VS
Wolves vs Cardiff is a balanced pairing in which league and Premier League results have alternated rather than settling into a clear hierarchy. Wolves won 2-0 on 2 March 2019 and 1-0 at Cardiff on 6 April 2018, while Cardiff won 2-1 on 30 November 2018 and 19 August 2017. The pattern makes the next meeting interesting because either side can draw on a credible counterpoint.
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Wolves
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2D
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28M
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7F
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8M
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19D
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31G
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10F
Cardiff Substitutes
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D
5
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M
13
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F
32
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M
7
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D
15
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12
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M
23
Match events
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16'⚽Diogo Jota Normal Goal (Asst: R. Jiménez)
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18'⚽R. Jiménez Normal Goal (Asst: Diogo Jota)
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34'Ryan Bennett Yellow Card
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45'Sol Bamba Yellow Card
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45' +2B. Écuélé Manga S. Bamba
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47'M. Doherty Diogo Jota
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59'C. Paterson B. Reid
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62'Lee Peltier Yellow Card
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64'João Moutinho M. Gibbs-White
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75'Ivan Cavaleiro Adama Traoré
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76'R. Healey O. Niasse
Stats for this game
Matchup Wolves VS Cardiff
Wins are shared across competitions
The fixed results do not establish a lasting direction. Wolves won 2-0 at home on 2 March 2019, 1-0 at Cardiff on 6 April 2018 and 3-1 on 1 April 2017. Cardiff answered with 2-1 wins at home on 30 November 2018 and 13 December 2016, plus a 2-1 victory at Wolves on 19 August 2017. The sequence across the Premier League and Championship therefore supports a measured, open reading.
A matchup without a settled hierarchy
These results give each side a clear counterpoint, while the scorelines mostly keep the margins manageable. That does not make every meeting identical: the competition changes, the venue changes and the winning side changes. It does mean that a future Championship encounter cannot be reduced to one established direction. The central question is whether Wolves or Cardiff can create a new run of league results without assuming that the earlier alternation must continue.