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- 10′Wolves, goal:1–0assist
- 15′Wolves, goal:2–0assist
- 26′Wolves, yellow card:Foul
- 36′Wolves, substitution:off
- 42′Wolves, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time2 – 0
- 50′Wolves, yellow card:Not retreating
- 56′Cardiff, yellow card:Foul
- 58′Wolves, goal:3–0assist
- 61′Cardiff, substitution:off
- 61′Cardiff, substitution:off
- 62′Wolves, yellow card:Foul
- 66′Wolves, substitution:off
- 67′Wolves, substitution:off
- 72′Cardiff, substitution:off
- 72′Cardiff, substitution:off
- 76′Wolves, substitution:off
- 76′Wolves, substitution:off
- 88′Cardiff, substitution:Charlie Holtoff
- 90+2′Cardiff, yellow card:Foul
- Full-time3 – 0
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Wolves beat Cardiff 3-0 at Molineux to climb to fourth
Wolves beat Cardiff 3-0 at Molineux Stadium in Championship matchday 13, with two early goals and a third just after the hour settling the contest. The result lifted the hosts from seventh to fourth in the table, while Cardiff stayed 17th.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Fer López opened the scoring in the 10th minute, finishing from Hugo Bueno's assist. Five minutes later Adam Armstrong made it 2-0, set up by Rafiki Saïd, and Wolves took that two-goal cushion into the interval.
Ladislav Krejčí added the third in the 58th minute, converting a Kieran Trippier assist. Cardiff had the greater share of possession at 61% to 39% and put nine of their 13 shots on target, to four for Wolves from the same number of efforts, but never found a way back into the game.
Wolves went into the match having won two of their previous five games, and the result left them 10 points clear of Cardiff. Both sides play next on Wednesday: Wolves are away to Bristol City, while Cardiff host West Ham, both in the Championship.
José Sá earned the highest rating of any player on the pitch at 8.93, and Wolves kept the clean sheet. Fer López, who scored the opener, was rated 8.0.
Cardiff had 61% of the possession but still lost by three goals.
Wolves beat Cardiff 3–0 (half-time 2–0).
Wolves met Cardiff in the Championship (Regular Season - 13). Kick-off was Saturday, 31 October 2026, 15:00 UTC at Molineux Stadium. Referee: Josh Smith.
Team pages: Wolves · Cardiff · Championship
Key moments
- 10' Goal: Fer López (assist: Hugo Bueno) — 1–0
- 15' Goal: Adam Armstrong (assist: Rafiki Saïd) — 2–0
- 58' Goal: Ladislav Krejčí (assist: Kieran Trippier) — 3–0
Starting line-ups
Wolves (4-2-3-1)
Cardiff (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Wolves 65%, the draw 22%, Cardiff 13%. It finished Wolves 3–0 Cardiff.
Strength gap puts Wolves clearly in front — Wolves sit 204 points higher on our strength rating, 1569 to 1365, which is the main reason we give them 65%, though home sides in the Championship tend to under-perform, which pulls slightly towards Cardiff. The draw starts at 19% for a gap this size and rises to 22%, lifted by the usual Championship draw rate and both teams' typical recent scoring.
Why Wolves at 65%?
Wolves sit 204 points higher on our strength rating — 1569 to 1365. Sides with a 160–240-point rating edge at home won 66.9% of 7,073 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 68–19–13.
Why only 65%?
Championship home sides under-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (26.9% vs 25.4% norm). Championship homes won 42.9% of 8,500 games vs 44.6% across all 108,210 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why is the draw only 22%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 19.4%. These teams' recent games average 2.7 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.4% of 30,357. Championship runs draw-heavy, adding 1.6 points.
What did we measure but not count?
Cardiff have averaged 7 percentage points more possession than Wolves in recent games. That doesn’t change our forecast here. Doubtful: Nasser Djiga, an important player. This does not change our forecast yet: we are still measuring how much missing players like these cost a team.
Sirius probabilities, frozen at kick-off. Analysis, not betting advice. How Sirius is doing this season · Full breakdown, evidence cards and squad news in the Match Insights tab
About this match
On this page: the Wolves vs Cardiff final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Championship fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
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