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Wolves beat Cardiff City 3-0 despite Bluebirds having the ball
Sat 15:00 · Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton · Championship
WOLVES
CARDIFF
3–0
Fernando López González 
Adam Armstrong 
Ladislav Krejci
Match report
Wolves fast out of the blocks
Fer López headed Wolves ahead from Hugo Bueno’s cross in the 10th minute, with the club report noting an offside question over his starting position before the goal stood. Adam Armstrong made it 2-0 in the 15th with what Cardiff’s report called a clinical finish, and Ladislav Krejci headed a third from a set piece in the 58th.
Cardiff had the chances
Cardiff had 61 per cent of possession and 13 shots, nine on target, against four on target from Wolves’ 13. Sá, the highest-rated player on the pitch at 8.98, saved from Joel Colwill early in the second half and again six minutes later, and tipped away Yousef Salech’s header in the 77th minute before Colwill failed to convert the rebound. Jack Moylan had a strike ruled out for offside two minutes later.
What next
Brian Barry-Murphy’s side now play two home matches before the next international break, beginning with West Ham United on Wednesday night. Over 2,500 Cardiff supporters had been expected at a sold-out away end.
The match in numbers
How it happened
Fernando López González
Assist: Hugo BuenoAdam Armstrong
Assist: Rafiki SaïdAdam Armstrong
André
Fernando López González
Joel Bagan
Ladislav Krejci
Assist: Kieran Trippier
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde
Rubin Colwill
Full match timeline
- 2′Shot Off Target
- 3′Corner
- 6′Shot Off Target
- 8′Shot On Target
- 9′Corner
- 11′Shot On Target
- 15′Shot On Target
- 26′Shot Off Target
- 28′Shot On Target
- 40′Shot On Target
- 42′Shot On Target
- 45+3′Shot On Target
- 45+4′Corner
- 45+5′Shot Off Target
- 46′Shot On Target
- 49′Corner
- 52′Shot On Target
- 53′Shot Off Target
- 55′Shot Off Target
- 58′Corner
- 58′Shot On Target
- 60′Corner
- 63′Shot Off Target
- 63′Shot On Target
- 64′Shot Off Target
- 66′Offside
- 71′Shot Off Target
- 73′Shot Off Target
- 73′Offside
- 76′Shot Off Target
- 77′Shot On Target
- 77′Shot Off Target
- 77′Woodwork
- 79′Shot On Target
- 79′Shot Off Target
- 79′Offside
- 85′Corner
- 89′Corner
The numbers
More match data (31)
- 7
- 2
- 60
- 92
- 28
- 45
- 73
- 87
- 3
- 5
- 3
- 0
- 4
- 9
- 12
- 12
- 8
- 20
- 2
- 2
- 5
- 5
- 10
- 23
- 62
- 59
- 0
- 1
- 17
- 20
- 3
- 0
- 303
- 496
- 226
- 413
- 14
- 16
- 7
- 3
- 22
- 11
- 42
- 53
- 18
- 15
- 9
- 8
- 10
- 11
- 4
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 44
- 53
- 28
- 23
- 45
- 39
- 12
- 15
Shooting positions
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Cardiff City
Match insights
- 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers's 3 goals came from 3 different scorers. No player scored twice.
- 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers put 4 of 13 shots on target (31%). Cardiff City managed 9 of 13 (69%).
- 3
Cardiff City held 61% of the ball and still lost. Wolverhampton Wanderers had 39%.
- 4
José Sá's 9.0 was the top rating of anyone who played 30 minutes.
- 5
10 of Wolverhampton Wanderers's 13 shots came from inside the box.
The attacking picture
How the attack changed
Shots
On target
Attacks
Dangerous attacks
Score by period
- Half-time
- 2
- 0
- Full-time
- 3
- 0
- Second half only
- 1
- 0
Match conditions and officials
broken clouds · 9.2°C · wind 0.86 km/h · humidity 84%
Officials: Joshua Smith, Andrew Fox, Lee Venamore, Scott Jackson
Line-ups and ratings
Starting shapes
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Cardiff City
The benches
Substitutes
Wolverhampton Wanderers · 4-2-3-1
João Virgínia
Sean Neave
Tommy Doyle
Rodrigo Gomes
Tawanda Blessing Chirewa
Toti- Jean-Ricner Bellegarde
Mateus Mané
Jackson Tchatchoua
Cardiff City · 4-2-3-1
- Rubin Colwill
David Turnbull
Harry Tyrer- Rob Tankiewicz
- Noah Anyadike
- Paul Ujobolo Moreno
Ronan Kpakio
Cian Ashford- Charlie Holt
Player ratings
Star man José Sá
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Cardiff City