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Cardiff vs Bolton has an alternating direct balance, with each club supplying a reply across changing competitions and margins. Bolton won 1-0 on 25 October 2025, but Cardiff answered 2-0 on 11 April 2026. Earlier Championship meetings included 2-0 wins for both sides, leaving the matchup open to the next response between these clubs rather than pointing to a fixed hierarchy.
Match center
Odds
Market consensus
Starting eleven
Substitutes Bolton
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1G
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14D
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17M
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45F
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26F
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39F
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11F
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4M
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9F
Cardiff Substitutes
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D
44
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M
43
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D
23
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M
33
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M
14
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G
41
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G
30
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F
45
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F
47
Match events
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31'Ben Davies Yellow Card
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32'Kyliane Dong Yellow Card
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37'Samuel Iling Yellow Card
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42'Joel Colwill Yellow Card
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45'Thelonius Bair Sam Dalby
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45'Thierry Gale Samuel Iling
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54'Perry Tian Hee Ng Yellow Card
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59'David Turnbull Joel Colwill
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64'Atsuki Ito Ruben Rodrigues
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74'C. Ashford Christopher Willock
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75'Callum Robinson Yousef Salech
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75'Jayden Nelson Kyliane Dong
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78'Jayden Nelson Yellow Card
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83'Ryan Hardie Ethan Erhahon
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90'⚽Thierry Gale Normal Goal (Asst: Thelonius Bair)
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90' +1Thierry Gale Yellow Card
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90' +2Calum Scanlon Joel Bagan
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90' +2Ronan Kpakio Alexander Sean Pablo Robertson
Stats for this game
Matchup Cardiff VS Bolton
Answers arrive from both sides
Bolton’s 1-0 win over Cardiff on 25 October 2025 was followed by Cardiff’s 2-0 victory on 11 April 2026. Those results show a direct balance that can change through a narrow margin and then a clearer reply. The clubs’ Championship meetings in 2017 and 2018 add another layer: Bolton won 2-0 on 23 December 2017, while Cardiff answered with 2-0 on 13 February 2018.
An open contest between margins
Earlier scorelines also resist a single label. Cardiff won 2-1 on 23 April 2016 and 3-2 at Bolton on 5 December 2015. The evidence is better understood through changing answers than through a fixed advantage: one club can establish a margin, but the other has repeatedly supplied a counterpoint. The enduring question is whether either side can turn its next opportunity into sustained direction, or whether Cardiff and Bolton continue to trade results that keep the matchup unsettled.