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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
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.
Past head to head stats
Cardiff VS Bolton
Balance Wins - Draws - Losses over time
Points per match over time
Comparison between the 2 teams for the last 10 games
Comparison between the 2 teams for the last 12 games
Cardiff VS Bolton
Head-to-Head History
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