
  10. CW #16 Chris WillockAM-L
  11. OT #11 Ollie TannerAM-R
Substitutes · 5 used

Roster

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News

Gavin Bazunu confirms withdrawal from Republic of Ireland matches against Israel
Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu has confirmed he has refused to participate in the Republic of Ireland's controversial Nations League fixtures with Israel as a matter of "principle".

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