Wolves vs Cardiff 3-0

Wolves beat Cardiff 3-0 at Molineux Stadium after taking control early and adding a third before the hour. Fer López, Adam Armstrong and Ladislav Krejčí scored, with the first two goals arriving inside 15 minutes.

López opened the scoring in the 10th minute from Hugo Bueno’s assist, and Armstrong doubled the lead five minutes later after being set up by Rafiki Said Ahamada. Wolves went in 2-0 up at half-time.

Krejčí made it 3-0 in the 58th minute from Kieran Trippier’s assist, and that finished the scoring. Cardiff made two changes in the 61st minute, then two more on 72 minutes, but they did not find a way back into the game. Wolves also made two changes on 76 minutes after already resting Fer López and Rafiki Said Ahamada, while Armstrong and André later came off before the end.

Cardiff had 61% of possession and 495 passes to Wolves' 302, but Wolves made their chances count. The home side had 13 shots to Cardiff's 13, with 4 on target to 9, and still finished with the better result. Cardiff also had more corners, 5 to 3, while Wolves recorded 9 saves to Cardiff's 1 and ended with 1 offside to Cardiff's 2. Wolves' xG was 1.6 against Cardiff's 1.12.

Wolves collected four yellow cards, for Adam Armstrong in the 26th minute, André on 42, Fer López on 50 and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde in the 62nd minute. Cardiff were booked twice, with Joel Bagan shown a yellow card in the 56th minute and Rubin Colwill in the second minute of stoppage time.