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Bolton vs Cardiff: match report

Bolton Wanderers hosted Cardiff City at Toughsheet Community Stadium on Saturday 12 September 2026, in the EFL Championship (round 7). Thomas Parsons is the referee, averaging 3.6 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Bolton 1-0 Cardiff. Goals: Thierry Gale 90' for Bolton.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 31' Yellow card: Ben Davies (Bolton)
  • 32' Yellow card: Kyliane Dong (Bolton)
  • 37' Yellow card: Samuel Iling-Junior (Bolton)
  • 42' Yellow card: Joel Colwill (Cardiff)
  • 54' Yellow card: Perry Ng (Cardiff)
  • 78' Yellow card: Jayden Nelson (Bolton)
  • 90' Goal: Thierry Gale (Bolton) 1-0
  • 90'+1' Yellow card: Thierry Gale (Bolton)
Match stats (contains the result)
40.8%Possession59.2%
7Shots17
5Shots on target10
2Corners10
16Fouls13
3Offsides7
10Saves4
5Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Bolton 4-2-3-1

Coach: Steven Schumacher

  1. 31 Gavin Bazunu GK
  2. 22 Gaizka Larrazabal DEF
  3. 18 Eoin Toal DEF
  4. 6 Ben Davies DEF
  5. 25 Max Conway DEF
  6. 8 Josh Sheehan MID
  7. 21 Ethan Erhahon MID
  8. 16 Samuel Iling-Junior FWD
  9. 20 Rúben Rodrigues MID
  10. 7 Kyliane Dong FWD
  11. 10 Sam Dalby FWD

Bench

  • 9 Thelonius Bair FWD
  • 11 Thierry Gale FWD
  • 17 Atsuki Ito MID
  • 26 Jayden Nelson FWD
  • 39 Ryan Hardie FWD
  • 1 Jack Bonham GK
  • 14 Akin Famewo DEF
  • 4 Xavier Simons MID
  • 45 John McAtee FWD

Cardiff 4-2-3-1

Coach: Brian Barry-Murphy

  1. 1 Nathan Trott GK
  2. 38 Perry Ng DEF
  3. 5 Krystian Bielik DEF
  4. 4 Gabriel Osho DEF
  5. 3 Joel Bagan DEF
  6. 18 Alex Robertson MID
  7. 27 Joel Colwill MID
  8. 11 Ollie Tanner FWD
  9. 8 Jack Moylan MID
  10. 16 Chris Willock FWD
  11. 9 Yousef Salech FWD

Bench

  • 14 David Turnbull MID
  • 45 Cian Ashford FWD
  • 47 Callum Robinson FWD
  • 44 Ronan Kpakio DEF
  • 23 Calum Scanlon DEF
  • 30 Harry Tyrer GK
  • 41 Matthew Turner GK
  • 33 Rob Tankiewicz MID
  • 43 Paul Moreno MID
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 11 April 2026: Cardiff City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers
  • Saturday 25 October 2025: Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Cardiff City
  • Tuesday 13 February 2018: Cardiff City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers
  • Saturday 23 December 2017: Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Cardiff City
  • Saturday 23 April 2016: Cardiff City 2-1 Bolton Wanderers