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Wolves

    21Ruddy

    5BennettBooked at 34mins

    16Coady

    15Boly

    37TraoréSubstituted forCavaleiroat 75'minutes

    32Dendoncker

    27Saïss

    17Gibbs-WhiteSubstituted forJoão Moutinhoat 64'minutes

    29Vinagre

    9Jiménez

    18JotaSubstituted forDohertyat 47'minutes

Substitutes

    2Doherty

    7Cavaleiro

    8Neves

    10Hélder Costa

    19Castro Otto

    28João Moutinho

    31Norris

Cardiff

    1Etheridge

    2PeltierBooked at 62mins

    4Morrison

    22BambaBooked at 45minsSubstituted forEcuele Mangaat 45+2'minutes

    3Bennett

    17Gunnarsson

    21Camarasa

    8Ralls

    14De Cordova-ReidSubstituted forPatersonat 59'minutes

    10Zohore

    29NiasseSubstituted forHealeyat 76'minutes

Substitutes

    5Ecuele Manga

    7Arter

    12Smithies

    13Paterson

    15Bacuna

    23K Harris

    32Healey

Referee:

Andre Marriner

Attendance:

31,309

Match Stats

Home TeamWolvesAway TeamCardiff

Possession

Home56%

Away44%

Shots

Home13

Away12

Shots on Target

Home6

Away4

Corners

Home7

Away8

Fouls

Home11

Away6

Live Text

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Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Cardiff City 0.

Full TimePosted at 90'+4'

Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Cardiff City 0.

Posted at 90'+2'

Attempt blocked. Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Ralls with a cross.

Posted at 90'+2'

Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Conor Coady.

Posted at 90'

Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Joe Bennett.

Posted at 89'

Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Neil Etheridge.

Posted at 89'

Attempt saved. Rúben Vinagre (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Romain Saïss.

Posted at 89'

Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Matt Doherty.

Posted at 88'

Foul by Rúben Vinagre (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Posted at 88'

Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 87'

Attempt saved. Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Joe Ralls with a cross.

Posted at 86'

Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Romain Saïss.

Posted at 86'

Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Rúben Vinagre tries a through ball, but Ivan Cavaleiro is caught offside.

Posted at 84'

Attempt missed. Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.

Posted at 81'

Attempt blocked. Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 80'

Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Romain Saïss.

Posted at 80'

Foul by Ivan Cavaleiro (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Posted at 80'

Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 77'

Ivan Cavaleiro (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 77'

Foul by Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City).

SubstitutionPosted at 76'

Substitution, Cardiff City. Rhys Healey replaces Oumar Niasse.

SubstitutionPosted at 75'

Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Ivan Cavaleiro replaces Adama Traoré.

Posted at 74'

Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Neil Etheridge.

Posted at 74'

Attempt saved. Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matt Doherty.

Posted at 72'

Foul by Ryan Bennett (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Posted at 72'

Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 70'

Willy Boly (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 70'

Foul by Sean Morrison (Cardiff City).

Posted at 69'

Attempt missed. Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.

Posted at 69'

Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Leander Dendoncker.

Posted at 65'

Attempt missed. Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by João Moutinho with a cross following a corner.

SubstitutionPosted at 64'

Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. João Moutinho replaces Morgan Gibbs-White.

Posted at 64'

Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Neil Etheridge.

Posted at 63'

Attempt saved. Rúben Vinagre (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raúl Jiménez.

BookingPosted at 62'

Lee Peltier (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 62'

Rúben Vinagre (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 62'

Foul by Lee Peltier (Cardiff City).

SubstitutionPosted at 59'

Substitution, Cardiff City. Callum Paterson replaces Bobby De Cordova-Reid.

Posted at 58'

Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 58'

Foul by Joe Ralls (Cardiff City).

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MOTD COMMENTATOR'S NOTES

Martin Fisher: Cardiff's climb out of the relegation zone proved to be brief, and losing heavily at home to Watford and then Everton will have severely dented already fragile confidence.

In this deeply troubling season for Neil Warnock, it's a major challenge of his motivational powers to rouse his players again.

No doubt he will bring up their recent wins at Southampton and Leicester, while Wolves' loss at Huddersfield on Tuesday might provide further encouragement - as should their victory in the reverse fixture in Wales last November.

Wolves have stuttered of late but surely it's only a matter of time before they click into gear again. Isn't it?

VIEW FROM THE DUGOUT

Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock on his players: "I had a chat with them all [after the Everton defeat] and put my point of view forward about the remainder of the season.

"After that they had a meeting of their own and I was quite pleased about that.

"When you do make mistakes you don't tend to look in the mirror, you tend to look around. All I've asked is for them to look in the mirror."

Wolves head coach Nuno Espirito Santo on the decision to play John Ruddy: "Because in two weeks' time, we're going to play in the FA Cup, and John Ruddy is going to be in goal.

"We consider this is the right moment for him to get some game time in competition, and to be stronger."

LAWRO'S PREDICTION

Wolves have now lost home and away to Huddersfield, which is a surprise when you think about the season that Nuno Espirito Santo's side have had.

Defeat here would mean Cardiff will also do the double over them, but I don't expect that to happen.

Prediction: 2-1

Lawro's full predictions v sprinter Dina Asher-Smith

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

    Cardiff came from behind to win 2-1 in their first Premier League meeting last November. Wolves have lost on three of the last five occasions they have hosted Cardiff. The away team is winless in each of the last 22 Premier League fixtures between two promoted teams since Leicester City beat Burnley in April 2015.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

    Wolves have lost just one of their last six league matches, and one of nine in all competitions - but that was against bottom-of-the-table Huddersfield. They are unbeaten in five home games in all competitions, winning four of them. Wolves have scored just four first-half goals at home in this season's Premier League - no other top-flight team has scored fewer. Wanderers have already equalled their highest Premier League tally of 40 points. Nuno Espirito Santo's first defeat as Wolves head coach was against Cardiff City.

Cardiff City

    Cardiff have lost successive league matches, conceding eight goals in the process. The Bluebirds have failed to score in 12 of their 28 league games (43%). Only bottom side Huddersfield have a worse record. Cardiff have conceded at least three goals in 11 different Premier League games this season, more than any other side. They have a passing accuracy of just 64.2% this season, the lowest tally by a Premier League team in a season since Stoke's 64% in 2010-11. Cardiff have scored seven first-half goals this season, fewer than any other Premier League side. Sixteen of their last 19 league goals were scored in the second half.

Source: bbc.com

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