Bolton 1–0 Cardiff
Bolton
1–0HT 0–0
Cardiff
Bolton played Cardiff in the Championship on 12 September 2026 at Toughsheet Community Stadium. The match finished 1–0.
Goals and cards
- 31'Ben Davies — Yellow card
- 32'Kyliane Dong — Yellow card
- 37'Samuel Iling — Yellow card
- 42'Joel Colwill — Yellow card
- 54'Perry Tian Hee Ng — Yellow card
- 78'Jayden Nelson — Yellow card
- 90'Thierry Gale (assist by Thelonius Bair)
- 90+1'Thierry Gale — Yellow card
Line-ups
Bolton 4-2-3-1
- G. Bazunu
- Gaizka Larrazabal
- E. Toal
- B. Davies
- M. Conway
- J. Sheehan
- E. Erhahon
- S. Iling-Junior
- Ruben Rodrigues
- K. Dong
- S. Dalby
- SUBSTITUTES
- J. Bonham
- A. Famewo
- A. Ito
- J. McAtee
- J. Nelson
- R. Hardie
- T. Gale
- X. Simons
- T. Bair
- COACHES: S. Schumacher
Cardiff 4-2-3-1
- N. Trott
- P. Ng
- K. Bielik
- G. Osho
- J. Bagan
- A. Robertson
- J. Colwill
- O. Tanner
- J. Moylan
- C. Willock
- Y. Salech
- SUBSTITUTES
- R. Kpakio
- P. Moreno
- C. Scanlon
- R. Tankiewicz
- D. Turnbull
- M. Turner
- H. Tyrer
- Cian Ashford
- C. Robinson
- COACHES: B. Barry-Murphy
Match statistics
| Bolton | Cardiff | |
|---|---|---|
| 247 | Accurate passes | 398 |
| 3 | Shots inside box | 13 |
| 4 | Shots outside box | 4 |
| 1 | Blocked shots | 5 |
| 12 | Free kicks | 15 |
| 5 | Shots on goal | 10 |
| 10 | Saves | 4 |
| 1 | Shots off goal | 2 |
| 3 | Offsides | 7 |
| 337 | Total passes | 480 |
| 7 | Total shots | 17 |
| 5 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 2 | Corners | 10 |
| 16 | Fouls | 13 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 41% | Possession | 59% |