English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 2, 2019
Cardiff City LWWLL 0
–
Wolverhampton Wanderers WDWDL 2
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WOL202
Molineux Stadium · 31,309 att.

Match Report

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Wolves deepen Cardiff's relegation plight with 2-0 win

Wolves put their recent shaky Premier League form behind them to ease past Cardiff City 2-0 on Saturday and leave the Welsh team in dire trouble.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
3
43.7
Possession
56.3
12
SHOTS
13
4
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
242
Accurate Passes
378
354
Passes
473
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
4
20
Crosses
12
0.4
Cross %
0.3
58
Long Balls
65
17
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
10
Effective Tackles
11
17
Tackles
20
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
17
Interceptions
8
11
Effective Clearances
38
11
Clearances
38

Head to Head

CAR leads series 3-2

Lineups

WOL · 3-5-2

  1. 21John RuddyG
  2. 16Conor CoadyCD
  3. 15Willy BolyCD-L
  4. 5Ryan BennettCD-R
  5. 17Morgan Gibbs-WhiteCM-L
  6. 32Leander DendonckerCM-R
  7. 27Romain SaïssAM
  8. 29Ruben VinagreLM
  9. 37Adama TraoréRM
  10. 18Diogo JotaCF-L
  11. 9Raúl JiménezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Hélder CostaSUB
  2. 7Ivan CavaleiroSUB
  3. 28João MoutinhoSUB
  4. 31Will NorrisSUB
  5. 19JonnySUB
  6. 2Matt DohertySUB
  7. 8Rúben NevesSUB

CAR · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Neil EtheridgeG
  2. 22Sol BambaCD-L
  3. 4Sean MorrisonCD-R
  4. 17Aron GunnarssonDM
  5. 3Joe BennettLB
  6. 2Lee PeltierRB
  7. 14Bobby De Cordova-ReidAM
  8. 8Joe RallsLM
  9. 21Víctor CamarasaRM
  10. 10Kenneth ZohoreCF-L
  11. 29Oumar NiasseCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Bruno Ecuélé MangaSUB
  2. 7Harry ArterSUB
  3. 15Leandro BacunaSUB
  4. 13Callum PatersonSUB
  5. 23Kadeem HarrisSUB
  6. 32Rhys HealeySUB
  7. 12Alex SmithiesSUB

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Cardiff City 0. Diogo Jota (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raúl Jiménez.
  2. 18' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Cardiff City 0. Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
  3. 34' Ryan Bennett (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+1' Sol Bamba (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+2' Substitution, Cardiff City. Bruno Ecuele Manga replaces Sol Bamba because of an injury.
  6. 47' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Matt Doherty replaces Diogo Jota because of an injury.
  7. 59' Substitution, Cardiff City. Callum Paterson replaces Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
  8. 62' Lee Peltier (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 64' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. João Moutinho replaces Morgan Gibbs-White.
  10. 75' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Ivan Cavaleiro replaces Adama Traoré.
  11. 76' Substitution, Cardiff City. Rhys Healey replaces Oumar Niasse.

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