Championship (England) WON 1–0
Sat, Sep 12 · 13:30 · Toughsheet Community Stadium
Bolton Home
VS
Cardiff Away
Bolton vs Cardiff — Championship
Tipster's pick Bolton or Draw
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.53 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate65%
This price needs65%
Expert analysis

Bolton Home Record Points to Avoiding Defeat

Bolton have a win in their recent sequence while Cardiff have managed only draws in half their last six outings. At home Bolton generate more attacking output than Cardiff achieve away from their own ground. Cardiff have yet to record a clean sheet in the current campaign, which opens the door for Bolton to take something from the game. The head to head history between these sides remains tight across the last ten meetings. Bolton’s recent defensive issues are offset by the fact they have already shown they can pick up results at their stadium. Cardiff’s form has included several draws lately but their away scoring remains limited. Overall the setup favors Bolton staying unbeaten over the full ninety minutes.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 73.2% win rate
Result
1–0 WON

Our pick “Bolton or Draw” at odds 1.53 won — final score 1–0.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Ben Davies 31'
  3. Kyliane Dong 32'
  4. Samuel Iling 37'
  5. Joel Colwill 42'
  6. Thelonius Bair ↓ Sam Dalby 45'
  7. Thierry Gale ↓ Samuel Iling 45'
  8. Second half
  9. Perry Tian Hee Ng 54'
  10. David Turnbull ↓ Joel Colwill 59'
  11. Atsuki Ito ↓ Ruben Rodrigues 64'
  12. C. Ashford ↓ Christopher Willock 74'
  13. Callum Robinson ↓ Yousef Salech 75'
  14. Jayden Nelson ↓ Kyliane Dong 75'
  15. Jayden Nelson 78'
  16. Ryan Hardie ↓ Ethan Erhahon 83'
  17. Thierry Gale assist Thelonius Bair 90'
  18. Thierry Gale 90+1'
  19. Ronan Kpakio ↓ Alexander Sean Pablo Robertson 90+2'
  20. Calum Scanlon ↓ Joel Bagan 90+2'
This season
Bolton Cardiff
Over 2.5 goals 0% 0%
Clean sheet 17% 0%
Failed to score 50% 17%
Scored per game 1.0 1.2
Conceded per game 2.0 1.7
Scored home / away 1.3 / 0.7 1.3 / 1.0

Across 6 and 6 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
19 LIN Lincoln 5 1 2 2 5
20 CAR Cardiff ▲ 6 0 4 2 4
21 DER Derby 5 1 1 3 4
22 BOL Bolton ▲ 6 1 1 4 4
23 BUR Burnley 6 0 3 3 3
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Bolton DLLLL
D @ QPR 0–0 Aug 22
L vs Lincoln 0–1 Aug 29
L @ Sheffield Utd 2–3 Sep 1
L @ Millwall 0–4 Sep 5
L vs West Ham 2–3 Sep 8
Cardiff LDLLD
L vs Norwich 1–2 Aug 25
D vs Sheffield Utd 2–2 Aug 29
L @ QPR 1–2 Sep 2
L @ Portsmouth 0–2 Sep 5
D vs Stoke City 1–1 Sep 8
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Bolton
Scored 0.8 avg
0 0 2 0 2
Conceded 2.2 avg
0 1 3 4 3
Cardiff
Scored 1.0 avg
1 2 1 0 1
Conceded 1.8 avg
2 2 2 2 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
4 Bolton
1 Draws
5 Cardiff
Apr 2026 Cardiff 2–0 Bolton Cardiff
Oct 2025 Bolton 1–0 Cardiff Bolton
Feb 2018 Cardiff 2–0 Bolton Cardiff
Dec 2017 Bolton 2–0 Cardiff Bolton
Apr 2016 Cardiff 2–1 Bolton Cardiff

Over 2.5 goals in 4 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Bolton 4-2-3-1
  • 31 G. Bazunu G
  • 22 Gaizka Larrazabal D
  • 18 E. Toal D
  • 6 B. Davies D
  • 25 M. Conway D
  • 8 J. Sheehan M
  • 21 E. Erhahon M
  • 16 S. Iling-Junior M
  • 20 Ruben Rodrigues M
  • 7 K. Dong M
  • 10 S. Dalby F
Bench J. Bonham, A. Famewo, A. Ito, J. McAtee, J. Nelson, R. Hardie, T. Gale, X. Simons, T. Bair

S. Schumacher

Cardiff 4-2-3-1
  • 1 N. Trott G
  • 38 P. Ng D
  • 5 K. Bielik D
  • 4 G. Osho D
  • 3 J. Bagan D
  • 18 A. Robertson M
  • 27 J. Colwill M
  • 11 O. Tanner M
  • 8 J. Moylan M
  • 16 C. Willock M
  • 9 Y. Salech F
Bench R. Kpakio, P. Moreno, C. Scanlon, R. Tankiewicz, D. Turnbull, M. Turner, H. Tyrer, Cian Ashford, C. Robinson

B. Barry-Murphy

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Bolton
  • OUT L. Stephenson Injury
  • DOUBT L. Brunt Injury
  • DOUBT A. Famewo Hamstring Injury
  • OUT L. Stephenson Injury
  • DOUBT L. Brunt Injury
  • DOUBT A. Famewo Hamstring Injury
Cardiff
  • OUT C. Chambers Knee Injury
  • OUT I. Davies Injury
  • OUT W. Fish Hernia
  • OUT D. Lawlor Muscle Injury
  • DOUBT R. Colwill Health problems
  • OUT C. Chambers Knee Injury
  • OUT I. Davies Injury
  • OUT W. Fish Hernia
  • OUT D. Lawlor Muscle Injury
  • DOUBT R. Colwill Health problems