English League Championship

FT Friday, April 6, 2018
Wolverhampton Wanderers LWWWD 1
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Cardiff City WWWWD 0
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Cardiff City Stadium · 29,317 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

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Cardiff City miss two stoppage-time penalties in loss to Wolves

Cardiff missed two stoppage-time penalties as Wolves soared nine points clear at the top of the Championship.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
6
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
5
61.4
Possession
38.6
13
SHOTS
16
6
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
2
354
Accurate Passes
162
471
Passes
276
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.6
2
Accurate Crosses
2
4
Crosses
23
0.5
Cross %
0.1
72
Long Balls
74
21
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
5
9
Effective Tackles
6
18
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
58
Effective Clearances
19
58
Clearances
19

Head to Head

CAR leads series 4-1

Lineups

CAR · 5-3-2

  1. 25Neil EtheridgeG
  2. 14Sol BambaCD
  3. 3Joe BennettCD-L
  4. 4Sean MorrisonCD-R
  5. 35Yanic WildschutLB
  6. 2Lee PeltierRB
  7. 17Aron GunnarssonCM
  8. 21Craig BrysonCM-L
  9. 18Callum PatersonCM-R
  10. 33Junior HoilettCF-L
  11. 10Kenneth ZohoreCF-R

WOL · 3-4-1-2

  1. 21John RuddyG
  2. 16Conor CoadyCD
  3. 15Willy BolyCD-L
  4. 5Ryan BennettCD-R
  5. 8Rúben NevesCM-L
  6. 27Romain SaïssCM-R
  7. 18Diogo JotaAM
  8. 3Barry DouglasLM
  9. 2Matt DohertyRM
  10. 33Léo BonatiniCF-L
  11. 19Benik AfobeCF-R

Timeline

  1. 51' Substitution, Cardiff City. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing replaces Callum Paterson because of an injury.
  2. 58' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hélder Costa replaces Léo Bonatini.
  3. 62' Lee Peltier (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 66' Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 67' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Ivan Cavaleiro replaces Diogo Jota.
  6. 67' Goal! Cardiff City 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  7. 71' Substitution, Cardiff City. Gary Madine replaces Yanic Wildschut.
  8. 75' Romain Saiss (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 78' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Alfred N'Diaye replaces Benik Afobe.
  10. 84' Substitution, Cardiff City. Anthony Pilkington replaces Kenneth Zohore.
  11. 89' Hélder Costa (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for dangerous play.
  12. 90'+4' Gary Madine (Cardiff City) Penalty - Saved at 94'
  13. 90'+6' Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90'+6' Penalty missed! Still Cardiff City 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. David Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City) hits the bar with a right footed shot.

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